Hi
Judy,
I believe that one
must hold to a proper concept of the Trinity. This includes the One and
the Three. I do not believe that the stress on the Hebrew mind for God
being One nullifies the Newer Testament stress on Three, nor do I believe that
the Three is absent in the Older Testament or the One in the Newer. I
believe that the concept of Perichoresis (mutual indwelling) handles this
quite well. It is seeing the Trinity in relational instead of static
terms that is most beneficial (and Hebrew). I believe that whenever we
give primacy to one side over the other we tend to stray into error.
I also am not saying
that Hebrew thought is perfect. However, I believe that Israel was the
womb of the incarnation and that God supplied Israel with the mental furniture
needed to begin to fathom God and His purpose. I believe this was
fulfilled in the Godman Jesus Christ. It is because the Hebrew mindset
was continually being refined in an agonizing relationship with its Creator
that it is so valuable. By studying this mindset the Spirit can refine
our own minds into that of Christ�s. I would suggest that the same
process needed to break into the Hebrew mind is needed in our own
Greek/Western mindsets.
We must also be
careful in how we describe the Greek mind. It is easy to begin by
generalizing and saying that anything that is parsed or broken up is a result
of Greek philosophy. That would not be a truthful presumption. It
may be fair in some situations and not in others. In the case above I do
not believe it to be fair as it is not an accurate representation of
Trinitarian thought. If I said that God was primarily Jesus and only
moderately Father and Spirit then I would be outside the bounds of Hebrew
thought and into Greek. For the record the complete (mutually exclusive)
separation of Father, Son, and Spirit (tritheism) is a result of Greek
philosophy.
JBH
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Jonathan, do you also see the Godhead
as "broken up" Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Where's the Hebrew
mind's
Slade I anxiously
await your response to this one. I am very grateful to a few people in
my life (including Lance) who have pointed out how important the Hebrew
mindset is to understanding Christianity. The concept of wholeness in
the human instead of the broken up spirit, soul, body, mind of greek
philosophy is a breath of fresh air.
JBH
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I'll get to this
when I have more time (like on Shabbat, perhaps).
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Judyt: To me
this makes about as much sense as the right brain, left brain, New Age
mumbo jumbo.
Slade says:
Interesting perspective. That's how I receive Spirit vs. Flesh
arguments.
I can't
imagine why Slade; the reality of the fact that man is a spirit being is
all through scripture ie:
Zech 12:1 "I
formed the spirit of man within him"
Hebrews 12:9
contrasts the fathers of the flesh with the Father of
Spirits.
Romans 8:1,2
contrasts walking after the flesh with walking after the
Spirit
Galatians
5:19-23 contrasts fruit of the flesh as opposed to fruit of the
Spirit
How does one
explain these scriptures and the ones I haven't listed when in denial?
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