Kings and Priest - The Trinity of God
Published: Sunday, 30 August 2015 08:13
Many people have done studies in the past to prove either that the Trinity exists or that it does not.
This is how the Lord opened the Word for me… taking Revelation 1:8 as text:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending – Jesus said this in His revelation to Johannes to write down what is to come at the end of times. Many people believe that Jesus is only the Son of God because he was born of a woman and this verse:
But Jesus said in Revelation that He is the beginning; that means He was from the time of the creation of the earth as God. See the following verses:
God was manifest in the flesh, and so was Jesus:
1Jn 3:8 For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
(refer to Rev 1:8)
Can anybody but God give eternal life?
which is, and which was, and which is to come – We know that the Lord God was from the beginning. He is the creator of the earth and the heavens and we also know that He will be to the end. Jesus said that He is the Alpha and the Omega; the beginning and the end, so with the passage above and this revelation – we can believe that they are One. We know Jesus came as son of man and died for our sins and that He will come again. So that clarifies the "which is and which is to come", but what about the "which was"?
Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.
Jesus was the captain of the host of the Lord, long before he was son of man and in Revelation He was the one on the white horse, the one called: Faithful and True, the Word of God. This shows also the "which was" and "which is to come".
In the Ten Commandments we get the order that we may not worship anyone but God alone, but in the book of Hebrews it is stated that even the angels should worship Jesus. Can God go against his own word? God even states that Jesus' throne "O God, is for ever and ever". Will God share His throne or is God and Jesus one as mentioned before?
Read the following, especially verse 11: who is the speaker?
the Almighty – we all know that God is the Almighty one and our Father in heaven, but follow the next verses:
There is another word that is not from my text verse in Revelation 1:8, but which is also very clear:
God, as well as Jesus, are known to be our Saviour:
Isa_43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
(which is, and which was, and which is to come)
To conclude this revelation to me about the Godliness of Jesus the Christ:
The above passages focus mainly on the divine nature of Jesus Christ (the 2nd part of the Trinity); on why He could proclaim that He is God; on why the Jews wanted to stone Him for blasphemy. Joh 10:33
Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega,
Col 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.
His name Immanuel means also: The Mighty God
Mat 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever
Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me
For the 1st, fuller version of the Trinity (in Afrikaans), that was written in 2012, please read further. The above passages were opened recently through a moment of tribulation.
(geskryf Desember 2012)
Hierdie term word nie in die Bybel gebruik nie, so hoe kan dit dan wees dat God die Vader, God die Seun en God die Heilige Gees een is? Kan dit bewys word uit die Woord van God Dat God Drie-enig wel bestaan?
Beskou dit soos bv. ‘n eier – daar is ‘n dop, ‘n eiergeel en ‘n eierwit, maar saam vorm dit een eier. So kan ons ook die goddelike Drie-eenheid beskryf.
God die Vader x God die Seun x God die Heilige Gees = 1 God
Almal glo in God die Vader, maar wat van die ander 2?
2. God die Seun
Jes 7:14 Daarom sal die HERE self aan julle ‘n teken gee: Kyk, die maagd sal swanger word en ‘n seun baar en hom Immánuel noem. (with us (is) God - Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionary of soos ons in Afrikaans geleer het – God met ons)
Rev 19:11-13 Toe het ek die hemel geopend gesien; en daar was ‘n wit perd, en Hy wat daarop sit, word genoem Getrou en Waaragtig, en Hy oordeel en voer oorlog in geregtigheid. En sy oë was soos ‘n vuurvlam, en op sy hoof was baie krone; en Hy het ‘n Naam wat geskrywe is, wat niemand ken nie, behalwe Hy self. En Hy was bekleed met ‘n kleed wat in bloed gedoop was, en sy Naam is: Die Woord van God.
Woord = logos = “specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ” - Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionary), m.a.w. Christus is ook God.
Joh 17:22 ... Net soos Ons een is.
Ons kan dus hieruit sien dat Jesus is ook genoem:
v Sterke God
v Ewige Vader
v God met ons
En Hy sê in soveel woorde “Ek en die vader is een”.
3. God die Heilige Gees
2Kor 3:17 Die Here is die Gees, en waar die Gees van die Here is, daar is vryheid
2Tim 1:14 Bewaar jou goeie pand deur die Heilige Gees wat in ons woon.
Joh 15:5 Ek is die wynstok, julle die lote. Wie in My bly, en Ek in hom,
hy dra veel vrug; want sonder My kan julle niks doen nie.
1Joh 3:24 En hy wat sy gebooie bewaar, bly in Hom, en Hy in hom.
En hieraan weet ons dat Hy in ons bly aan die Gees wat Hy ons gegee het.
Hierdeur leer ons dat God in ons woon, maar ook dat die Heilige Gees in ons woon, dus God en die Heilige Gees is een.
4. Die EK IS
Eks 3:14 En God sê vir Moses: EK IS WAT EK IS. Ook sê Hy: So moet jy die kinders van Israel antwoord: EK IS het my na julle gestuur
Jesus is die een wat is, wat was en wat kom, en so ook die Here God, die Almagtige.
Alhoewel die term God Drie-enig nie direk in die Bybel gebruik word nie, beteken dit nie dat dit nie bestaan nie. Die Bybel is deur God ge-inspireer en het Hy aan verskillende mense dit ge-openbaar.
Ons weet ook dat Hy sy Woord altyd aan 2 of meer mense openbaar sodat dit gesag dra. Daarom moet een versie nie afsonderlik gebruik word nie, maar altyd in samewerking met ander gebruik word om die bevestiging van die Woord te kan verkry.
Daarom kan ek met oortuiging glo in die drie-eenheid van onse God en hemelse Vader!
1Jn 5:7 Want daar is drie wat getuig in die hemel: die Vader, die Woord en die Heilige Gees, en hierdie drie is een.