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One God, Three Persons: How Scripture Reveals the Holy Trinity
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What the video says
The video presents an article from the Orthodox Study Bible on the Holy Trinity, read aloud with singing at the beginning and end. The Holy Trinity is one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, distinct but not separate and not three gods, one in essence or nature. The Trinity is revealed subtly in the Old Testament and fully and plainly in the New Testament, beginning at the baptism of the Lord.
The article traces the Trinity's work in creating the world through Genesis, in saving the world through Isaiah and the Psalms, and its full revelation at the Annunciation and Theophany.
Key moments
- The Holy Trinity is one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, distinct but not separate, one in essence or nature. The Father is the unbegotten fountainhead of deity, the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father.
- The Trinity created the world: the Father made heaven and earth, the Spirit hovered over creation and co-created, and the Son as the Word of God made the light, all with creative power and equality.
- In Genesis 1:26, the pronouns us and our reveal a plurality of divine persons operating in complete unity out of the one divine nature.
- The Trinity saves the world: the Father is our redeemer, the Son inherits the people saved by him, and the words holy, holy, holy in Isaiah 6 declare the three persons who save us.
- Isaiah 44:3 shows the Father pouring out his Spirit like water on dry ground, and Isaiah 48:16-17 shows the Son declaring the Father and the Spirit sent him to redeem the world. Although the Son alone became a man, all three persons save mankind.
- The New Testament affirms the Trinity in the Old Testament: the Word was with the Father at creation, Jesus identifies himself as existing before Abraham as I am, appearing to Moses in the burning bush, and the Spirit's descent at Pentecost affirms his Old Testament presence.
- Hebrews 1:8-10 affirms the Father speaking to the Son in the Psalms, acknowledging the Son as God and creator of the world.
- The incarnate Son fully reveals the Trinity: at the Annunciation the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin Mary, and at the baptism in the Jordan the Father's voice was heard and the Spirit descended like a dove. As the main hymn for Theophany says, when you, oh Lord, were baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest.
An audio reading presents an article from the Orthodox Study Bible titled 'The Holy Trinity: Creator and Savior,' read aloud with singing at the beginning and end. The reading explains that the Holy Trinity is one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, distinct but not separate and not three gods, one in essence or nature.
The Father is the unbegotten fountainhead of deity, the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father. The article traces the Trinity's work in creating the world through Genesis: the Father made heaven and earth, the Spirit hovered over creation and co-created, and the Son as the Word of God made the light, all with creative power and equality.
In Genesis 1:26, the pronouns 'us' and 'our' reveal a plurality of divine persons operating in unity out of the one divine nature. The reading then shows how the Trinity saves the world: the Father is our redeemer, the Son inherits the people saved by him, and the words 'holy, holy, holy' in Isaiah 6 declare the three persons who save us.
Isaiah 44:3 shows the Father pouring out his Spirit like water on dry ground, and Isaiah 48:16-17 shows the Son declaring that the Father and the Spirit sent him to redeem the world. Although the Son alone became a man, all three persons save mankind. The New Testament affirms the Trinity in the Old Testament: the Word was with the Father at creation, Jesus identifies himself as existing before Abraham as 'I am,' appearing to Moses in the burning bush, and the Spirit's descent at Pentecost affirms his Old Testament presence.
Hebrews 1:8-10 affirms the Father speaking to the Son in the Psalms, acknowledging the Son as God and creator of the world. The incarnate Son fully reveals the Trinity: at the Annunciation the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin Mary, and at the baptism in the Jordan the Father's voice was heard and the Spirit descended like a dove.
As the main hymn for Theophany says, when you, oh Lord, were baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest.
Main points
- The Holy Trinity is one God in three persons, distinct but not separate, one in essence: the Father unbegotten, the Son eternally begotten, the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father.
- The Trinity created the world: the Father made heaven and earth, the Spirit hovered and co-created, and the Son as the Word made the light; Genesis 1:26 uses 'us' and 'our'.
- The Trinity saves the world: Isaiah 6's 'holy, holy, holy' declares the three persons, and Isaiah 48:16-17 shows the Son sent by the Father and the Spirit to redeem the world.
- The New Testament affirms the Trinity in the Old: Jesus as 'I am' before Abraham, his appearance in the burning bush, and Hebrews 1:8-10 acknowledging the Son as God and creator.
- The Trinity is fully revealed at the Annunciation and at the baptism in the Jordan, where the Father's voice was heard and the Spirit descended like a dove.