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NASB | Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:20 For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. [Ps 19:1-4; Eph 2:10] |
Subject: The Tri-Universe |
Bible Note: An amazing revelation of modern science is the fact that the physical universe is a tri-universe just like the Godhead. All true Christians believe in the doctrine of the Trinity: God is one God manifest in 3 divine persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The fact is that the universe itself manifests the same triune chacter that the Bible attributes to God. In a real way, "the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead" (Rom 1:20). His "Godhead" is understood by "the things that are made" having been "clearly seen" from the creation of the world. The doctrine of the Trinity appears indirectly yet perfectly naturally as the Lord Jesus speaks of Humself, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. The logical order presented is: (1) God the Father-the unseen source and cause of all things, (2) God the Son-who tangibly reveals the Father, and (3) God the Holy Spirit-who reveals the Son to men, especially thru the holy Scriptures. These relationships are beautifully patterned in the physical universe. Everything in the universe can be understood as functioning as a continuum of space, matter, and time. Space is the invisible, omnipresent background of all things, manifesting itself in phenomena of matter and/or energy, which are then interpreted and experienced thru time. Note that to calculate the amount of given space, one does not add the 3 dimensions, but multiplies them. Analogously, the mathmatics of the divine Trinity is not 1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1 but rather 1 x 1 x 1 equals 1. This same remarkable triune phenomenon can be seen in the realm of human life as well. The Bible says we are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26) and thus we are made up of body (physical), soul (man's nature), and spirit (personality). This three-in-one character seems to pervade everything. Every maral action consists of the motive, the act, and the consequence. Everything that happens proceeds from the cause to the event to its effect. Similarly all forms of thought or reaso proceed logically from the universal to the particular to the relationship of the particular thing to other things. Altho these remarkable facts cannot be held to prove that the Creator is a Triune Beinng, it is difficult to conceive of any other cause that could account for such effects. If the universe is intelligible and the principle of cause and effect really is valid, then there is certainly overwhelming reason to believe in the Triune God of the Bible. The doctrine of the Trinity is not a logical absurdity. but a scientific living reality. God was manifested and revealed in His Son, who as a man was Jesus the Christ. |
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