There seems to be much confusion in the Christian community about the word “trinity. The word trinity cannot be found anywhere in the Bible. It is not a Biblical word. It is, however, a word used often by Catholic denominations usually in concert with the idea of giving Mary divinity. Mary is not the mother of God’s eternal Spirit, nor is she divinity. God is the Creator, not the created. Mary was a chosen woman in the Davidic line who gave birth to the temporary human flesh-and-blood frame that the eternal Spirit of God wore as He walked visibly on earth.

“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or power or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” (Colossians 1:15-16 NIV)

Because God supernaturally provided the biological “seed” to create the embryo carried in Mary’s womb, God can be considered the “father” to the resulting birthed human child. Lineage was very important to the Jewish people. The children were identified by who their father was an extension of their name (rather than using a last name as we do today). Jesus would have been identified as son of Joseph or the carpenter’s son by those who didn’t understand the truth of His supernatural lineage. But some followers called Jesus “Son of God” to acknowledge His divinity. However, Jesus never called Himself “Son of God” but instead He often referred to Himself as “Son of Man”. He used the “Son of Man” label to communicate that He was the invisible God made visible in human form. 

“‘But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the paralyzed man, ‘Get up, take your mat and go home.’” (Matthew 9:6 NIV)

God is Spirit. Spirit is unseen in the physical realm and is not a visible flesh and blood frame. The human form that God’s Spirit wore was created for a mission and was intentionally disposable. God is the Creator. Jesus is God’s one and only eternal Spirit also known as the Holy Spirit. The flesh-and-blood frame that Jesus wore is not God’s Spirit. It was a disposable garment. God is not the Son of Himself, or sitting next to Himself on His throne. There are no flesh-and-blood beings in Heaven. Figurative language was repeatedly used in the Bible to give distinction to Jesus in bodily form versus Spirit form or to describe the fulfilment of prophecies. The “sitting at the right hand of God” words were likely to communicate the prophetic completion of the Davidic Kingdom. Symbolism was used many times to translate cultural norms or expectations into spiritual truths. For example: the Old Testament descriptions of the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant foreshadowed God dwelling among His people in bodily form as He was cradled in a manger and crucified on a cross.

The eternal Almighty God and Creator, who is Spirit, robed Himself in a temporary and visible human-born flesh-and-blood frame. He used that Son of Man blood to bring about a permanent change to the covenant atonement protocols. God had to become flesh to provide a sinless blood sacrifice. His blood of the covenant provided entrance for us into the Most Holy Place to have a private and individual covenant restoration talk (aka forgiveness conversation) with God without a priest or a blood sacrifice.

As humans, we are a physical and temporary flesh-and-blood frame for an eternal spirit being. The human reproduction process provides for the flesh-and-blood covering while the Spirit provides our internal spirit being. Jesus said it this way: “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” (John 3:6 NIV). “The body that is sown is perishable. It is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.” (1 Corinthians 15:42-44 NIV)  “You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.” (Romans 8:9 NIV)