01-04-2012, 12:36 AM
Again, Pondering is fine, but we must check our ideas with what has been revealed by God, in His Word. And on the "Trinity", it has been shown that one can make a case for a number of positions by what is said in Scripture.
Jesus worshiped God, prayed to Him, obeyed His will, and continues as our Chief Priest, making intercession for us to The Father, which Jesus refers to as His God, and our God. He proceded forth from the bossom of The Father, before all time and creation, and when the time came for our redemtion to be paid, He took on humanity, in the Person of Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten of God/The Father, both spiritually, soulical, and physical. He is The Father's offspring.
Now, how this works is a huge mystery...and we only have as much as God has revealed to us in His word, and through His creation of mankind in His own image and likeness.
But this idea, that there are 3 co-eternally existing "persons" or beings, who make up what is called "God", as if God is a three faced deity, with 3 wills, and 3 minds and such, is someting that I have not found at all taught in Scripture. I believe that some Greek teachers of the 4th-6th century took their ponderings too far in this respect, and added some Greek mythology into their mix.
The Scriptures teach that God is Spirit...and that The Spirit of God, The Father and Christ, His Son, is The Holy Spirit, which indwells us, His Temple/People. When we try to make 3 Spirits...then we are off on the wrong path of understading I believe.
And to bring this back to The Aramaic Peshitta, which this website is all about...The Aramaic Scriptures, show the least amount of confusion in this regard...it cleary shows how it is, better than the Greek translations of it has.
Its an interesting subject for sure...but lets not divide as others have chosen to do...that is not God's will.
Jesus worshiped God, prayed to Him, obeyed His will, and continues as our Chief Priest, making intercession for us to The Father, which Jesus refers to as His God, and our God. He proceded forth from the bossom of The Father, before all time and creation, and when the time came for our redemtion to be paid, He took on humanity, in the Person of Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten of God/The Father, both spiritually, soulical, and physical. He is The Father's offspring.
Now, how this works is a huge mystery...and we only have as much as God has revealed to us in His word, and through His creation of mankind in His own image and likeness.
But this idea, that there are 3 co-eternally existing "persons" or beings, who make up what is called "God", as if God is a three faced deity, with 3 wills, and 3 minds and such, is someting that I have not found at all taught in Scripture. I believe that some Greek teachers of the 4th-6th century took their ponderings too far in this respect, and added some Greek mythology into their mix.
The Scriptures teach that God is Spirit...and that The Spirit of God, The Father and Christ, His Son, is The Holy Spirit, which indwells us, His Temple/People. When we try to make 3 Spirits...then we are off on the wrong path of understading I believe.
And to bring this back to The Aramaic Peshitta, which this website is all about...The Aramaic Scriptures, show the least amount of confusion in this regard...it cleary shows how it is, better than the Greek translations of it has.
Its an interesting subject for sure...but lets not divide as others have chosen to do...that is not God's will.