The Trinity that Is You

This is in no way meant to be a doctrinal treatise on the meaning of the trinity (which, by the way, is never mentioned in the Bible, just in theological literature about the Bible), but rather a way of looking at ourselves in relation to God. When not capitalized, the word trinity means a group of three.

In orthodox Christianity we are of course accustomed to thinking of the Trinity as Father, Son and Holy Spirit—based on one verse:

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

This verse has, like so many others, become a law in many denominations and has even caused new denominations to arise concerning the way it is applied. Baptism is indeed a controversial subject among orthodox Christians. But this contemplation has absolutely nothing to do with baptism.

What I believe God has revealed to me and what I want you to contemplate is neither Father, Son and Holy Spirit nor spirit, soul and body (another popular 3-part division among Christians). I desire instead that you contemplate:

1. your body/temple through which God makes Himself visible to the world
2. your Christ identity (mind of Christ)—the consciousness of your being one with God (I and my Father are one) and which is your place of individual contact with universal God.
3. universal omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God (the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works—John 14:10; My Father is greater than I—John 14:28)

It’s not that difficult to contemplate this 3-part division when contemplating the life and works of Jesus. We see Jesus the carpenter who said I can of mine own self do nothing John 5:30 but through whom all the so-called miracles became visible to the world as He obtained the consciousness of his oneness with His Father and prayed to that Father (or went unto that Father) when He was about to reveal the kingdom of heaven coming upon earth (becoming visible to the world about Him) as He healed the sick and raised the dead and forgave sins (e. g., the woman caught in adultery John 8:11 and the woman who washed his feet with her tears Luke 7:48).

Although Jesus prayed in John 17 that we would know that we were one with God just as He was and said that we would do the same works that He did John 14:12 and John told us that we are as Jesus is in this world 1John 4:17, it is infinitely more difficult for us to contemplate the same 3-part division in our own lives. That is because we have worshiped the man Jesus (who could of Himself do nothing) rather than the Christ that was His true identity and which is also ours.

But we must see ourselves exactly as Jesus saw Himself if we are ever to do the works that He did and see God’s will be done and the kingdom of God come on earth as it is in heaven Matthew 6:10. Please stop here and read the contemplation Let This Mind Be in You.

I want you to see universal, almighty God as being synonymous with the kingdom of God where all is perfect and in total harmony as it was let into being in the beginning and pronounced very good Genesis 1:31. It is the place (though it is not a place) wherein lies the answer to every prayer, the place generally thought of as heaven both when we say this is heavenly as we are feeling blissfully happy and when we say that we are going to heaven when we die.

According to Jesus, the location of this place or kingdom of God is within each one of us, even those who haven’t prayed the sinner’s prayer or accepted Christ as their personal savior. For it was to the Pharisees that Jesus said:

Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

This universal God (or kingdom of God) is the place from which comes the peace of God, which passeth all understanding Philippians 4:7 the perfect peace referred to by Isaiah 26:3, the satisfaction of the desire of every living thing Psalms 145:16, every desire of our hearts Psalms 37:4. And that would include the desire for health, abundance, success, and meaningful relationships.

Now we know that God knows already what we desire and have need of before we ask Matthew 6:8, that He answers our prayers for those needs even before we pray Isaiah 65:24 and that it is His good pleasure to give us the kingdom of God Luke 12:32.

So why are we not receiving the things that we pray for as Jesus said we would?

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

We have already discussed at length how we must let, not make, our prayers be answered (See Come to the Place of Let). They are already answered and must be let into visibility. I believe that a greater understanding of this trinity (Jackie (or whatever your name is), Christ, God) can help us receive that which is already given to us.

When I speak of Jackie, I am not talking about the old man which was crucified with Jesus and is no longer alive, but rather of the temple of the living God wherein God dwells and walks, the only place where the invisible God comes into visibility:

2Corinthians 6:16 … ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

When I speak of Christ, I am not talking about the man Jesus who walked on planet earth, but rather of the Jesus Christ-consciousness (awareness of one’s oneness with God) residing in every temple, and is referred to by Paul as the mind of Christ 1Corinthians 2:16 and is what I refer to as our true identity; but every temple does not have this awareness. Well, technically every temple does, but that awareness is not brought to a conscious level as yet.

