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Our God was born in Bethlehem of Nazareth two thousand years ago. To some Christians it's shocking to say that God was born, but this is only a misconception of human logic. We must remember that before the creation there was no time, there was no space, there was no vacuum, there was no substance, there was nothing -- except for the Creator. From the Scriptures, the Book of Creation (or Genesis, we learn that God created the universe out of nothing. We also know from the Scriptures that His Son was in His bosom before the foundations of the universe. God didn't need to create anything, if it weren't for His Son. He created the universe only for the sake of His Son. That is why He gave it to Him. This love between the Father and the Son is the expression of the Holy Spirit that unites them. The Holy Spirit never ceases to flow between the Father and the Son. When the Father, who exists only in Spirit, sent His Son to the world, Jesus was born as a baby. The baby Jesus was destined to become the Messiah that God promised the Children of Israel in the Scriptures. Many prophets prophesied and wrote about Him. Jesus fulfilled the Scriptures' Old Covenant, and the Apostles wrote the New Covenant after Jesus died on the Cross, lay buried three days and rose to Heaven. He was born to Mary through the miracle of the Holy Spirit, he was nurtured by Mary, he was baptized by John, his cousin, and the Holy Spirit nestled on him as soon as he was baptized. Thus He became God in the flesh and fulfilled His destiny as the Messiah, or the Christ. When Jesus commended his soul to Eil on the Cross; that is, when the Son of Man sacrificed his life for the sake of humanity, he glorified his Father in Heaven; that is when he uttered the words, "Eil, Eil, l'mana shwiktani." He also declared his mission fulfilled when he said from the Cross, "It is finished." The Son then rejoined His Father in Heaven. He sits from the right of the Father. In Revelation, we learn that the Seven Spirits of God are around the throne. At the end of Revelation, John sees only Jesus in Heaven; but, then, we know that our God is Triune and that Jesus is God Manifest. *This is the final essay in this group of essays written for the sake of English language readers. I've used the name "Jesus" instead of the better transliteration "Eashoa." I've also added the word "Christ" after the word for "Msheekhah," or the Messiah. I've done this to indicate that I understand the difficulty of accepting the truth when not presented according to the mindset of the audience, an audience that speaks a different language than the one in which the Scriptures were originated. I hope this will help in clarifying some points in the debate over the Trinity. |
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