ADAM MEETS THE TRINITY

Adam Meets the Trinity

“And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being … And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.’” Genesis 2:7; 16&17. Thus Adam was putty in God’s hands. And he literally lived and breathed God. For, from the very first moment Adam opened his eyes he knew God the Holy Father, breathed the Holy Breath of God into his lungs, and heard the Holy Word of God speak in his ears.

Before He began to create man the Trinity in unity said, “Let Us [plural] make man in Our [plural] image…” Gen. 1:26a. This is the same God who through His Spirit and by His Word created and formed from nothing the two heavens and one earth. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit: and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7 (KJV).

Upon his creation, Man, i.e., the triune God’s image, most certainly knew the Creator, creation, and himself, spiritually and intimately. As the very first scientist Adam, by God’s commission, studied, analysed, catalogued each living creature God had made. (Gen. 2:19). Thus he thought God’s thoughts after Him. And as he did so he glorified his Maker as he learned more about the Triune God through studying the things He had made. Strong as a bull, gentle as a lamb, graceful as a gazelle, etc., all are reflections of the Creator seen in the creatures He made.

The triunity of space, time, and matter, reflect the three distinctions in the Godhead who created them. So does space with its three dimensions: length, breadth, and height; and time with its three tenses: past, present, and future; and matter with its solid, liquid, and gas or vapour. The human eye distinguishes three primary colours: red, yellow, and blue. The ear distinguishes the three-tones of the triadic chord.

God’s Tri-unity is glimpsed in man the individual who is a unique soul-spirit with a body. The human family begins as a unity of three distinct persons: father, mother, child. As God is a unity in plurality, so is mankind. His Church is many churches, but one church. Thus God is the original one and many.

But this knowledge of God, His creation, including ourselves began to be suppressed in unrighteousness when man rebelled against God by eating the forbidden fruit (Rom. 1:18). Yet Adam held in his hand revelation of God. For even one piece of fruit is one yet many, for though one (Botanical: pericarp), it has a threefold nature: an outer skin (exocarp or epicarp), an inner pulp (mesocarp), and seed (endocarp). Thus Adam, as it were, shed the Lord’s blood as he released the fruit’s juice with his teeth, biting through its skin, and tearing its flesh, thus revealing its seed. He drew blood when he bit the hand that fed him. But the crucified Jesus was able to reproduce Himself, thus His resurrection. For fruit has its own seed in itself (Gen. 1:11&12): “For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself…” John 5:26.

When we rebelled in the beginning we rejected the Father, broke His Word, and quenched and grieved His Spirit. But God is gracious. For, “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9. Therefore triunely, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.” 2 Corinthians 13:14.