Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go.
Three distinct people are mentioned in this passage. Who are they?
I submit that they are:
1. The LORD, thy Redeemer - Jesus, God the Son
2. The Lord GOD - God the Father
3. His Spirit - God, the Holy Spirit.
No offense but its another attempt to read Trinitarian theology retroactively back into the scriptures. The Lord was in the business of redeeming before the Messiah's appointed time. Do a search of the word "redeemer" and you'll see.
As far as God the Father is concerned. Paul said:
1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
One God, the Father pretty much explains it.
The Spirit is "Ruach", The breath of God. The presense of God in the earth. No reason to get the heeby jeeby's because the Comforter was refferred to as a "He" once in the entire NT.