#Bible. The Names of God

The Trinity Revealed | Stephen Phinney, Ray Stedman, Richard Young, Daniel Wallace, and Thomas Kempis.

This publication is for the serious at heart - particularly for those who enjoy studying the organic text depicting the names of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In addition, within this project, I provided an overview of the believer’s (The Church) marriage to the Lamb of God. I believe most will find our discoveries profound & fascinating.

Stephen Phinney

THE NAMES OF GOD | THE TRINITY REVEALED

The concept of the "trinity" is that God consists of three persons who are one in being and nature. The concept of the "trinity" is not something that one just reads a verse or two and says, "So there it is!" The word, Trinity, itself is not in a translation of any word or phrase found in the Bible. The concept is derived and "falls out" of the evidence. Without Jesus' revelation when He was on earth, I would say that the idea of the Trinity would be difficult to determine from the Hebrew Scriptures, for after all, Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "the LORD is one." But, because of Jesus, we must re-examine our first impression of understanding this statement.

From the names of God, the idea of God's nature is more complex than we would have imagined. The question then needs to be addressed as to exactly what "one" means in Deuteronomy 6:4. Consider what Jesus said about His relationship to the Father & His Bride. Each is found in the names of God. Jesus said that He, the Father, and His Bride are one (see John 17:22). Jesus wants us to embrace our oneness as He is one with the Father. Furthermore, when God created man and woman, He desired that they be united as "one flesh" (Gen 2:24). This could not simply be a reference to the bearing of children, which are, in a sense, a one flesh result of their union. It must refer to the marriage itself, for certainly they were "one flesh" before they bore any children. This concept of "one" does not only refer to a uniform or homogeneous state of being, but it reveals God’s plan to adopt the authentic Bride of Christ into the union of the Trinity. To discover the profound details within oneness, we must study the names of God.

Individuals who are united in marriage do not lose their individual traits, such as their own thoughts, emotions, etc. And a married couple does not have the same blood type after they were married if their blood types were different before they were married. If the members of the body of Christ were to become "uniform and homogeneous" in earthly marriages, we would lose our identity as "self," revealing the ideology of adopting oneness through a joined identity in the Creator. Also, the "oneness" must refer not to a homogeneous singularity but to being made one from Heaven’s side. Truly being integrated into the oneness of the Trinity of God. In fact, the oneness of marriage and the body of Christ reflects the nature & names of God Himself.

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