Multiple Choice Flashcards
When passages in the OT refer to a son, do they signify a duality in the Godhead?
No
When passages in the OT refer to a son, do they prove a pre-existent Son?
No
What does each of these verses regarding the son have in common?
All prophetic in nature
Whom do Hebrews show these passages are fulfilled by?
Jesus
Are these passages in the Psalms conversations between two persons in the Godhead?
No
What are these “son” passages in the OT referring to?
Son of man
What do these passages describe?
The messiah
What do the OT references to the Son look forward to?
The future day when the Son will be the Godhead
What do these “son” references speak of?
The Ancient of Day and the Son of Man
What do other OT references to the Messiah point to?
Prophetic representations of what God did both as a man and as a deity, and point to two functions, two manifestations, or two roles.
Is the Word of God in the OT a second person in the Godhead?
No
Why can’t we see the Word as a separate person?
God’s word is a part of himself, God’s word belongs to him and is him. John 1:1
Is Wisdom personified as a person in the OT who is a separate person in the Godhead?
Wisdom is personified but not as a separate person.
What is going on with the personification of Wisdom as being “with God” in the beginning?
It is normal Hebrew language. It’s personified in literary devices.
Does this threefold repetition in Isaiah 6:3 somehow hint that God is a trinity?
No
