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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: Please explain the Trinity. |
Bible Note: If I may another feeble illustration to clarify the concept of the Trinity let me say this. One day, I opened the door to two women of Jehovah's Witnesses (who are the farthest than them in rejecting the trinity?). But, in the providence of God it has been given to me to be face to face with not only two women, but the mother and her daughter. So trying to give them a simple illustration of the trinity (while it is always limited), I asked to the older: "Are you a woman?" She said: "Yes." Then, I asked to the younger: "Are you a woman?" She said yes too. But as a second question I asked them do you notice that while you are both women, you are not the same in your role; one is the mother and one is the daughter. They understood that very well. So I concluded like this. When we say that you are two women, but not the same person at the same time in your role, we make an allusion to your nature (womanhood) and your role (mother-daughter). In the same way, when we, christians say that Jesus is God, we don't mean by that that the Son IS the Father and the Father IS the Son. We say that they are one concerning their nature (divine). It is in that way that John said in his Gospel that the Word was God. Not to say that the Son is the Father or vice versa, but that they are of divine nature, equal in essence, but not confusing each other. It is exactly that in the Creed of the Nicea and Chalcedon as well. |