Subject: TRINITY |
Bible Note: Hi retxar, I praise God with you for His glorious word. You can praise Him whether you find anyone to agree with you or not. You can even praise Him for the possibility of the truth of your thoughts. I have often thought that many people must be studying the Trinity and I appreciate your courage in expressing a rather "far fetched" idea. Perhaps the idea arose from the fact that your study bible said at Gen 18:3 in the margin, or Lord. That is indeed what made me consider all the pronouns of the angels to see if they were speaking of Deity. Let me tell you why I decided against it. We may be able to think of these passages as a "type" of the Trinity or an example of a trinity, but thats as far as I would go. Why I wouldn't say that these angels are God: 1) Verse two states that Abraham met them and bowed himself to the earth. This may be a common practice in those times, I do not know. But the thing is that this was not an act of worship on his part. 2)Verse 16-21 has the men walking with Abraham and the Lord is talking to them as well as Abraham possibly. Verse 17, And the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,..." I will go down now..Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord." 3)Chapter 19 and the situation with the two angels and Abraham and the men of Sodom is not one that I can see God getting into. The consideration that you put into thought is important. Keep studying with an open mind. Later, Ray |