John 1 and Finding the Trinity in the Hebrew Bible (OT)
Image from freebibleimages.com Now and then I see a title on various writing outlets suggesting that Christianity has created a whole new deity, but the fact is, Christianity spread as fast as it did because the shadow of the Triune God was already deeply embedded in the Tanak (the entire Hebrew Bible/Old Testament). Those predictive passages give astonishing affirmation to the claims of Jesus and His apostles. Read on, and I’ll make the case for it. There are many passages in the HB that speak to the coming of Messiah. In this post, I’ll pull out some of the well-known, bedrock predictions often quoted in the New Testament. If you are already a Christian who is conversant with these passages, it wouldn’t hurt to review them again. It fascinates me that John addresses all of the important Messianic titles in his first chapter. I’ll use the New King James Version cut and pasted from biblegateway.com. The Spirit of God , Genesis 1:1, 2; Job 38:1-7; and John 1:1-3. Let’s begin with ...