7神要与人发生关系,就必须是三一的─父、子、灵。照出埃及记三章来看,耶和华乃是指三一神。这在三章六节表明出来,那里神说…“我是你父亲的神,是亚伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神。”神对摩西说:“我是那我是”,并吩咐他对以色列人说:“那我是打发我到你们这里来”,以后又继续对他说:“你要对以色列人这样说,耶和华你们祖宗的神,就是亚伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神,打发我到你们这里来;耶和华是我的名,直到永远,这也是我的记念,直到万代。”(15。)在三章十四节神说:“那我是打发我到你们这里来”,但在下一节,祂说:“耶和华你们祖宗的神,就是亚伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神,打发我到你们这里来。”这表明耶和华就是亚伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神。神这个名称─亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神─暗指神格的三,就是三一。在创世记生命读经里我们曾指出,创世记多半记载三个人物的神,这三个人物就是亚伯拉罕─父,以撒─子,雅各─最终被变化的抓夺者、狡猾者。亚伯拉罕的神表征父,以撒的神表征子,雅各的神表征灵。与人发生关系的耶和华神乃是三一神。所以,耶和华的灵带着神圣三一的成分。 旧约里有许多经文说到耶和华的灵:士师记三章十节;六章三十四节;十一章二十九节;十三章二十五节;十四章六节,十九节;十五章十四节;撒母耳记上十章六节;十六章十三节,十四节;撒母耳记下二十三章二节;列王纪上十八章十二节;二十二章二十四节;列王纪下二章十六节;历代志下十八章二十三节;二十章十四节;以赛亚书十一章二节;六十三章十四节;以西结书十一章五节;三十七章一节;弥迦书三章八节;撒迦利亚书七章十二节。在旧约里,每当神来接触人的时候,祂就是带有三一神成分的耶和华的灵。事实上,耶和华的灵就是三一神之成分的精粹。
7In order for God to be related to man, He must be triune — the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. According to Exodus 3, Jehovah refers to the Triune God. This is indicated in 3:6, where God says, “I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” After God said to Moses, “I AM THAT I AM” and told him to tell the children of Israel, “I AM hath sent me unto you,” He went on to say to him, “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations” (v. 15). In 3:14 God says, “I AM hath sent me unto you,” but in the next verse He says, “Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you.” This indicates that Jehovah is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. This title of God — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — implies the Three of the Godhead, the Trinity. In our Life-study of Genesis we pointed out that much of the book of Genesis is related to God as the God of three persons: Abraham, the father; Isaac, the son; and Jacob, the supplanter, the subtle one who was eventually transformed. The God of Abraham signifies the Father; the God of Isaac, the Son; and the God of Jacob, the Spirit. Jehovah, God in His relationship with man, is the Triune God. Therefore, the Spirit of Jehovah is the Spirit with the element of the divine Trinity. Many verses in the Old Testament speak of the Spirit of Jehovah: Judges 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Samuel 10:6; 16:13, 14; 2 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 18:12; 22:24; 2, 2 Kings 2:16 Chronicles 18:23; 20:14; Isaiah 11:2; 63:14; Ezekiel 11:5; 37:1; Micah 3:8 Zechariah 7:12. Whenever God came to contact people in the Old Testament, He was the Spirit of Jehovah with the element of the Trinity. Actually, the Spirit of Jehovah is the extract of the element of the Triune God.