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The Trinity at first does appear to be illogical, an unnecessary complication. When I first heard it, I thought, huh? Why not just God?
The Trinity was an unnecessary complication for the ancient Hebrews, who had to contend with a multiplicity of pagan gods. The oneness of their God had to be emphasized.
But with Christian revelation, more of the nature and the structure of the Godhead was revealed. It was revealed that the Godhead had a structure, and, it is a structure that logically would also be echoed in God’s creation.
Because Scripture tells us that it is proper to look to God’s creation to learn about the God who created it. “The heaven’s reflect the glory of Thy handiwork.” And, Romans 1:20, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through that which has been made, so that they are without excuse.”
Is there anything in creation, in nature, that could correspond to the Trinity? I believe there is. My background is mechanical engineering, so I look to principles in physics that may compare. For me, they are in Newton’s Laws of Motion.
Newton’s third law states, “For every action there is an equal reaction.” That is, for every force there is an equal counterforce. There is no force existing in isolation, no action that does also not have a reaction. Simply no such thing. Doesn’t exist. Just like the sound of one hand clapping.
To understand this idea, when you are sitting you are exerting a force, your weight, against the chair. The chair in turn is exerting a counterforce, a reaction, on you. Action and reaction. Note that this pair of forces are equal, are simultaneous, and exist in the same place. Also, in a sense, your weight can be thought of as “father” to the counterforce, the force against your butt, and counterforce as “son.”
We begin to see the relationship, the necessity of the relationship, between the Father and the Son.
Since God is force, is action, there must also be a counteforce, a reaction, for God. What can that be but God Himself? It is God Himself, but also something that can be conceptually separated from God as well.
That something is the Son. The Son of God, the equal counteforce to God, the Father.
There can be, therefore, no such thing as a singular Jehovah, or Allah. To create and exist, the duality of the Father and the Son must be, by necessity. A singular figure cannot exist, nor create.
But what of the Holy Spirit? Newton’s second law, the dynamic one, explains the Holy Spirit. (“And a mighty wind swept across the face of the waters”) The Holy Spirit is dynamic, is motion, is acceleration.
The second law states that an acceleration is produced between the interaction between force and reaction force, just as in a rocket. Acceleration is equal to the force divided by mass (mass providing the inertial reaction force corresponding to the Son). The Holy Spirit is then motion, and the energy in the universe.
The originator of all force is the Father, but that force cannot exist without the Son, and the Holy Spirit is the consequence of the interaction of the Father and Son. All essence can be seen to come from the Father, but the Holy Spirit from them both. (This seems to favor the filioque clause in the creed.) God is a personal God, so each of these is a person. A Trinity.
God must, by necessity, be structured. That structure is revealed in creation.
The Trinity was an unnecessary complication for the ancient Hebrews, who had to contend with a multiplicity of pagan gods. The oneness of their God had to be emphasized.
But with Christian revelation, more of the nature and the structure of the Godhead was revealed. It was revealed that the Godhead had a structure, and, it is a structure that logically would also be echoed in God’s creation.
Because Scripture tells us that it is proper to look to God’s creation to learn about the God who created it. “The heaven’s reflect the glory of Thy handiwork.” And, Romans 1:20, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through that which has been made, so that they are without excuse.”
Is there anything in creation, in nature, that could correspond to the Trinity? I believe there is. My background is mechanical engineering, so I look to principles in physics that may compare. For me, they are in Newton’s Laws of Motion.
Newton’s third law states, “For every action there is an equal reaction.” That is, for every force there is an equal counterforce. There is no force existing in isolation, no action that does also not have a reaction. Simply no such thing. Doesn’t exist. Just like the sound of one hand clapping.
To understand this idea, when you are sitting you are exerting a force, your weight, against the chair. The chair in turn is exerting a counterforce, a reaction, on you. Action and reaction. Note that this pair of forces are equal, are simultaneous, and exist in the same place. Also, in a sense, your weight can be thought of as “father” to the counterforce, the force against your butt, and counterforce as “son.”
We begin to see the relationship, the necessity of the relationship, between the Father and the Son.
Since God is force, is action, there must also be a counteforce, a reaction, for God. What can that be but God Himself? It is God Himself, but also something that can be conceptually separated from God as well.
That something is the Son. The Son of God, the equal counteforce to God, the Father.
There can be, therefore, no such thing as a singular Jehovah, or Allah. To create and exist, the duality of the Father and the Son must be, by necessity. A singular figure cannot exist, nor create.
But what of the Holy Spirit? Newton’s second law, the dynamic one, explains the Holy Spirit. (“And a mighty wind swept across the face of the waters”) The Holy Spirit is dynamic, is motion, is acceleration.
The second law states that an acceleration is produced between the interaction between force and reaction force, just as in a rocket. Acceleration is equal to the force divided by mass (mass providing the inertial reaction force corresponding to the Son). The Holy Spirit is then motion, and the energy in the universe.
The originator of all force is the Father, but that force cannot exist without the Son, and the Holy Spirit is the consequence of the interaction of the Father and Son. All essence can be seen to come from the Father, but the Holy Spirit from them both. (This seems to favor the filioque clause in the creed.) God is a personal God, so each of these is a person. A Trinity.
God must, by necessity, be structured. That structure is revealed in creation.
