[reed13k]

I struggle with understanding the Trinity - but then that shouldn’t be suprising who can truly understand the magneficeince of God.

What confuses me most is how can the God know and not know. Christ said only the Father knew what was in the book of life. But then also confusing is that Christ will sit on the right side of God...which makes it sound to my feeble mind as though it is a seperate entity.

Course I also don’t understand 3 days/nights to rise if he died on friday as the sabbath approached and rose on Sunday there are only 2 nights between - not 3. Which makes me think he really rose on Monday....

[FamiliarFace]

The way the Jewish people counted days back then was that a day began at sundown one day and ended at sundown. So Thursday sundown began Day 1. This is the day when Jesus was crucified and died, Good Friday.

Day 2 was from sundown on Friday through sundown on Saturday, when He was buried.

Day 3 was from sundown on Saturday through sundown on Sunday, the day he arose from the dead.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

Finding a good local Bible Study...or I am sure libraries have them too, it a great way to learn more about the Bible. Also, websites like CBN have Bible courses one can take on line for free.....

Unfortunately, I did not join a Bible Study until late 50’s and am glad The Lord let me live long enough to REALLY know and learn about Him!! Taking a Holy Spirit course really makes the triune God make sense on who does what!!

Blessings...

[ScottfromNJ]

“Christ will sit on the right side of God”

And then the Son will be subject to his Father God:

1 Corinthians 15:28 -

“And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject “be under obedience” unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”

[rjsimmon]

What confuses me most is how can the God know and not know. Christ said only the Father knew what was in the book of life. But then also confusing is that Christ will sit on the right side of God...which makes it sound to my feeble mind as though it is a seperate entity.

Remember that Christ was both 100% God and 100% Man. The divine did not reveal to the corporeal all that was, only what was needed.

Course I also don't understand 3 days/nights to rise if he died on friday as the sabbath approached and rose on Sunday there are only 2 nights between - not 3. Which makes me think he really rose on Monday....

A few things are happening here. The differences written in the Gospels were written from two aspects: 1 Gospel from Hebrew reckoning and 1 from Roman reckoning. To the Jews, any part of a day was considered a whole day. To the Romans, after nightfall, it was a new day. Further, the Sabbath is Saturday and at the time of the Passover there was a special or "double" Sabbath (Friday & Saturday), meaning Christ was most-likely crucified on a Thursday.

[Mom MD]

While Christ was on Earth He voluntarily limited himself to a human body and being subject to space/time. He returned to full glory after His resurrection. During the time on earth he was voluntarily limited and that’s why tbe Father would know some things He didn’t

[Chainmail]

Obviously, God is far beyond our ability to understand. He exists beyond our physical box of time and dimension and mass and energy.

But my wife came up with this simple method to understand the Trinity: water. Water exists in three states; solid ice, liquid water, and vapor-steam. It is three distinct conditions based on temperature and pressure but it is all still water.

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

3 days and nights.

Simple really.

Jews counted any part of a day as a complete day. Day and night is an idiomatic expression meaning a day.

So Friday is day one, Saturday day two and Sunday is the the third day.

[Ezekiel]

>>>I struggle with understanding the Trinity - but then that shouldn't be suprising who can truly understand the magneficeince of God.<<<

God is one, but He exists in three distinct Persons. We call this the Trinity, a contraction of "tri-unity," meaning "three in one." The word Trinity doesn't appear in the Bible, but God's existence as three Persons in one God is clear from Scripture.

That must be why the endless mantra is needed to explain it. That must be why the mass marketing of the concept goes on and on and on! /s

It's a perpetual sales pitch. Falsehood needs a 24/7/365 propaganda machine to keep up the sham. Any stray "uppity" voices can be shut down and drowned out by the cacaphony of believers.

It's kind of like the weather. In order to convince someone that it is a lovely sunny day and all is well, when in reality a violent storm is on the horizon, the deceiver must block the view to the outside, keep his listeners far away from the windows, and talk so expertly implanting many smooth talking points that noone suspects he is being played, so he has no thought to check directly. The beliefs of the seducer are incorporated into the minds of the seduced, such that they perceive the thoughts as their own.

Everything is viewed through the trompe l'oeil of the false teacher. A painted mural indicates the weather for today.

That Obama poster with that word "BELIEVE"? Same thing.

[metmom]

It’s got to do with the calendar that got set up for us.

Here’s an interesting thread that explains it.

The Good Friday—Easter Sunday Question
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2226464/posts

[reed13k]

Thanks everyone for your feedback

[Iscool]

Course I also don’t understand 3 days/nights to rise if he died on friday as the sabbath approached and rose on Sunday there are only 2 nights between - not 3. Which makes me think he really rose on Monday....

Actually it was Saturday...This site covers it pretty well but others go well into all the detail with scripture of course so a person can see when the Crucifixion actually took place...

I struggle with understanding the Trinity - but then that shouldn’t be suprising who can truly understand the magneficeince of God.

God gave us the scriptures so that we could understand...I like to think I understand the Trinity...Others of course disagree with me as well as each other but many do agree with me...

God says we are made in his image...In what sense would that be??? We look like God??? Nope...God is invisible...He is a spirit...How about Jesus??? We made in Jesus' image??? Nope...John says we don't know what the risen Jesus looks like...In the scriptures Jesus appears as a ram, a lamb, an angel, a man...

And then God says, 'let us make man in our image'...Fascinating stuff...

The one thing we have in common with God is that there are 3 of us...We are created with a body, a soul and the life giving spirit...All wrapped up into one package...And that package is the 'image of God'...God is 3...Just like you are 3...But God is one...If you look in a mirror, you see 1...But yet you are 3...

Some liken us to a bicycle tire...We have the tire itself (our body)...Then there's the inner tube (the soul) and it is filled with air (the spirit) to make one tire...

The word used for body is soma, which means body...The word used for soul is psuche which we get our word psyche from...Our reasoning center...And spirit is the word pneuma...We get our word pneumatic from that...AIR...Spirit is air...

God puts the air into us...Into our lungs...If you believe that, and I believe that, (That air is the pneuma, the spirit) then if you have ever seen a baby being born you have witnessed the supernatural miracle that only God can provide by putting the spirit into that little body...if you have ever seen a baby being born in person or on tv, you have witnessed the supernatural miracle from God...

Anyway, Our trinity gets separated at death; the spirit leaves the body and the body falls down to the ground and the soul leaves and goes up, or down...

This is a picture of God...He is one but he is 3...But because he is a spiritual being the 3 parts of the Trinity have the ability to separate...

If your soul was able to leave your body right now without your body falling down dead, your soul would also have an identity...Your body would be you, your soul would be you and your spirit would be you...And that's a picture of God (Jesus and the Holy Spirit)...

[Salvation]

The Trinity is a mystery. It takes trust. But it is in the Bible.