 Does the Bible teach the Trinity? Well in today's video we're going to uncover how the Bible absolutely does teach this triune existence of God starting from Genesis going all the way through. So this is going to be a couple of parts so that this won't be too long of a video but we're going to show not just in the New Testament but also the Old Testament that the Bible indeed teaches that Jesus is God, that God exists as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Hey my friends I want to thank you once again for joining us. My name is Cory Miner and if you haven't done so already please please hit the subscribe button that way you'll be notified of any future videos. Also hit the bell notification button and be so kind as to hit a like if you do indeed like the video and if the video is a blessing or a benefit please remember to share it with someone. From the very beginning the Bible teaches this concept of this triune God this God who exists in this if you will this plural form. Now depending upon your theology your belief in this the very first portion of the Bible may give it indication that God in fact does exist as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Though the Bible doesn't use the exact word trinity we do know that the trinity does exist. So what I mean by that is that the Bible says that in the beginning God well the word that's used is the word Elohim and now depending upon what your belief is you'll take that word to be the very first illusion in the Bible that God exists in this plural sense in this in this triune fashion because the word Elohim with the Yadmim the in part that you hear typically in Hebrew refers to a plurality. There are three ways that you number in Hebrew one there's a singular then there's a dual and then there's the plurality or the plural which is three four five five million what have you. Well why would we say that this Elohim refers to that because the Yadmim in Hebrew tends to refer to the plural so so the example that that so the example that I may use or that I typically use is that of the word horse, Seuss. Seuss means horse, Susayim means horses meaning two horses dual and then Seussim is plural three or more horses and so the word Elohim means or could mean the plurality. Now there are some that would say that this this Yadmim may not necessarily refer to a plural existence but it only refers to the singular God. Now I won't go too far grammatically as to why that may or may not be but suffice to say depending upon your theology will determine which way you want to see it. However if you go forward in the Bible because if all we have was Genesis 1 1 and all we had was Elohim then then it'd be hard to to make the the case that there is this triune existence of God but we have more than just Elohim we have more than just Genesis 1 1 as a matter of fact if we just go a little further in Genesis 1 we see the Bible saying something that might be a little odd for those who don't accept God as having this this triune existence. In chapter 1 verse 26 he says let us make man in our image well there's a problem then if you don't believe that that God exists in this triune fashion because who's the us in the hour that God is referring to now and I don't want to get too far into that because I've got a long way to go and a lot of verses to cover but it seems to say if all we have was Genesis chapter 1 that something doesn't quite sound right who speaks in these ways and who speaks in this in this fashion let us make man in our image and of course you see that again in other in other parts of the Bible where he refers to himself in this plurality such as in Isaiah he says who will who will go for us but so the question is not so much could God exist in this triune fashion could could God exist as God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit the question is not could he the question is would he well then so let's see if the scripture kind of opens the door for us still so that we can see that more clearly I think it does God wants to interact with man the only problem is he can't because of the fall of man because of sin God can't interact with us the way he did let's say with Adam and Eve in the very beginning whereas they were the only ones who could see the fullness of God why because at at one point they didn't have sin and so they can be in his presence and we know that man can't be in the fullness of in God's full presence because of sin Moses lets us know that as a matter of fact we'll actually get to that that verse later on but if God wants to interact with us how can he do so well what if he did so in a veiled form well what do you mean veiled form well there's this term that you may have heard before called theophany or christophany what that is is it is an appearance of deity in human physical form the first time that we see Jesus on the scene is not in the gospel during his incarnation the first time the first time that we see Jesus uh who I believe is Jesus and I believe you go to once we go forward is early on these appearances of God in human form and we're going to see him called by many different names or titles now I'll start off with one of the weakest examples and I'll say this the weakest example because you can't really point to a whole lot of definite scriptural scriptural basis to say that this is definitively Jesus or the incarnate Christ the pre-incarnate Christ in Genesis chapter 3 verse 8 after Adam and Eve had both eaten of their fruit we read this and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool on the day and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden it seems to be saying that they are hiding from a physical person walking who is physically walking they hear this sound and they hide themselves from as they said as the Bible says the presence of the Lord God well is it possible that they just heard his voice and hid from it that's possible also uh is it also possible that they heard this physical walking that's possible also that's why I said this is my weakest example but let's move a little further and see if I can make the point even more conclusively we're going to see throughout Genesis ex this numbers you'll see it in Deuteronomy in Judges Joshua all throughout the Old Testament this God showing up and interacting with man remember these are what's called these theophanies or Christophanies these appearances of Christ or God in human physical form one such example is in Genesis chapter 16 verse 9 let's go there this is where the angel of the Lord is speaking with Hagar well why would you say that's God when he clearly says the angel of the