Icon of the Holy Trinity
-GOD’S PLURALITY
Genesis 1:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)26 Then God said, “LET US (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 11:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7 Come, LET US (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Notice the “us” in these verses. It is obvious that God is the one talking. God is talking to Himself. This may seem like a ludicrous statement because in Jewish theology it is thought that the Father was talking to Angels; That is impossible because only God can create
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THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CALLED KING CYRUS FOR SERVICE
Isaiah 48:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)16 “Come near to Me, listen to this:From the beginning I have not spoken in secret, From the time that it happened, I was there. And now the LORD GOD HAS SENT ME, AND HIS [Holy] SPIRIT.”
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THE SON AND HOLY SPIRT AS CREATORS
Psalm 33:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)6 By the WORD OF THE LORD were the heavens made,And all their host by the BREATH OF HIS MOUTH.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES LIFE
Genesis 2:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)7 then the Lord God [a]formed [that is, created the body of] man from the [b]dust of the ground, and BREATH INTO HIS NOSTRILSTHE BREATH OF LIFE; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
Genesis 1:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)2 The earth was [a]formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The SPIRIT OF GOD was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.
Job 33:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)4 “The SPIRIT OF GOD HAS MADE ME, And the BREATH OF [a]THE ALMIGHTY GIVES ME LIFE [which inspires me].
Job 32:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)8 “But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man, AND THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY gives them understanding.
THE HOLY SPRIT IS A PERSON (3rd Person of the Trinity)
John 14:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)26 But the [a]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), the HOLY SPIRIT, whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will help you remember everything that I have told you.
John 15:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)26 “But when the [a]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the SPIRIT OF TRUTH who comes from the Father, He will testify and bear witness about Me.
John 16:13-14 Amplified Bible (AMP)13 But when He, the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future]. 14 He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you.
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THE FATHER HONORS THE SON
Hebrews 1:8-10 Amplified Bible (AMP)8 BUT ABOUT THE SON [the Father says to Him], “YOUR THRONE, [a]O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE [b]SCEPTER OF [absolute] RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF [c]HIS KINGDOM.9 “You have loved righteousness [integrity, virtue, uprightness in purpose] and have hated lawlessness [injustice, sin].
Therefore God, Your God, Has anointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
10 And, “[d]YOU, LORD, LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH IN THE BEGINNING, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS;
JESUS IS THE WORD WHO IS GOD HIMSELF (2nd Person of the Trinity)
John 1:1-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)1 IN THE BEGGINING [before all time] WAS THE WORD ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and [b]THE WORD WAS GOD HIMSELF. 2 He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. 3 ALL THINGS WERE MADE AND CAME INTO EXISTENCE THROUGH HIM; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being.
Colossians 1:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)16 FOR [a]BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; ALL THINGS WERE CREATED AND EXIST THROUGH HIM [that is, by His activity] AND FOR HIM.
THE FATHER AND JESUS ARE ONE
John 10:30Amplified Bible (AMP)30 I and the Father are One [in essence and nature].”
John 14:8-10Amplified Bible (AMP)8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father and then we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you do not know Me yet, Philip, nor recognize clearly who I am? ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’ 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you I do not say on My own initiative or authority, but the Father, abiding continually in Me, does His works [His attesting miracles and acts of power].
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