To whom are the plural ‘us’ and ‘our’ in reference, in this quotation? “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (Gen 1:26). We must surmise in light of the much greater information supplied in the rest of the scriptures, that this is a reference to the three persons who comprise the astounding identity of God in three persons. The concept of deity has been debated for centuries and not without some dire and mortal consequences. Some people have lost their lives for not getting their theology correct, according to other interpreters of the Word. So God in three persons is not three manifestations or three means of displaying one God. Unmistakably, the wording of scripture reveals God exists in three persons, as supreme Father, as pre-existing and then incarnated and finally resurrected and reigning Son, and as unseen Christ-honouring, uncontainable Holy Spirit. And all three persons of God are unified and yet distinct from one another. Now that’s mind-boggling but it is scriptural.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
THE ASTOUNDING IDENTITY OF GOD IN THREE PERSONS
To whom are the plural ‘us’ and ‘our’ in reference, in this quotation? “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (Gen 1:26). We must surmise in light of the much greater information supplied in the rest of the scriptures, that this is a reference to the three persons who comprise the astounding identity of God in three persons. The concept of deity has been debated for centuries and not without some dire and mortal consequences. Some people have lost their lives for not getting their theology correct, according to other interpreters of the Word. So God in three persons is not three manifestations or three means of displaying one God. Unmistakably, the wording of scripture reveals God exists in three persons, as supreme Father, as pre-existing and then incarnated and finally resurrected and reigning Son, and as unseen Christ-honouring, uncontainable Holy Spirit. And all three persons of God are unified and yet distinct from one another. Now that’s mind-boggling but it is scriptural.
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Yes, here's where the written Word is so valuable. Once we are pointed in the right direction, we can begin to see support for this reality in so many other ways; natural, reason and our own personality.
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