Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
5. Old Testament Theophanies
Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a
deep sleep, my face to the ground.
SOPHIA
Pro. 8: 22-30 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his
works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity,
from the beginning, before the world began. When there were no
oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding
with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before
the hills, I was given birth, before he made the earth or its fields
or any of the dust of the world. I was there when he set the
heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of
the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed
securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its
boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the
craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,rejoicing in his whole world and
delighting in mankind”
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The Sophia (Wisdom) can be identified as the Spirit of
discernment and one who gives life. Here we are told that this
Wisdom was with God from the begining, before creation and
was involved in the creation process. Yet there is indication that
Wisdom proceded from God.
LORD SAYS TO MY LORD
In Psalm 110, the one who is in a future day to rule in Zion is
addressed as a divine personality by another who is also deity.
"The Lord says to my Lord," writes David the (7-8) psalmist, "sit
at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your
feet. The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will
rule in the midst of your enemies" (Psalm 110:1-2).
Here is one who is "the Lord" speaking to David's Lord and
telling him to sit at his right hand until the time comes for him to
rule in the midst of some who are now his enemies. Surely the
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