The Trinity All Around Us
From Dr. D. James Kennedy Radio Broadcast-June 2004
The universe consists of Space, Time, and Matter…
those three and nothing else.
Not four, two, or seven. Our universe is a trinity of sorts.
Everywhere in the universe we find Space, Time, and Matter.
We do not have a universe where some of them occur some Time
and not others, but always Present.
Matter consists of atoms, electrons, and energy
in motion producing phenomena.
Space consists of length, height, and width—a trinity.
Everything named has space,
just as God always consists of
the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Time, also a trinity,
consists of the Past, the Present, and the Future.
Any Time we have ever known in history
always consists of those three.
Time comes from the Future
and we meet it head on.
Today—
yesterday, was called tomorrow…etc.
As Time approaches us and we move through it…
the Future becomes the Present and then the Past.
Time which we live by
and constantly look at
and make our lives run by
is an incredible illustration
of the Divine Trinity.
Dr. Nathan Wood wrote the following:
The Future is the Source.
The Future is unseen, unknown
except as it continually embodies itself
and makes itself visible in the Present.
The Present is what we see and hear and know.
It is ceaselessly embodying the Future
day by day hour by hour moment by moment.
It is perpetually revealing the Future hitherto invisible.
The Future is logically first,
but not chronologically for the Present exists and has existed
as long as Time has existed
and was in the absolute beginning of Time.
The Present has existed as long as Time has existed.
Time acts through and in the Present.
It makes itself visible only in the Present.
The Future acts and reveals itself through the Present.
It is through the Present
that Time that the Future enters into union with human life.
Time and humanity meet and unite in the Present.
It is in the Present that Time
that the Future becomes a part of human life
and so is born and lives and dies in human life.
The Past, in turn, comes from the Present.
We cannot say that it embodies the Present.
On the contrary, Time and issuing from
the Present into the Past becomes invisible again.
The Past does not embody the Present,
rather it proceeds silently, endlessly, invisibly from it.
The Present;
therefore, comes out from the invisible Future.
The Present perpetually and ever newly embodies the Future
in visible, audible, livable form
and returns again into the invisible Time in the Past.
The Past acts invisibly
and continually influences us with regard to the Present.
It casts light upon the Present,
that is its great function.
It helps us to live in the Present
which we know
and with reference to the Future
which we expect to see.
CONTINUE SCROLLING DOWN FOR HOW THIS RELATES TO THE HOLY TRINITY
Replace Time with God/Future with Father/Present with Son/Past with Holy Spirit
and you will have this exact mathematical replica or analogy.
The Father is the Source.
The Father is unseen
except as He continually embodies Himself and makes Himself visible in the Son.
The Son is what we see and hear and know.
He is ceaselessly embodying the Father,
day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment.
He is perpetually revealing the Father, hitherto invisible.
The Father is logically first,
but not chronologically for the Son exists and has existed
as long as God has existed
and was in the absolute beginning of God.
The Son has existed as long as God has existed.
God acts through and in the Son.
He makes Himself visible only in the Son.
The Father acts and reveals Himself through the Son.
It is through the Son
that God, that the Father enters into union with human life.
God and humanity meet and unite in the Son.
It is in the Son
that God that the Father becomes a part of human life--
and so is born and lives and dies in human life.
The Spirit, in turn, comes from the Son.
We cannot say that He embodies the Son.
On the contrary,
God and issuing from the Son into the Holy Spirit
becomes invisible again.
The Spirit does not embody the Son.
Rather He proceeds
silently, endlessly, invisibly from Him.
The Son, therefore, comes out from the invisible Father.
The Son perpetually and ever newly embodies the Father
in visible, audible, livable form and returns again
into the invisible God in the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit acts invisibly.
He continually influences us
with regard to the Son.
He casts light upon the Son,
that is His great function!
He helps us to live in the Son
which we know
and with reference to the Father
which we expect to see.
SEE TRINITY ALL AROUND US 2 for the split page version where you can compare both sides.