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NASB | Isaiah 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 1:1 The vision of [the prophet] Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning [the kingdom of] Judah and [its capital] Jerusalem, which he saw [as revealed by God] during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. |
Subject: Explain Trinity Father Son, Holy Ghost |
Bible Note: Dear Halroy :: A warm welcome, sir, to Study Bible Forum. Yes, I also concur heavily with the caveat that we must lean toward caution when speaking of, or trying to invent metaphors and similies to explain, the idea of the triune God. God has revealed much of Himself in His word, all, I would dare say, that man is capable of comprehending. And even then He has encased much of His revelation in what John Calvin was pleased to call "baby talk," by which I take Calvin to mean that God has reduced His eternal truths to the simplest human language possible so that we might know Him as intimately as possible. Yet God is still God and man is still man, and God remains transcendent. ...... And when finite man attempts to explain in his own language and according to his own limited reason the attributes of the triunity of the transcendent God, all his metaphors and similies rapidly fall apart because they never had adhesion to begin with. ..... But we know that Scripture teaches clearly the triunity of God even though we understand it but dimly. No one I suppose has anything like a perfect understanding of this vital doctrine of the church, but the ancient creeds add much to our understanding, even though it remains limited. ...... As an afterword, I'm reminded of a story one of my college professors told me long after I'd left school and his classroom. The professor (of English) used to teach a surprisingly popular class on the King James Bible as literature. After class one day, a young co-ed walked up to his desk and presented her dilemma. It so happened that her very next class was a speech class and she had chosen to give a brief speech on the Trinity. But she admitted to the English professor that she had not had time to prepare for her speech and asked him to explain the Trinity to her (she had all of 10 minutes before her speech class) so she could make her speech. "And what did you tell this young lady? I asked. And the professor told me that he said something like this to her, "My dear young lady, you flatter me enormously. Some of the finest minds who have ever walked this earth have strugged with the doctrine of the Trinity for hundreds of years, and you presume me able to explain the Trinity to you in 10 minutes? Next time you're called upon to give a speech, for goodness' sake choose a subject you know something about. Good day, young lady." ...... Grace to you, halroy. --Hank |