{"id":10168,"date":"2020-07-20T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reasons.org\/does-the-book-of-isaiah-teach-the-trinity\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:00:09","slug":"does-the-book-of-isaiah-teach-the-trinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/christianity\/bible\/does-the-book-of-isaiah-teach-the-trinity","title":{"rendered":"Does the Book of Isaiah Teach the Trinity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-norm\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\"><!-- content --><\/p>\n<p>A cornerstone belief of the Christian faith, the doctrine of the Trinity distinguishes Christianity from all other faiths. This doctrine makes possible the redemption of sinful human beings and God\u2019s eventual eradication of evil and suffering. Also, a trinitarian God enhances the free will capability of redeemed humans to experience and express his love. Due to its weighty implications, helping people of other faiths see the Trinity in texts they accept as sacred is a worthwhile endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>What is the doctrine of the Trinity? Christian scholars have written many thick books answering this question.<sup>1<\/sup> In chapter 9 of my book, <em>Beyond the Cosmos<\/em>, I briefly define the Trinity within four pages.<sup>2<\/sup> Here, I will reduce it to one long sentence: There is only one God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three eternal, coequal Persons where each Person is independently conscious and self-directing but never acting independently of one another and always manifesting the same character attributes and the same nature.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"58867a47-1f86-66f3-b463-ff00002b9606\" data-displaymode=\"Original\" alt=\"blog__inline-does-the-book-of-isaiah-teach-the-trinity\" title=\"blog__inline-does-the-book-of-isaiah-teach-the-trinity\"><\/p>\n<p>Where in the Bible is the Trinity taught? As I demonstrated in <em>Beyond the Cosmos<\/em>, the doctrine of the Trinity is expressed in 38 of the Bible\u2019s 66 books. It is taught in 25 of the 27 books of the New Testament and in 13 of the 39 books of the Old Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Which book of the Bible provides the most extensive and detailed teaching on the Trinity? Jews and Muslims believe that there are only scant and ambiguous references to the Trinity in the Old Testament and that Christians base their doctrine of the Trinity on New Testament texts. Many Christians, in fact, do. However, as much as the New Testament expounds on the doctrine of the Trinity, there is an Old Testament book that has more to say about the Trinity than the Gospel of John and Revelation combined\u2014the two New Testament books that say the most about the Trinity. That Old Testament book is Isaiah.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few decades I have challenged many skeptics of trinitarian doctrine to read through the book of Isaiah in one sitting. Consequently, I have seen many of them, including Jews and Muslims, become convinced of the truth of the Trinity. I have seen even greater success when I have collected for skeptics in a single document everything Isaiah states that is relevant to the Trinity. I want this tool to be used as widely as possible; thus, I present the document here where it will be permanently available for online linking.<\/p>\n<p>I have used the 2017 edition of the Christian Standard Bible throughout this list of Isaiah passages. The reason for my translation choice is that many Jews and other skeptics of the Trinity believe that the only Hebrew word that indisputably and consistently refers to God is the tetragrammaton YHWH (Yahweh). The Christian Standard Bible always translates YHWH as Lord, where \u201cL\u201d is a big capital letter followed by \u201cord\u201d in small capital letters. Since WordPress (in which this document is written) does not permit the use of small capital letters, in the following passages I have used bold lettering for every instance where Lord is translated from YHWH. Isaiah repeatedly declares that YHWH is one and there is no other God and yet each member of the triune Godhead is referred to as YHWH. I trust that seeing copious specific references to different aspects of the triune God will bear fruitful discussion and lead to persuasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isaiah Passages on the Trinity<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+1%3A4&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 1:4<\/a>        They have abandoned the <strong>Lord<\/strong><\/span><span>; they have despised the Holy One of Israel<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">;<\/span> they have turned their backs on him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+2%3A3%E2%80%934&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 2:3\u20134<\/a>     <\/span>Many peoples will come and say, \u201cCome, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.\u201d For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> from Jerusalem. He will settle disputes among the nations and provide arbitration for many peoples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+4%3A2&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 4:2<\/a><span>        <\/span>On that day the Branch of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel\u2019s survivors.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+6%3A5&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 6:5<\/a>        My eyes have seen the King, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies.  [context: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+6%3A1-5&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 6:1\u20135<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+6%3A8&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 6:8<\/a><span>        <\/span>I heard the voice of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+7%3A14&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 7:14<\/a><span>      Therefore<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">, <\/span>t<\/span>he <strong>Lord<\/strong> himself will give you a sign: See the virgin will  conceive<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,<\/span> have a son, and name him Immanuel [God with us].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+8%3A13%E2%80%9314&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 8:13\u201314<\/a><span>       <\/span>You are to regard only the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies as holy. Only he should be feared; only he should be held in awe. He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+9%3A6%E2%80%937&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 9:6\u20137<\/a><span>     <\/span>For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies will accomplish this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+10%3A17&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 10:17<\/a><span>    <\/span>Israel\u2019s Light will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+11%3A1-3&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 11:1\u20133<\/a><span>         Then a<\/span> shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> will rest on him\u2014the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the <span>Lord.<\/span> His delight will be in the fear of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>.