The Hebrew Bible emphasized the existence of a single god. Nevertheless, in any given instance in that Bible, this single God invariably played the role of Creator, Sustainer, or Destroyer. God created the world in the beginning of the Book of Genesis, sustained His people in the story of Exodus, and destroyed His creation in the Biblical flood. George Gurdjieff
The three personas of God reappear multiple times in the Old Testament. We next see this play out, not just as personas, but rarely in the form of three distinct entities: unified in purpose, representing the one true God, and appearing as three visitors.
“From the Book of Genesis…God visits his servant, Abraham. Throughout the visit, God vacillates between a single and threefold visitor.
The Bible prefaces this story by saying, “And the Lord appeared unto [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day…” But when Abraham gazes up to see his visitor, he witnesses three men. He runs to meet them and yet addresses them in signal person: “And when [Abraham] saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.”
As the story unfolds, we learn that Abraham’s mysterious visitor(s) plays a threefold role. In accepting Abraham’s hospitality, and in sitting at his table to eat, we witness the principle of Sustainer. In inquiring about Abraham’s wife, and announcing she will soon bear a son, we witness the principle of Creator. And finally, in leaving Abraham’s table to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, we witness the principle of Destroyer.” George Gurdjieff
In the New Testament, no one should be surprised by Jesus’ professing knowledge of the Father, admitting that “no one comes to the Father except through the Son”, and that when Jesus returns to the Father, he would send the Paraclete in the form of the Holy Spirit to guide His church. This Holy Trinity is completely revealed in the New Testament and the Good News is all about the love between God and His people. God the Father as the Creator, God the Son as the Destroyer of death, and God the Holy Spirit as the Sustainer, bring us strength and guidance when we need it most. These are just one set of examples, but there are many more.
Over the three thousand plus years of the Old Testament and now, the two thousand years of the New Testament, we read numerous examples of our triune God, as the Creator, Destroyer, and the Sustainer though the Power of the Wisdom of Three.
God, in Unified Perfection!
If this is my last post, I want all to know there was only one purpose for all that I have written; to have made a positive difference in the lives of others. Anthony “Tony” Boquet, the author of “The Bloodline of Wisdom, The Awakening of a Modern Solutionary”