When we look at the bible, we see the reality of God as US:
"Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,” (Gen. 1:26, NASB).
"Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever," (Gen. 3:22, NASB).
“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech,” (Gen. 11:7, NASB).
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8, NASB)
So, in these four verses we see God as US, a plurality, more than one. We know that the US are not angels - as angels do not have creative ability. (Gen. 1:26)
Here's what I came up with, for myself. Each of us, is a trinity in the sense that we a ~group~ of three things. A mind, a body and a spirit (soul). So, for me anyway, we, being created by God, parallel God. If you look at the Godhead as Father (mind) - Jesus (body) - Holy Spirit (spirit), we can see ourselves. No, we are not ~divine~, merely reflections of our creator. So, as we can lose a limb or limbs, that does not make us ~not human~, just not whole. Additionally, we can suffer trauma which would put us in a vegatative state, essentially, or mind is separate from us for a time. Again, this does not make us not human, we are still human but diminished.
God, being God, can be what He wishes when He wishes. If Jesus is away from the Godhead (as when He came to earth) it does not diminish the reality of the Godhead any more than when Jesus sent the comforter (Holy Spirit) to us. God will still be God, fully and complete.
"They heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the tress of the garden (Gen. 3:8, NASB). For me, this was Jesus. He has been there with us from the start and will be with us until we are once again reunited with Him (and the Godhead) in heaven.
"Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,” (Gen. 1:26, NASB).
"Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever," (Gen. 3:22, NASB).
“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech,” (Gen. 11:7, NASB).
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8, NASB)
So, in these four verses we see God as US, a plurality, more than one. We know that the US are not angels - as angels do not have creative ability. (Gen. 1:26)
Here's what I came up with, for myself. Each of us, is a trinity in the sense that we a ~group~ of three things. A mind, a body and a spirit (soul). So, for me anyway, we, being created by God, parallel God. If you look at the Godhead as Father (mind) - Jesus (body) - Holy Spirit (spirit), we can see ourselves. No, we are not ~divine~, merely reflections of our creator. So, as we can lose a limb or limbs, that does not make us ~not human~, just not whole. Additionally, we can suffer trauma which would put us in a vegatative state, essentially, or mind is separate from us for a time. Again, this does not make us not human, we are still human but diminished.
God, being God, can be what He wishes when He wishes. If Jesus is away from the Godhead (as when He came to earth) it does not diminish the reality of the Godhead any more than when Jesus sent the comforter (Holy Spirit) to us. God will still be God, fully and complete.
"They heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the tress of the garden (Gen. 3:8, NASB). For me, this was Jesus. He has been there with us from the start and will be with us until we are once again reunited with Him (and the Godhead) in heaven.