When I speak of God, as noted above, I am speaking of the SOURCE of all that is good and which is in every temple.

Now when I pray, if I am not aware of my true identity, if I cannot look into the mirror and answer the question Whom do you say that I am with You are the Christ, the son of the living God, I will always just be begging or beseeching God out there to satisfy my needs and desires. I will not be aware that the kingdom of God containing the satisfaction of every desire is already inside me and has only to be let into manifestation.

Paul talks about this mirror that we must look into and find our true identity as the same identity that Jesus discovered within Himself:

2Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

But just prior to saying this, Paul talked about the veil that came in with the law—the belief that I am separated from God and must do or not do something to regain His favor (Romans 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died) (See One with God).

2Corinthians 3:14-17 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

We have thought that this Scripture applies only to the unconverted Jews who are still living from the Old Testament and are what we call under the law. But as long as we think that our prayers are not already answered and that we have to do or not do something to persuade God to answer them, we also have this veil of unbelief (bondage) separating us from our inheritance as Son of the living God.

Isaiah referred to our blindness as our walking in darkness or dwelling in the land of the shadow of death and prophesied that there would come a time when we would see a great light 9:2. Matthew said that time had come when Jesus began to preach that the kingdom of heaven was at hand:

Matthew 4:16-17 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Although the kingdom of God is here and is within each of us, the veil remains in place until we come out from under the law and begin to accept the free gift of righteousness Romans 5:18 which enables us to do away with the veil that is keeping us in darkness, keeping us from letting in the great light or true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world John 1:9—not just those who obey the rules.

Isn’t it thrilling to know that every man that cometh into the world has this light inside just waiting to be let into visibility through his individual temple as he comes into the conscious knowledge of his true identity as the Christ, the Son of the living God? This light is of course the Father within—universal, almighty, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent GOD!

1John 1:5-7 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that GOD IS LIGHT, AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Jesus said that we must recognize our blindness or the fact that we are walking in darkness before we can let in the light or walk in the light and be cleansed from all sin (all beliefs in our separation from our Father and from one another):

John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

It is not something that we DO or NOT DO, but the recognition that, like the man Jesus, Of mine own self I can do nothing which brings to us the consciousness that

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

It is the conscious awareness that Christ is my life Colossians 3:4, that Christ is living as me Galatians 2:20, that, indeed, my true and only identify is Christ, the Son of the living God. Any beliefs that I hold to the contrary are thieves which must be cast out from this temple before it can become the house of prayer Matthew 21:12-13 which lets the light (God) come into visibility in whatever form is needed at the moment—where the kingdom of God comes on earth as it is in heaven Matthew 6:10.

How do we let the light in (let the answer to our prayer be brought into the visible)? In order for light to be let in, there must be an opening in the veil that has kept us blinded. Of course that veil was technically rent (or torn open) when Jesus died on the cross Matthew 27:51—when He took our humanity (carnal mind) to the death so that we could let the mind of Christ be in us (knowing that there is nothing separating us from God) (see One with God and Purpose of the Cross):

Mark 15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

But, as noted above, Paul reminds us that the veil is still in place when we are unaware of its removal, when we still believe God is out there and that we must do or not do something to get Him to answer our prayers. Because it is our minds that are blinded 2Corinthians 3:14, those minds have to be renewed:

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

That is why I write and post these contemplations. We renew our minds by contemplating truth—that which IS. Although it is true that the kingdom of God is within me and it is God’s good pleasure to give all that it contains to me (all that I have is thine—Luke 15:31), I must meditate upon this truth until it becomes reality to me before I will experience it—prove what is that good acceptable, and perfect, will of God. I have to prove it to be true in my life by acting upon that which I know to be true:

Malachi 3:10 … PROVE me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

The windows of heaven are openings in that veil which is the perceived (not real) separation between the temple and the Father (the source of all that is good) dwelling in that temple.

Everything that is keeping me from experiencing the kingdom of heaven coming into my earth is represented by that veil. Everything that I call problem, every belief that I hold contrary to truth, is a part of that veil. What we normally do when we pray is tear that problem out of the veil and hold it up to God (Light) and beg Him to take it away from us. We have indeed created an opening in the veil by coming to God (even a God we believe to be out there) with our problem.