Lord well let's read and see if we can glean from it he says return to your mistress and submit yourself under her hand then the angel of the Lord said to her I will multiply your descendants exceedingly so that they shall not be counted for multitude and the angel of the Lord said to her now forward who speaking the angel of the Lord and notice what he says he's going to do behold you are with child and you shall bear a son and you should call his name Ishmael because the Lord has heard your affliction but look at verse 13 then Hagar she's called the name of the Lord who spoke to her you are the God who sees for she said I have also seen I have also here seen him who sees me so look what Hagar calls him she says she calls the angel of the Lord says that you are the God who sees and she says that I have also seen him who sees me so Hagar calls this the angel of the Lord she calls him God well is she confused well let's look at some more verses and see if it's just her in Genesis 22 verse 11 Abraham who probably is not confused as to who God is because remember God has been speaking to him he told Abraham to leave out of his father's land into a land that he will show him so he's fully aware of who God is and recognizes him and his voice and look at chapter 22 verse 11 but the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said Abraham Abraham so it's the angel of the Lord calling to Abraham from heaven verse 12 he said do not lay a hand on the lad or do anything to him for now I know that you fear God since you since you have not withheld your son your only son from me wait a second he uses the personal pronoun me the angel of the Lord does the angel of the Lord calls from heaven and says that you have not withheld your only son from me but in verse 14 Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide as it is said to this day in the mount of the Lord it's provided look at verse 15 then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven and said by myself I have sworn says the Lord so the angel of the Lord is also called the Lord now think about this for a second as we go forward I want you to remember all these different titles all these different names of descriptions of God who is the Lord the Lord not a Lord there are many people who might be a Lord over this town over this household but who is the Lord there's only one person that's ever been given the title the Lord right that's being God God is the Lord but we get to the New Testament and Eden Jesus called the Lord well let's just stick here in the Old Testament but right here the angel of the Lord is called the Lord he's also called God as well so we see the angel of the Lord being called God and the Lord so let's keep going to Genesis chapter 31 verse 13 the angel of God says I am the God of Bethel where you anointed the pillar and and where you made a vow to me so here the angel of God is called God well is the angel of God the same as the angel of the Lord the same as the Lord well the angel of God is also called God the angel of the Lord is also called the Lord is also called God so the angel of the Lord and the angel of God seem to be one of the same so now let's go look a little further one page over in chapter 32 many of you are familiar with this verse this particular famous passages where Jacob wrestles with a man but let's see if it's just a man in verse 24 then Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of day well who was this man we'll see now when he saw that he did not prevail against him that is the man that was wrestling with Jacob he touched the socket of Jacob's hip and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as he wrestled with him and he said the man did to Jacob let me go for the day breaks but he that is Jacob said I will not let you go until you bless me so he said to him what is your name Jacob and he said your name shall no longer be Jacob but Israel for you have look at this struggled with God and with men and had prevailed then Jacob said or answered or asked saying tell me your name I pray and he said why is it that you ask about my name and he blessed so Jacob called the name of the place pinion for I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved so here we see Jacob wrestling with this man and the man says that your name should be Israel why because you have wrestled with God and prevailed Jacob calls the place pinion because he says I have seen God face to face and have lived so here we see another example of God showing up in the form of a man wrestling with Jacob and Jacob identifies this person that he's wrestling with as God because he says so does Jacob know who God is well I think he does he's been interacting you're talking with God and God is the one who changed his name from Jacob to Israel and so here's another example of God in the form of flesh wrestling with man in this case so now let's move a little further we're going to skip Exodus and I want to go to numbers and give another example numbers chapter 22 speaks about bomb and and this donkey and the angel of the Lord and look what it says then God's anger was aroused because he went and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as an adversary against him so we see the angel of the Lord here standing and as we read first I don't want to go too far into it because it's for just for lack of time but we keep seeing what the angel of the Lord is saying and what the angel of the Lord is doing and let's go down further so the angel of the Lord is who's talking verse 34 and my lamb said to the angel of the Lord I have sinned for I did not know you stood in the way against me now therefore if it depletes you I will return back keep going down further 35 then the angel of the Lord said so we still see it's the angel of the Lord speaking verse 38 and the lamb said to black look I have come to you now have I any power at all to say anything the word that God puts in my mouth that I must speak what way to say I thought this was the angel of the Lord but here the man testifies that this was God more examples let's go to judges in chapter 6 verse 12 we see Gideon coming in contact with the Lord let's look and the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him the Lord is with you here it is again the angel of the Lord the Lord and then dropped down to verse 20 the angel of God so now it departs from the angel of the Lord and the Lord took the angel of God and verse 20 said to him take the meat and unleavened bread and lay them on the rock verse 21 then the angel of the Lord put out the end of his staff so and I'm just jumping around because it's for lack of time