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Trinity [N]

A word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D. 168-183), or from the Lat. trinitas, first used by Tertullian (A.D. 220), to express this doctrine. The propositions involved in the doctrine are these:

1. That God is one, and that there is but one God ( Deuteronomy 6:4 ; 1 Kings 8:60 ; Isaiah 44:6 ; Mark 12:29 Mark 12:32 ; John 10:30 ).
2. That the Father is a distinct divine Person (hypostasis, subsistentia, persona, suppositum intellectuale), distinct from the Son and the Holy Spirit.
3. That Jesus Christ was truly God, and yet was a Person distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit.
4. That the Holy Spirit is also a distinct divine Person.

Although the word Trinity is not in the Bible, it best describes God’s revelation about Himself.

I was in Israel and spoke to two Jewish men about Genesis 1:27 Where Elohim says Let’s make man in OUR image.  I said EL is the singular form for God and Elohim is the plurality for God = Our.  In Genesis 1:2 says the Spirit hovered above.  Genesis 1 Identifies God the Creator.  John 1 and Colossians 3 says, Jesus created all things.

Our baptismal formula says baptize in the name of God which is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Men have tried to use reason to understand the trinity and have always messed up.  In early church history a Christology error was called Modalism which means God is one and acts like the Father in one place and acts like the Son in another place and acts like the Spirit in another place.  They thus have to invent how this happened since clearly Jesus is called the Word which is said to be God.  So they invented a theory saying, the Word always existed eternally as a thought, but did not become Jesus until before Creation since it says the Word.

Other errors say Jesus became God at His Baptism etc.  Matthew calls Jesus Emmanuel which being Interpreted is, "God with Us".  We call this the INCARNATION WHERE God comes in the flesh.  This is a spiritual test to see if a person is a true believer or anti Christ.  I John 4:1-4.  The other test to test the spirits is I Corinthians 12:3 where Jesus must be confessed as THE LORD or as we would say, as God.

At Jesus' baptism you clearly see the Trinity.

Jesus in the water - the Son;

The dove - the Holy Spirit;

Father speaking: This is my Son.

Micah 5:2 says the age of Jesus is From Eternity.  Before Creation the only thing that existed was The Father, Son and Holy Spirit as God.  God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is One, and One is Three.  I accept revelation versus reason, which means none of us fully understands.  John 14