It's impossible for me to see unitarianism or oneness in the Scriptures, for never did Jesus ever say He was the Father, but always did the perfect will of the Father by the Spirit. Before the foundations of the world the 1st Person, 2nd Person and 3rd Person of the Triune God agreed the 2nd Person would enter creation and atone for sins. None can ever see the Father (He is spirit), but we can see the Son. And the Spirit indwells those who are born-again.
The Trinity is not 1 x 1 x 1 because that is saying 1 of 1 and 1 of (1 of 1). It would be like saying there is 1 of a certain thing then saying there is 1 set of 1 of those certain things. Rather, God is 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1. See God is relational and a personal in His Triune Being. 1/3 is personal with the other two 1/3. Our triune nature though not independent wills have 3 distinct functions of body, soul (mind, will, emotion) and spirit (intuition, communion, conscience).
The Holy Spirit is spoken of as a Person: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come" (John 16.13). And again, "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them'" (Acts 13.2).
In the OT the 3 men that came before Abraham represented the 3 Persons of the Godhead. What is not as clear in the OT becomes more clear in the rest of the word of God. All 3 Persons of the Trinity are personal.
The word of God in the OT is the manifestation of the Messiah who was to atone for sins in Isaiah 53. Draw the distinction between the Word of God Jesus, the word of Jesus (the words He spoke), and the word of God, that is, the 66 books of the Bible that embody all that God is and the full revelation of God.
So when someone says what is the word of God? I show them the 66 books of the Bible. When they say who is the word of God? I say Jesus for He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And then when someone asks what were the words that He spoke? I quote Jesus' specific words.
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