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Old Testament Faces 5
I am always amazed when I read in Genesis 1.26 "Let us make man in our own image" that the little word "us" has survived despite century upon century of scribal copying. The Jews were strict deists who could not countenance any other god but the One Holy God of Israel. Despite this, they faithfully preserved a clear indication of the Trinity, the plurality of the persons in the Godhead in verse 26 of Genesis 1.
Old Testament Trinity
In the Old Testament, we see the person of Jesus appearing and disappearing. After Daniel and his two friends had been thrown into the furnace of fire, the king approached the door and peeked in. What he then said rocks us on our heels, "I see four men... and the fourth looks like the son of the gods"1 Even a pagan king recognized that God was with these three brave people. This "son of the gods" probably referred to Jesus in his pre-incarnation form! There are other Old Testament examples of a "God figure" talking to Abraham and wrestling with Jacob. How do you personally come to terms in your own mind with the concept of three persons in one God?
"Old Testament Faces."
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