The trinity is one of those seemingly paradoxical mysteries of God that is worth spending weeks and years contemplating. My understanding is incomplete and flawed, but I'll share a little bit of it here. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit _are_ three distinct persons. They are also three different roles/modes of being, as you described. They are also one God. The mystery and the secret here is that these three, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are in closest relationship with one another. They embody the principles they preach, and humbly yield to, love, and honor one another. They are active in demonstrating this love to one another just as they are towards creation. They are in one another and have life (greek: Zoe) in themselves and in one another. And, when acting outside themselves, towards creation (in _every_ action), they act as one. In everything that God does, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit act in harmony, with each acting in a distinct way that adds richness, depth, and meaning to the act. Indeed, everything that is good and praiseworthy, everything that is right and honorable, everything that is *love*, has already been reconciled to God's nature, brought together in a tapestry more beautiful than any of those things could ever be alone. He is more grand and wondrously beautiful and awe-inspiring than anything, so unimaginably _greater_ that the wise Solomon declared the world meaningless before God's presence. And yet God, the One that great, crossed the overwhelming gap in wisdom and power and goodness between us, who should be detestable to His eyes, and Him, joined with us and lived as we do as Christ, to the reconciliation and salvation of His Creation, summarized thus: That we may know Him, be obedient to Him, and enter into deepest relationship with Him. And there is no greater blessing.
All one has to do is read up on the history and origin of the trinity in an encyclopedia. That will tell you how the trinity came to be and it has nothing to do with the Bible or it’s teachings. How anyone can read how the trinity came to be adopted and still believe in it is unbelievable to me. Not to mention scriptures so as “the Father is greater than I am.” And if Jesus were equal and the same as his father why when speaking about the End of the Age does the Bible say “Nobody knows the day and time but the Father.” If they were the same person, BOTH would know. In the garden of Gesthemane, when Jesus prayed so hard, was he praying to himself? Of course not. And, the Bible says God cannot die. Jesus died. So they are plainly not one and the same person.
Trinitarian doctrine or the trinity is the false Christ Yeshua warned us against! Good video!
The trinity is one of those seemingly paradoxical mysteries of God that is worth spending weeks and years contemplating. My understanding is incomplete and flawed, but I'll share a little bit of it here.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit _are_ three distinct persons. They are also three different roles/modes of being, as you described. They are also one God.
The mystery and the secret here is that these three, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are in closest relationship with one another. They embody the principles they preach, and humbly yield to, love, and honor one another. They are active in demonstrating this love to one another just as they are towards creation. They are in one another and have life (greek: Zoe) in themselves and in one another. And, when acting outside themselves, towards creation (in _every_ action), they act as one. In everything that God does, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit act in harmony, with each acting in a distinct way that adds richness, depth, and meaning to the act.
Indeed, everything that is good and praiseworthy, everything that is right and honorable, everything that is *love*, has already been reconciled to God's nature, brought together in a tapestry more beautiful than any of those things could ever be alone. He is more grand and wondrously beautiful and awe-inspiring than anything, so unimaginably _greater_ that the wise Solomon declared the world meaningless before God's presence.
And yet God, the One that great, crossed the overwhelming gap in wisdom and power and goodness between us, who should be detestable to His eyes, and Him, joined with us and lived as we do as Christ, to the reconciliation and salvation of His Creation, summarized thus: That we may know Him, be obedient to Him, and enter into deepest relationship with Him. And there is no greater blessing.
All one has to do is read up on the history and origin of the trinity in an encyclopedia. That will tell you how the trinity came to be and it has nothing to do with the Bible or it’s teachings. How anyone can read how the trinity came to be adopted and still believe in it is unbelievable to me. Not to mention scriptures so as “the Father is greater than I am.” And if Jesus were equal and the same as his father why when speaking about the End of the Age does the Bible say “Nobody knows the day and time but the Father.” If they were the same person, BOTH would know. In the garden of Gesthemane, when Jesus prayed so hard, was he praying to himself? Of course not. And, the Bible says God cannot die. Jesus died. So they are plainly not one and the same person.