Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
4. Jewish Mystical Understanding
Middle Column: “Pillar of Mildness”
The Middle column of the Sefirot structure represents the ideal
balance of divine mercy and justice. This harmony is best
represented in the Sefirah of Tiferet, which exists midway
between the extremes of Din and Hesed, female and male.
Following traditional Rabbinic perception, the Kabbalah
recognizes that the universe could not survive if it were founded
only upon justice (for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory
of God) or only upon mercy (then people would not be redeemed
as free will beings).
It is not difficult to see how the Son comes in as the compromise
which enable the creation to survive.
The lowest sefirot is Malkhut, which is seen as God's presence
among his people. the other nine are seen as three triads of
three, a triad of triads, a Trinity. The Sefirot are seen in
Kabbalah as the garments or crowns of the King and as aspects
of the Divine Personality The Kaballah figure can be looked
upon as a tree with three branches or as a Man. They call this
Body the Adam Kadmon and this can be linked to St Paul’s
concepts of the Second Adam and the Body of Christ.
The Kaballah is currently is a sophisticated system. However we
do not know how far this was developed at the time of Jesus and
his disciples. At any rate we can be assured that the basic
Trinitarian teachings were in place by that time and Jesus, and
his Apostles including Paul heavily used those concepts.
Another Christian interpretation of the Kaballistic Tree
In this view the crown is associated with the Father since,
everything procedes from the father. Son is represented by the
Wisdom and the Holy Spirit by Understanding or Prudence. The
idea is the same in both viewpoints. The tree itself is upside
down since, the root is the Ein Sof, All the created beings
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