No 4

(Inter-Trinitarian Promises)

It is difficult for anyone to imagine what goes on in the Trinity. Even the best Biblical scolars cannot fully understand it. The Bible, however, gives us some indication. Someone asked me this question the other day in Sunday School class: "What did the Trinity do before the world was created"? The verses of scripture that immediately came to my mind were: Titus 1 : 1, 2 : "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began". God made a promise before the world began?! To whom did He make this promise? We weren't there; the angels? Maybe; but they don't need eternal life, they already have it. God had to have made this promise to Jesus Christ. So what actually does this promise involve? God the Father promised God the Son that He would give Him a redeemed humanity who would love, obey and serve Him for eternity. God even foreknew who this redeemed humanity would be because He wrote their names in the Lamb's book of life. What a promise!! Was it fulfilled? I believe so; and, as a matter of fact, it is still being fulfilled today.

Furthermore, Jesus Christ will, one day, return this promise to His Father when the elect, who were saved throughout all the centuries, will be presented to God the Father by God the Son. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15:28 "And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all". The love gift that God gave to His Son will be reciprocated by the Son to the Father. These promises are sacred and cannot be taken lightly. Why? Because they become our reason to fulfill the mandate that is described in Matt 28:20 where the Bible says we must evangelize the world. Pretty important stuff, don't you agree?? We have a loving heavenly Father who cares for us and wants us to participate in these inter-Trinitarian promises.