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All Three Members of Triune God Are Eternal ~
The
Eternal God ~ God the Father is eternal.
Old Testament: “The eternal
God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust
out the enemy from before you, and will say, ‘Destroy!’” (Deuteronomy 33:27).
“For thus says the
High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in
the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones”
(Isaiah 57:15).
New Testament: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in
unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God
has shown it to them. For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because,
although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but
became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing
to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God
into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and
creeping things. Therefore God also gave
them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies
among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and
served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen” (Romans 1:18-25).
The
Eternal Son ~ The Son of God is eternal.
Old Testament: "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though
you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to
Me the One to be Ruler in Israel [Jesus Christ], whose goings forth are from of
old, from everlasting." (Micah
5:2).
New Testament: “In the beginning was the Word [Jesus Christ],
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
in the beginning with God. All
things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was
made. In Him was life, and the life was
the light of men. And the light shines
in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:1-5).
The
Eternal Spirit
~ The Spirit of God is eternal.
Old Testament: “In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:1-2).
“By His Spirit He
adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent” (Job 26:13).
New Testament: “But Christ came as High Priest of the good
things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation. Not
with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most
Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the
ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the
flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God? And for this reason He is
the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the
transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive
the promise of the eternal inheritance” (Hebrews 9:11-15).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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