Thought for the day.
For those with having trouble and needing a further explanation, Gary Whittenberger says it with unmistakable understanding.
"This Trinity business is getting boring. The best interpretation is this: God (the Father), Jesus Christ (the Son), and the Holy Spirit are three different persons who work together on a team, called the Trinity, period."
To, ALL. Consider this thought ... FROM GOD HIMSELF, Isaiah 44:8 "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not
I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God;
I know not any."
STOP, and consider what is said here. "
Is there a God beside me?" here God is saying that he is ONE PERSON. but this one Person have said that he's a ..... plurality. but do this one person say how he's a plurality? YES, of, of, of, of, .... HIMSELF. keeping in mind, "
Is there a God beside me?" this plurality of HIMSELF is clearly seen in Genesis 1:26 "And
God said, Let
us make man in
our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
Clearly, "US", and "OUR" are plural in form. but the MILLION DOLLAR question is this.....
"plural HOW?" in separate and distinct persons? NO, for the very next verse eliminates this kind of thinking. Genesis 1:27 "So
God created man in
his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created
he them."
after reading this, one with common sense must be asking the question, "How can God go from a US and OUR to a HE and a HIM in just one verse." and remember the Lord Jesus confirms this himself by saying this in, Matthew 19:3 "The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?" Matthew 19:4 "And he answered and said unto them,
Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female," the Lord Jesus just said that
God is a "he". the Lord Jesus don't lie. so, this forces us to go back to Genesis 1:26 and re-think, and FIND OUT why God "one" person say US and OUR in Genesis 1:26, and then say, HE and HIS in the very next verse?
let's see this from the scriptures themselves. Genesis 1:26 "And
God said, Let
us make man in
our image, after
our likeness:" STOP, we need not go any further, we have our answer. QUESTION, "How can a IMAGE exist before it's SOURCE?" and Source means, "a place, person, or thing
from which something comes or can be obtained:". read that definition real good. understand, if 101G takes a picture of you, then there is an IMAGE. meaning in order to have an IMAGE one must have a SOURCE for the IMAGE to exist. well, if man is God IMAGE, then at some time God was a man. and time is the KEY, LISTEN to God. Isaiah 46:10 "
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:" there is our answer.
where have we seen these words at before? "beginning and end", or First and Last".... let's see, Revelation 1:8 "I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
WHAT? the Lord is the the beginning and the end. and what did Isaiah 46:10 say, "
Declaring the end from the beginning". if God declared the end .... from the beginning, (meaning Genesis 1, when he made man), now we KNOW how the IMAGE, man, is establish before the SOURCE, God, who is a Spirit., later, in time, showed up in Flesh and bone..... (a MAN), his, God own IMAGE. this is called the First and Last Adam. how is this expressed? answer, FIRST and LAST. scripture proof. Isaiah 41:4 "Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations
from the beginning?
I the LORD,
the first, and
with the last;
I am he." the First .... "WITH" ... the Last,? as in John 1:1, the Word was ... "WITH" ... God. yes, let's see if this is the same one person as 101G said. scripture, back to Isaiah at chapter 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last." BIN GO, there is the answer to God's plurality. the term "ALSO" which means, "in addition; too". in addition to being the First/Father, (SOURCE), God, he JESUS is
also the Last/Son, (IMAGE), Man... the Last Adam. now KNOWING this, how can one Person in the DIVERSITY or the EQUAL SHARE of himself be in
TIME, (O.T. and N.T.),
ORDER, (First and Last),
PLACE, (Father in heaven, (Spirit) and Son on Earth, (flesh and blood), a man), and
RANK, (LORD, Source, Spirit and Lord, IMAGE, spirit). do the bible answer this? yes, 1st. in the term Beginning, Genesis 1:1 "In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Beginning: H7225 רֵאשִׁית re'shiyth (ray-sheeth') n-f.
1. the first, in place, time, order or rank.
2. (specifically) a firstfruit.
[from the same as H7218]
KJV: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Root(s): H7218
THERE is our ANSWER, definition #1 ....
the first, in place, time, order or rank. Let's back this up in scripture. in the term "ONE". Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one LORD:"
"ONE" is the Hebrew word,
H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj.
1. (properly) united, i.e. one.
2. (as an ordinal) first.
[a numeral from H258]
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together.
Root(s): H258
an ordinal first? yes, let's go back to Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last."
that sealed the deal, God who is First, (Source), Spirit was to come in TIME, PLACE, ORDER, and RANK, as a Man, (his OWN ... "IMAGE". this is why God said .... Let US . for he was to come in flesh and blood, his own IMAGE, see John 1:1-14. question, is there scripture to back this up, the coming in flesh? yes read the Incarnation, listed in the gospels. but 101G will show it clearly ... Romans 5:14 "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression,
who is the figure of him that was to come."
Figure: G5179 τύπος tupos (tï '-pos) n.
1. a die (as struck).
2. (by implication) a stamp or scar.
3. (by analogy) a shape, i.e. a statue.
4. (figuratively) style or resemblance.
5. (specially) a sampler (“type”), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning).
[from G5180]
KJV: en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print
there is our answer again, in definition #3. the analogy for a
shape or a FIGURE is an "IMAGE"..... oh my God. that man, Jesus the Christ, is that IMAGE to come, the Last Adam.... God himself shared in flesh and blood..
that US and OUR in Genesis was to come, in TIME, PLACE, ORDER, and RANK, just as God said in his WORD. Isaiah 46:10 "
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:"
hope this help someone.
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