Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
4. Jewish Mystical Understanding
5. Gevurah – Judgment/ strength/ determination (Power of
Intention)
6. Tipheret – Symmetry/ balance/ compassion (Creative
Power)
7. Netzach – Contemplation/ Initiative/ persistence (Power
of the Eternal Now)
8. Netzach – Surrender/ sincerity/ steadfastness
(Intellectual/ Observational Power)
9. Yesod – Foundation/ wholly remembering/ coherent
knowledge (Power of Manifesting)
10. Malkuth – Lower Crown – Kingdom/ physical presence/
vision and illusion (Power of Healing/ Accomplishment/
Level of Realization of Divine Plan)
According to Rabbi Isaac Luria the order is slightly different. He
does not admit Kether and insert Daat (Knowledge) as a third in
the series. It is sometimes taken as the eleventh sefirah.
According to Jewish Thought, all created worlds emanate from
the ten sefirot, the attributes of Creation.
The middle five qualities are mentioned explicitly and in correct
order at I Chronicles 29:11: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness
(gedulah), the strength (gevurah), the glory (tiferet), the power
(netzach), and the splendor (hod)
The seventh, eighth and tenth are mentioned in the doxology of
the Lord’s Prayer. It is absent in the Luke probably because it
was already part of the prayers following the Kabbalistic tradition.
John the Baptist himself might have used it when he taught his
disciples how to pray.
“For thine is the kingdom (Malkuth), and the power Netzach, and
the glory (hod), for ever.” Matthew 6:9–13 last part
These are usually represented in the form of a tree with three
branches. They in fact correspond to the Christian Trinity. It is
this Trinity that resides on the top that act directly in the cosmos.
It is through these Sefiroth that the whole cosmos as a unity is
interconnected. Every thought or action or intent that happens
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