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FAQ # 128
QUESTION 128 : Isn’t
this Trinity in Scripture, “Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the
Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me” (Isa
48:16)? Notice: 1. “the Lord GOD” 2. “his spirit” and 3. “me”. Isn’t that
Trinity?
Firstly,
did you know that this was not meant to be understood until Jesus had
revealed it to his disciples? It was a mystery, hidden even from angels
“who desire to look into these things” (1 Pet 1:12). A deliberate mystery
even the prophets didn’t understand, “Of which salvation the prophets
have enquired and searched diligently” (1 Pet 1:10-12); even though the
spirit of the Lord moved upon them to speak it.
You would
have realized it was a mystery if the entire chapter was read, because
the same divine person (GOD) speaking said this in a few verses above,
“Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I
am the first, I also am the last” (Isa 48:12).
Here he made it plain that he is the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but went
unto speak of himself as separate persons in verse sixteen, in an effort
to say what he said in a mystery or often called parable. Parables spoken
have to be explained by the speaker; in this chapter it was not revealed,
in order to conceal it. That’s why Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 3:16, “without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Why did
he say this in a mystery?
Because
“we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which
God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory”
(1Cor 2:7-8).
In other
words, if it was revealed, the evil of this earth would not have crucified
Jesus Christ and you and I wouldn’t have salvation. But thank be to God
“his cross …
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it” (Col 2:14-15); even though he prophetically
said through Isaiah, “I am he” (Isa 48:12). Indirectly saying, I am the
one who is coming, I’m the one who is going to bruise the devil’s head.
But devils couldn’t understand it because he ‘parablized’ it in verse
Isa 48:16 from your question.
{Source: aid from
Paul Dean}
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