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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:59 pm
Trinity is the single unifying mystery of Christianity.
Q~I'm a 66 year old Lutheran. I have a sound religious faith and have always had a strong interest in learning from reading the Bible. What I've never understood is our concept of God the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
A~ Nothing scares me more as a rabbi than being asked to explain the Trinity to Christians.
However, sometimes an outsider can have a useful perspective.
With that disclaimer and my strong suggestion that you consult your pastor, here's what my Christian teachers have taught me about the Trinity:
The theological problem the Trinity is meant to address is that the single word "God" is not thick enough, rich enough, nuanced enough or true enough to begin to capture the full mystery of the Deity.
In the Hebrew Bible, there are three main names for God: elohim, el shaddai, and the unpronounceable tetragrammaton, YHWH.
Each name may refer to one or another of God's many attributes.
God explains this to Moses directly in Exodus 6:3:"And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Issac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them."(KJV).
In the case of the Trinity, however, the reason for the three names is not sequential and historical.
For Christians, these are three separate but ultimately identical elements of God.
Jesus taught of the Trinity explicitly in the New Testiment: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20. (NIV).
However, nothing in the New Testiment supports the idea of three gods, thus, "The Lord our God is one." Mark 12:29.
To focus on Lutheran beliefs, we begin with the foundation: "Lutherans confess (to declare faith in, or adherence to) the faith of the apostolic Christian Church as it is taught in the three Ecumenical (Universal) Creeds: Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian.
Namely, that there is only one true God, and yet in this one God there are three persons: the Father, the Son ( Jesus Christ ), and the Holy Spirit."
This means what it says, namely that there is one God, within which there are three persons. It doesn't mean that there are three gods.
The Trinity ought not confuse you into thinking that it is a belief in plural gods.
The courageous mystery of the Trinity remains the single unifying mystery of Christianity.
Send questions only to god-squadquestion@aol.com
(Taken from The Gainesville Sun Saturday, April 21, 2012.)
God bless and huggles y'all!,
~Lyn~
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:38 pm
A very interesting article Miss Lyn.
I am sure that whomever reads it and has any misconceptions in concern to the Trinity will walk away with a new and profound concept on the Trinity based upon you sharing this with all of us here in the guild.
May God continue to bless you in all that you do in His name and for His glory!.
Your brother in Christ,
T.S.K. - Sir Aaron D.III
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The Scottish Knight Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:33 pm
Praise Yah, an explanation that makes sense...
Thank you, Sis. lol Good article.
~MW
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:01 pm
Cool! learn some thing new every day don't you.
sf7
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Created In His Image Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:43 pm
Well, this answers my question I put in the other guild the gps.
I quess now I can go and erase it from that guild.
Coop
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Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:09 pm
The Crypt Keeper 2010 Well, this answers my question I put in the other guild the gps. I quess now I can go and erase it from that guild. Coop I am very happy sir that you found the answers that you were looking for here in the well. We do try to be as helpful as we possibly can be and love sharing the gospel with every one. May God bless you and your's always! TSK
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The Scottish Knight Captain
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Created In His Image Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:48 pm
I do enjoy always coming back to this post and re-reading it.
It is so good.
Jack F.
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:03 pm
The thing we have to remember about the trinity doctrine is that its relatively new. And yes, it is a christian concept. Some say it only came up in the last 30 years or so, but its also a teaching to that was developed by St Patrick around 400 a.d., if I remember correctly. But Yah is One. And the point of being 'all in one' could go further (and has little to do with what we've been taught). If I might...
Even in the beginning, starting with Adam and Eve's eviction from the garden, the main part of the story seems to be that they didn't back each other up. They did more to help each other get INTO trouble than they did to keep each other OUT of trouble. And, if you look at Yah's stipulations when they were tossed, it all points to them staying together, and looking out for each other. His covenant with Noah, Enoch, Abraham, Eliyah, Moses, Jacob, and Israel as a people was all about that. And ultimately with and THROUGH Yahushua Messiah. That's what real marriage is for. That's what the congregation is for. That's what fellowship is for. Not this fly-by-night sugar-coated stab-in-the-back feel good lithium cocktail all about me idea of 'lets do lunch' relationships that today's society feeds us and chases us away from Yah and each other with. lol
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Created In His Image Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:32 pm
I love coming back and re-reading this from time to time.
Plus this guys thread on the web is pretty cool too.
Jack
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