But we know that even in the material world, when we hold anything up to the light, it just creates a shadow. As we hold our problem up to God, oftentimes we do get temporary relief that we call an answer to prayer. But it is only a shadow, only a crumb compared to what God wants to give us. He wants the problem to be dissolved by the light that is in us. More accurately, He wants to bring to us the recognition that there never was a problem, just a false belief in the reality of evil brought into manifestation. Since God is omnipresent and only good, then evil has no reality (or power to do me harm) whatsoever except that which I give it by believing it to be reality.

As long as our eyes are upon the problem, the Light that is God can only give us a shadow of an answer. No, the problem that is torn out of the veil must be put entirely out of our minds (we must stop believing it to be reality—judge not according to the appearance John 7:24) so that we can focus all our attention on the light coming through the opening in the veil. That light is God in whom we live, and move, and have our being Acts 17:28 but most of the time are not consciously aware that we do.

But when our minds are STAYED on Him, rather than on the problem, He keeps us in perfect peace Isaiah 26:3 so that we can walk in the light, as He is in the light 1John 1:7 and even become the light of the world Matthew 5:14—not merely letting the light flow through our individual temple so that it becomes visible to the world as whatever is needed at the moment for ourselves, but can begin to do the works that Jesus did, letting that light into the lives of those around us.

I understand that this is all a metaphor which, hopefully, can help us lay claim to the dominion given us in the beginning so that we can, as God did in the beginning, say, Let there be light and immediately behold the light that IS, the light that dissolves whatever darkness we are experiencing. Remember, darkness is not something that has to be destroyed; when the light comes, darkness is no more.

For myself, when I am experiencing problems, I remind myself that they are part of the veil and that I have to make the hole bigger so that more light can be let in. Isaiah called this enlarging the borders of my tent 54:2 while Jesus called it launching out into deeper waters Luke 5:4.

Simon’s (Peter’s) problem was that he had fished all night and caught nothing, but when he, at Jesus’ bidding, launched out into the deep (made the hole in the veil bigger and let in more light by focusing on Jesus (the light of the world) rather than on the problem) not only Peter, but also his fishing partners James and John, caught so many fish (experienced so much of God’s abundance—the kingdom of heaven) that both their ships began to sink from so many fish. Their response: They forsook all, and followed Him Luke 5:4-11.

That will also be our response when, like those fishermen, we focus on God (the light) rather than on the problem and begin to experience the kingdom of God coming into manifestation in our lives.

I feel I should point out that although the kingdom of heaven is already within us and we don’t have to do or not do anything to earn the right to this our inheritance (it is our Father’s good pleasure to give it to us—Luke 12:32), we do have to stay attuned to the still small voice inside and obey any instructions given to us by that voice to release that inheritance into visibility through the body/temple. Naaman had to wash seven times in the Jordan; the blind man had to wash in the pool of Siloam while many others had to do nothing at all. We can be sure that whatever we are asked to do is not necessary for God to give (because He has already given) but, for whatever reason, is standing in the way of our receiving even when we believe.

More often than not, it is to let go of our pride or ego or judgments—or some preconceived notion of how God must work in our lives (e.g., thinking that God must give us a particular person for a spouse in order to answer our prayer for companionship). The rich young ruler wasn’t able to let go of finding his security in the abundance of his possessions and therefore couldn’t receive what he desired and what Jesus was freely offering. But Simon Peter was able to let go of his superior knowledge of fishing to receive what was offered him:

Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless AT THY WORD I will let down the net.

Yes, we must be constantly listening for that word (or still small voice inside this temple) and obey that word to have the kingdom of God come into visibility in our individual lives—as Peter did.

Thus we see the trinity in operation.

1. Peter the fisherman was the body/temple through which God made Himself visible to the world.
2. Peter’s hearing and obeying the Christ consciousness (represented here by Jesus) put Peter into individual contact with the universal God (which was inside him though as yet he was unaware of this truth).
3. The abundance of fish gathered into the net represents becoming conscious of universal God or the kingdom of God wherein is contained all that Peter could ever desire or need.

When we become cognizant of this trinity that is us, we will also, like Peter, forsake all to follow that recognition. And the kingdom of God (God Himself containing more than we could ever ask or even think) will begin to manifest Himself to the world through this temple which has ascended into the Christ consciousness (the mind that was also in Jesus).

Ephesians 3:20-21 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us [not outside us], unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.