<span>  <\/span>[context: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+11%3A1%E2%80%9316&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 11:1\u201316<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+12%3A2&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 12:2<\/a><span>      Indeed,<\/span> God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, the <strong>Lord <\/strong>himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+16%3A5&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 16:5<\/a><span>      <\/span>a throne will be established in love, and one will sit on it faithfully in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, and quick to execute justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+17%3A7%2C10&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 17:7, 10<\/a><span>       O<\/span><span>n that day people will look to their Maker and will turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. . . . For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and you have failed to remember the rock of your strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+19%3A19%E2%80%9320&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 19:19\u201320<\/a>     O<\/span>n that day there will be altar to the <strong>Lord<\/strong> in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the <span>Lord<\/span> near her border. It will be a sign and witness to the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the <strong>Lord<\/strong> because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+22%3A21%E2%80%9325&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 22:21\u201325<\/a>     <\/span>He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open. I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father\u2019s family. They will hang on him all the glory of his father\u2019s family: the descendants and the offshoots\u2014all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. \u201cOn that day,\u201d\u2014the declaration of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies\u2014\u201cthe peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.\u201d Indeed, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has spoken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+24%3A15%E2%80%9316&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 24:15\u201316<\/a><span>     Therefore, in the east honor the<\/span> <strong>Lord!<\/strong> In the coasts and islands of the west honor the name of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, the God of Israel. From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendor of the Righteous One.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+25%3A8%E2%80%939&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 25:8\u20139<\/a><span>   When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the<\/span> <strong>Lord<\/strong> will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people\u2019s disgrace from the whole, for the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has spoken. On that day it will be said, \u201cLook, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he has saved us. This is the <strong>Lord<\/strong>; we have waited for him. Let\u2019s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+26%3A+4%2C+7&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 26: 4, 7<\/a><span>       <\/span><span>Trust in the <strong>Lord<\/strong> forever, because in the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, the <strong>Lord <\/strong>himself, is an everlasting rock! The path of the righteous is level; you clear a straight path for the righteous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+26%3A13&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 26:13<\/a>    <\/span><strong>Lord<\/strong> our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone.<span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+28%3A16&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 28:16<\/a>     Therefore the<\/span> <strong>Lord<\/strong> says: \u201cLook, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will be unshakable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+28%3A21&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 28:21<\/a><span>    For t<\/span>he <strong>Lord<\/strong> will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim. He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon, to do his work, his unexpected work, and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+28%3A26&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 28:26<\/a><span>    <\/span>His God teaches him order; he instructs him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+32%3A15&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 32:15<\/a><span>    . . . until<\/span> the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+33%3A2&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 33:2<\/a><span>      <\/span><strong>Lord<\/strong>, be gracious to us! We wait for you. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+33%3A17&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 33:17<\/a><span>    <\/span>Your eyes will see the King in his beauty; you will see a vast land.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+33%3A22&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 33:22<\/a><span>    <\/span>For the <strong>Lord<\/strong> is our Judge, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> is our Lawgiver, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> is our King. He will save us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+35%3A2%2C+4&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 35:2, 4<\/a><span>        <\/span>They will see the glory of the <span><strong>Lord<\/strong>, the splendor of our God. . . . Say to the cowardly: \u201cBe strong: do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God\u2019s retribution is coming; he will save you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+40%3A3%E2%80%935&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 40:3\u20135<\/a><span>     P<\/span>repare the way of the <strong>Lord <\/strong>in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has spoken.<span>           <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+40%3A9%E2%80%9311&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 40:9\u201311<\/a><span>     <\/span>Say to the cities of Judah, \u201cHere is your God!\u201d See, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> comes with strength, and his power establishes his rule. His wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him. He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+40%3A13-14&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 40:13\u201314<\/a><span>   <\/span><span>Who has directed the Spirit of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, or who gave him counsel? Who did he consult? Who gave him understanding and taught him the paths of justice? Who taught him knowledge and showed him the way of understanding?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+40%3A25&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 40:25<\/a><span>    <\/span>\u201cTo whom will you compare me, or who is my equal?\u201d asks the Holy One.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+41%3A14&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 41:14<\/a><span>    \u201c<\/span>Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel. I will help you\u201d\u2014this is the <strong>Lord<\/strong>\u2019s declaration. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+42%3A1%E2%80%934&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 42:1\u20134<\/a><span>   \u201cThis<\/span> is my servant; I strengthen him, this is my chosen one; I delight in him, I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice to the nations. He will not cry out or shout or make his voice heard in the streets. He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smoldering wick; he will faithfully bring justice. He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+42%3A6%E2%80%937&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 42:6\u20137<\/a><span>     <\/span>I am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>. I have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations, in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+42%3A19&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 42:19<\/a><span>         <\/span>Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like my dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+43%3A3&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 43:3<\/a><span>            <\/span>For I am the <strong>Lord<\/strong> your God, the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+43%3A10%E2%80%9311&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 43:10\u201311<\/a><span>     <\/span>\u201cYou are my witnesses,\u201d\u2014this is the<strong> Lord\u2019s <\/strong>declaration\u2014\u201cand my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and will there be none after me. I\u2014I, am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>. Besides me, there is no savior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+43%3A14&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 43:14<\/a><span>    <\/span>This is what the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+44%3A3&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 44:3<\/a><span>      <\/span>For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+44%3A6&amp;version=NASB\">Isaiah 44:6<\/a><span>      <\/span><span>Thus says the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of hosts: \u201cI am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me.\u201d (NASB)<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+44%3A24&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 44:24<\/a>      This is what the <strong>Lord<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says: \u201cI am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, who made everything; who stretched out the heavens by myself; who alone spread out the earth;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A5&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:5<\/a>          \u201cI am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, and there is no other; there is no God but me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A6&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:6<\/a>          \u201cI am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, and there is no other.\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A14%E2%80%9315&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:14\u201315<\/a>     They will confess to you, \u201cGod is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.\u201d Yes, you are a God who hides, God of Israel, Savior.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A18&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:18<\/a>         \u201cI am the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, and there is no other.\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A21&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:21<\/a>          \u201cThere is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior; there is no one except me.\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+45%3A24&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 45:24<\/a>          \u201cRighteousness and strength are found only in the <strong>Lord<\/strong>.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+46%3A9&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 46:9<\/a>            \u201cI am God, and there is no other; I am God, and no one is like me\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+47%3A4&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 47:4<\/a>            The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; The <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies is his name.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+48%3A12&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 48:12<\/a>          \u201cI am he; I am the first, I am also the last.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+48%3A16%E2%80%9317&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 48:16\u201317<\/a>     And now the <strong>Lord<\/strong> God has sent me and his Spirit. This is what the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: \u201cI am the <strong>Lord<\/strong> your God.\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+49%3A4%E2%80%939&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 49:4\u20139<\/a>         Yet my vindication is with the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, and my reward is with my God. And now, says the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him; for I am honored in the sight of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, and my God is my strength\u2014he says, \u201cIt is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected one of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.\u201d This is what the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by the people, to a servant of rulers: \u201cKings will see, princes will stand up, and they will bow down because of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel\u2014and he has chosen you.\u201d This is what the <strong>Lord<\/strong> says: \u201cI will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances, saying to the prisoners, \u2018Come out,\u2019 and to those who are in darkness, \u2018Show yourselves.\u2019\u201d<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+49%3A26&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 49:26<\/a>          \u201cI, the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+50%3A4%E2%80%939&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 50:4\u20139<\/a>         The <strong>Lord<\/strong> has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed. The <strong>Lord<\/strong> God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back. I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard. I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting. The <strong>Lord<\/strong> will help me; therefore I have not been humiliated; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. The one who vindicates me is near; who will contend with me? Let us confront each other. Who has a case against me? Let him come near me! In truth, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> God will help me; who will condemn me? Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment; a moth will devour them.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+52%3A13%E2%80%9353%3A12&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 52:13\u201353:12<\/a>    <\/span><span>See, my servant<\/span><sup data-fn=\"#fen-CSB-18710a\" data-link=\"[<a href='#fen-CSB-18710a' title='See footnote a'>a<\/a>]&#8221;> <\/sup><span>will be successful;<\/span> he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted. <span>Just as many were appalled at you\u2014<\/span><span>his appearance was so disfigured <\/span><span>that he did not look like a man, <\/span><span>and his form did not resemble a human being\u2014<\/span><span>so he will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of him, for they will see what had not been told them, and they will understand what they had not heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> been revealed? He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground.