Dear SS( sincere seeker):
I think when we think about Trinity God, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as distinct Persons, that is very easy to understand because we can think 3 in Godhead.
I think it is the 3 but One that baffles us. That is because we are bounded by our physical boundary and not able to imagine how spiritual beings are different from physical beings because they are unbounded and free. Therefore the 3 can be in one another just like the 3 primary colored lights being one white light. Trinity God is One divine essence and 3 Persons in Godhead. Think about in Quantum land the rules are quite different from our daily lives. Likewise, the rules in a spiritual realm simply are different from our physical realm. ( * In Quantum Mechanics, the uncertainty Principle, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle,)
The term "Trinity" was coined to counter the misunderstanding of our Creator God. Throughout 1st five books of OT, Moses has instructed Israelites to worship only One God. And our Creator God has revealed Himself to the prophet Isaiah that there is no other God like Him. That is why for the Jews to accept Jesus as God is impossible even today. That is why only the resurrection of Jesus could explain why some Jews have realized and worshiped Jesus as God. I am listing the Bible verses that emphasize that "God is One" below for you to examine. Yet in Matt 3:16-17 at the baptism of Jesus, the distinct God the Father, Holy Spirit and Jesus were all present that rebut the misunderstanding that God the Father became God the Son or God the Father manifested Himself as God the Son in NT times.
God is Spirit, therefore He can be indwelling in all genuine Christians yet not be bounded inside them, still independent outside genuine Christians.( not locked inside Christians, or for that matter, not being locked inside Mary when Jesus was in her womb). Perhaps that is why an independent Holy Spirit can simultaneously be described as God's Spirit or Spirit of God--that means He is in and out Godhead freely by Himself too. In a word, Holy Spirit is in the Godhead so He is called God's Spirit or Spirit of God yet He is free to go indwelling in genuine Christians and He is free to go anywhere He wants to.
Perhaps, that can explain also why Jesus had Holy Spirit in Him as God/man yet the Holy Spirit could still fall on Him from outside like a dove as seen by John the Baptist for a sign to let John the Baptist identify Jesus as God incarnate.
( Trust me, this does baffle me for a long long time.)
Well, Trinity God remains a mystery totally beyond our human comprehension. ( Many thanks to you, that I keep thinking about "Trinity". This is my recent insight and understanding to share with you, hope I am not confusing you or am I?) Below is a brief history of "Trinity" for you. If interested, click the link.( "Trinity" was coined to counter those who only emphasized the Unity of God and neglected the threeness of God.)
May God reveal Himself to you!
BH
BH
You may also click the link below.
- "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4)
- "I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)
- There is no God but One. (1Cor. 8:4)
- And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)
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