but I want to see I want you to see all the different names and titles that are being used here then go to verse 22 and here we see now Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord so Gideon said alas oh Lord God for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face so here we see these examples with Gideon with Balaam with Jacob with Abraham with Hagar of God interacting with him as a man physical form was as a man who had flesh we know because he wrestled with Jacob and his name is called the angel of the Lord the angel of God the Lord and God okay so you might be wondering how in the world does that even mean that that's Jesus what we'll see in a second recall who led the children of Israel out of captivity so go back to Exodus now verse 17 and 18 then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near for God said less perhaps the people changed their mind verse 18 so God led the people so who's leading the people God is leading the people right just want to make sure that's clear God is the one that's leading the children of Israel out of captivity right and then in verse 21 look what he says and the Lord that makes sense went before them in a pillar of cloud to lead them by the way and by night in a pillar of fire he did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people so we see God leading them in this form this fire and this cloud that's kind of important because I want you to see the elements that God is also showing up in it's the Lord who's leading them as a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day right so now let's go to chapter 14 verse 19 and the angel of God who went before the camp of Israel moved between them and behind them this was this was happening when the when the the Egyptians were getting close to the children of Israel and so God goes from being in front of them to move behind them but look what he's called this time the angel of God now let's go to chapter 23 of Exodus verse 20 behold I've seen an angel before you to keep you in the way now all angels simply means is just in the Hebrew word for this is just the word for messenger right or also angel but is this a particular messenger well let's see 21 beware of him and obey his voice do not provoke him for he this angel this messenger will not pardon your transgressions if you if you provoke him this messenger will not pardon your transgressions you mean tell me there's an angel a messenger who will be able to pardon your sins your transgressions some kind of angel huh for my name is in him but if you indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak then I will be an enemy to your enemies verse 23 for my angel will go before you and bring you into the Amorites and Hittites and so forth so now but he says my name will be in him wait a second you mean to tell me God you are going to put your name into someone else's that wait a second how could that be God because you don't share your glory with anyone else oh I might be getting ahead of myself because I don't want to I want to use that passage those passages for next week God doesn't share his glory with anyone and his name is his and his alone so why does he seem to be sharing that with somebody else unless he's not sharing with sharing it with somebody else remember in the beginning of Exodus chapter three this is when Moses was tending the flock and he sees something and let's just read the passage that I want you to make note of who is who and what's what verse two the angel of the Lord appeared to him appeared to who the angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush so he looked and behold the bush not burning then verse three Moses said I will now turn aside to see this great sight while the bush is not burned so it's the angel of the Lord appearing in this bush in this flame verse four so when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look God called to him from the midst of the bush appearing in this bush in this flame verse four so when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look God called to him from the midst of the bush wait a second I thought this was the angel of the Lord then it says the Lord saw but then God called so we've got again the angel of the Lord the Lord and God calling out from Moses to Moses out of this burning bush out of this fire because God shows up in the form in this fire also he shows up we'll see later as Moses meets with him in this cloud and remember who led the children of Israel out of Egypt God in the form of this cloud and this fire and so we'll see him interacting with Moses in both in both of these forms and so clearly God can take on the form of fire if he so chooses because he does right here right but notice what he's called he's called the angel of the Lord he's called the Lord and he's called God but then later on when Moses says to him when you when people ask who shall I say sent me what does God say we all know this I am so we've got the angel of the Lord the Lord God and I am okay well so well the so is and we'll just go ahead just just just briefly um we all remember the passage in John chapter 8 when Jesus said before Abraham was ego eme which is I am and the Jews knew exactly what that meant because they took up stones to kill him because he's calling himself God so even early on we see God taking on this form of man of flesh because again the question is not could God but would God is it possible for God to be in heaven picture this God is in heaven he's also here on earth in this case in Exodus 3 he's in the form of this fire so is it possible that God can be in the fire while at the same time still be in heaven well sure because that's exactly what's happening here is it possible that God can be in the fire speaking of Moses his presence still be in heaven but also his presence because he's out in the present still being Africa Asia Europe North America is it possible that God can be all over the world his presence his spirit all over the world at the same time that's possible matter of fact not only is it possible that's where that's what David even says where can I go that you're not your presence so his presence his spirit is on earth his fullness dwells in heaven while at the same time he can take on flesh because he did he took on fire he wrapped himself in fire but he can wrap himself in flesh and come and die for us my friends that is the definition of the Trinity and so there's more passages for us to see because I want to make this not just clear I want to make it abundantly clear but for this video suffice it to say we see some examples of God showing up in physical form as God