<br \/>\nHe didn\u2019t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn\u2019t value him. Y<\/span><span>e<\/span><span>t he himself bore our sicknesses,<\/span><br \/>\n<span>and he carried our pains; <\/span><span>but we in turn regarded him stricken, <\/span><span>struck down by God, and afflicted. <\/span><span>But he was pierced because of our rebellion, <\/span><span>crushed because of our iniquities; <\/span><span>punishment for our peace was on him, <\/span><span>and we are healed by his wounds.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We all went astray like sheep; <\/span><span>we all have turned to our own way; <\/span><span>and the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has punished him <\/span><span>for the iniquity of us all. <\/span><span>He was oppressed and afflicted, <\/span><span>yet he did not open his mouth. <\/span><span>Like a lamb led to the slaughter <\/span><span>and like a sheep silent before her shearers, <\/span><span>he did not open his mouth. <\/span><span>He was taken away because of oppression and judgment, <\/span><span>and who considered his fate? For he was cut off from the land of the living; he was struck because of my people\u2019s rebellion. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence<br \/>\nand had not spoken deceitfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yet the <strong>Lord<\/strong><\/span><span> was pleased to crush him severely.<\/span> <span>When you make him a guilt offering, <\/span><span>he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, <\/span><span>and by his hand, the <strong>Lord\u2019s<\/strong> pleasure will be accomplished. <\/span><span>After his anguish, <\/span><span>he will see light and be satisfied. <\/span><span>By his knowledge, <\/span><span>my righteous servant will justify many, <\/span><span>and he will carry their iniquities. <\/span><span>Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, <\/span><span>and he will receive the mighty as spoil, <\/span><span>because he willingly submitted to death, <\/span><span>and was counted among the rebels; <\/span><span>yet he bore the sin of many <\/span><span>and interceded for the rebels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+54%3A5&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 54:5<\/a>     Indeed, your husband is your Maker\u2014his name is the <strong>Lord<\/strong> of Armies\u2014and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+55%3A3%E2%80%934&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 55:3\u20134<\/a>   I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David. Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+59%3A16&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 59:16<\/a>    He saw that there was no man\u2014he was amazed that there was no one interceding; so his own arm brought salvation, and his own righteousness supported him.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+59%3A19%E2%80%9320&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 59:19\u201320<\/a>     They will fear the name of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> in the west and his glory in the east, for he will come like a rushing stream driven by the wind of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>. \u201cThe Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.\u201d This is the <strong>Lord<\/strong>\u2019s declaration.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+60%3A9&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 60:9<\/a>      Yes, the coasts and island will wait for me with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from far away, their silver and gold with them, for the honor of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+60%3A16&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 60:16<\/a>    You will nurse on the milk of nations, and nurse at the breast of kings; you will know that I, the <strong>Lord<\/strong>, am your Savior and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.            <\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+61%3A1%E2%80%933&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 61:1\u20133<\/a>     The Spirit of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> God is on me, because the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the <strong>Lord<\/strong>\u2019s favor and the day of our God\u2019s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+62%3A11%E2%80%9312&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 62:11\u201312<\/a>     Look, the <strong>Lord<\/strong> has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, \u201cSay to Daughter Zion: Look, your salvation is coming, his wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.\u201d And they will be called the Holy People, the <strong>Lord<\/strong>\u2019s Redeemed; and you will be called Cared For, A City Not Deserted.<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+63%3A8%E2%80%9311&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 63:8\u201311<\/a>       He said, \u201cThey are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,\u201d and he became their Savior. In all their suffering, he suffered, and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past. But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them. Then he remembered the days of the past, the days of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock?<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+63%3A14%E2%80%9316&amp;version=CSB\">Isaiah 63:14\u201316<\/a>     Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the <strong>Lord<\/strong> gave them rest. You led your people this way to make a glorious name for yourself. Look down from heaven and see from your lofty home\u2014holy and beautiful. Where is your zeal and your might? Your yearning and your compassion are withheld from me. Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn\u2019t recognize us. You, <strong>Lord<\/strong>, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<h5>Endnotes<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Here are three of many examples: Peter C. Phan, ed., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/cambridge-companion-to-the-trinity\/4760BA2A52D71290D220D9A01BCBE5EE\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity<\/em><\/a> (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011); Augustine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcitypress.com\/the-trinity-second-edition-study-edition.html\"><em>The Trinity<\/em><\/a> (Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2012); Gilles Emery and Matthew Levering, eds.,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Oxford-Handbook-Trinity-Handbooks\/dp\/0199557810\"><em> The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity<\/em><\/a> (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011).<\/li>\n<li>Hugh Ross, <em>Beyond the Cosmos, 3rd ed.<\/em> (Covina, CA: RTB Press, 2017): 85\u201388, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.reasons.org\/purchase\/beyond-the-cosmos-3rd-edition\">https:\/\/support.reasons.org\/purchase\/beyond-the-cosmos-3rd-edition<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end content 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