Episode 35: Bible Prophesy of the Trinity

In this sermon preached last week, I dig into prophecies and Scripture of the Trinity. We cover Faith and things to believe at the beginning, then dig into Scriptures predicting Jesus' coming as God (proving He wasn't elevated at the Council of Nicaea, as people like to claim these days).

00:00 - Faith Recap (see episode 34) - we don't need to know everything.
1:50 - Stupid Illustrations to prove a point - Vestigial Organs and Historical Events no Confirmed (yet!)
04:00 - Jesus was Just a Rehash of Old Myths?
06:00 - We have to have complete trust in the Bible
08:00 - No hard evidence for Virgin Birth
08:20 - Hard evidence for Empty Tomb
10:00 - The Trinity is the Scriptural Litmus Test
10:10 - Council of Nicaea
10:25 - Isaiah 6 is the key to understanding so many of these issues.
11:00 - The didn't believe he was God?
11:35 - Open??? in prayer
12:08 - Isaiah 6 Expounded (Listen here!!!)
13:30 - Things in Threes
13:50 - End of Genesis - Jacob's three-fold blessing - "God, God, Angel of God"
15:00 - The Two Powers in the Godhead
16:30 - Jesus uses Godhood language of Himself - "you will see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds of His glory."
17:50 - Isaiah 6 is connect to Jesus, Holy Spirit, and God the Father by the writers of the NT
18:45 - Jesus doesn't need to say "I am God, worship me"
19:00 - Isaiah 6 continued...
19:20 - LORD explained ---- Important point!
20:15 - Elohim explained
22:20 - Back to Isaiah 6
23:30 - Romans 11:8 - God the Father connected with Isaiah 6
25:15 - Acts 28:25 - Holy Spirit connected with Isaiah 6
28:10 - John 12:37 - Son connected with Isaiah 6
31:02 - Matthew 13:10 - Son connected with Isaiah 6 as explanation of parables
33:10 - Why Care about the Trinity?
33:30 - 1) NOT a carry over from Paganism
34:15 - 2) God, in each Person, is equally God.
36:06 - The Bible quotes pagans to prove God is God
36:54 - 3) Coequal Submission Paradigm
40:45 - 4) Complexity of God
41:45 - 5) Separate truth from Error - most false religions get this wrong.
42:23 - 6) Helps us Understand Love - God made us because He WANTED to, not because we "completed" Him.
42:55 - Quote from "Loving the Trinity"
43:33 - Praise and Honor Him as God (John 5:23) - He's not elevated at some later date.
44:02 - Shotgun series of verses on the "Two Powers in Heaven"
44:30 - Gen 19:24 - LORD raining fire from the LORD
44:56 - Exodus 15:3 - LORD is a man of War (see Daniel 7)
45:30 - Daniel 7:9-13 - Thrones (plural) set down and Ancient of Days and "one like the Son of Man" comes and sits in the throne.
46:35 - Two Powers in Heaven quote on Daniel 7:9-13

Thanks to James White and Michael Heiser's works for guidance on some of the material in this presentation.