Many humans, especially the unsaved, are confused by the concept of the holy Trinity. Let me explain: the Son (of God), the holy Ghost (of God), and the Father (of God) are not "three Gods for the price of one." That would not be a so-called "great deal." That would be so-called polytheism, a superstitious variation which, if espoused, will land you in a lake of fire faster than you can say, pop, crackle, snap.
Learned theologians have often compared the holy Trinity to a three-leafed clover. I prefer to compare Him/Them to one of those cleverly designed combination screwdrivers that has a hex head, a flat head, and a philips head – three interchangeable bits, sure, but it's all the same screwdriver. Or imagine, if you will, a set of conjoined triplets, one human torso with three identical heads. You could call such an individual "Tom," "Dick," and "Harry" till the cows come home, but (barring surgical intervention) you would always be talking about the same particular freak. The holy Trinity is like that: Yahveh the father, Jesus the son, and the holy Ghost the ghost are not three different people but one unusual, "triune" God with discreet – no, not "discreet" – discrete personalities. Each personality has its own name, and God in his wisdom has given each one of Himself a different job to do, such as to kill, save, or inspire.
Long ago, before I got kicked out of Heaven – it seems like only yesterday – the Son of God and I were like brothers. Afterwards, he cooled on me. But in those days when we were still chums, I probed a little, asking him how he, and the Father, and the holy Ghost passed the time prior to that suddenly busy week when they created the universe.
The Son, when recollecting the pre-Big Bang era, was pretty vague:
"Where'd you go?"
"Nowhere."
"What did you do?"
"Nothing. Did some planning."
I once asked Jesus if God began as one person, and then split Himself into a Trio just to have someone to talk to, or to sing with, but Jesus said no, they had always been a threesome. So had they ever swapped roles, I wanted to know, if only to pass the time during that long stretch in the dark when there was nothing to do and no one else to do it with? Like, for example. did Yahveh ever let the Son pretend, for a while, that he was the Dad? Jesus said "No, no, not really." Jesus said that my kind of thinking could get me into trouble. And he was right about that. Oh, God, was he right about that!
– L.
