Explaining the Trinity to Muslims: A Personal Reflection on the Biblical Teaching in Light of the Theological Criteria of Islam by Madrigal Carlos

Author:Madrigal, Carlos [Madrigal, Carlos]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William Carey Library
Published: 2016-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

The Son speaks with the Father in terms of “I” and “you,” and the Father speaks the same way regarding the Son. So, two different personalities are detected, dialoguing with each other.

To accept both of these premises, just as the Holy Scriptures present them, is to accept an essential definition of the doctrine of the Trinity. There is nothing strange about the Father and the Son appearing as distinct persons. It is what we have been saying from the beginning: that they are distinct persons but the same God.

We find this duality not only in the New Testament (Injil) but also in the Old Testament (Taurat, Zabur):

“The Lord said to my Lord” (Ps 110:1 with Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42,43; Acts 2:34,35; 1 Cor 15:25; Eph 1:20–22; Col 3:1; Heb 1:13; 8:1; 10:12,13). The Lord God speaks with the Lord God.

“Your throne, O God ... Therefore God, your God, has anointed you” (Ps 45:6,7 ESV; cf. Heb 1:8,9). God anoints God.

“And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you” (Zech 3:2)!

The LORD (Yahweh), speaking in first person, says that the LORD (Yahweh), speaking to yet a third person, rebukes Satan.

These are only a few examples showing passages in which God is clearly depicted as an “I” speaking to God himself as a “you.”

Diagram of the dialogue between the Father and the Son:

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