Hello Douglas,
I purposely stayed out of this thread as I was enjoying your postings and as the expression goes "If not broken, don't fix."
Your comment <<"God said let us make man in our own Image" Gen 1:26???>>
You mentioned the lost plurality in english translation of the scripture and coined the term "trinity" stating it is not mentioned in the bible.
Although the term trinity is not found in scripture, the triune nature of God is not lost in the english translation. The King James authorized version 1611 includes this concept. For lengthy reasons I only utilize it in my studies as I believe it to be God's true and inerrant word.
Genesis 1:26 indicates more than one as God. Accept as it were this statement for a moment and look at Genesis 18 where Abraham meets God and note how the description includes three personages.
1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:...
5.... And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
This chapter in it's entirety indicates three persons as God responding as one.
I John 5
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
God bless,
John |
