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A few random thoughts here. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ!" (Rom. 1:16) "Since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, His eternal power and Godhead" (Rom. 1:20) Seems to me that the Biblical word "Godhead" is better than the supplied word "Trinity" because "Tri" or "three" recognizes and implies a numerated perameter that would imply some line of separation, or even of limitation, which is what we do with numbers, isn't it? In Godhead there is no separation, and praise Him no aloneness! No limit! And yet, there is a Father, a Son, a Holy Spirit, as most certainly seen in Luke 3:21,22 where the Son is announced to be the Son for the first time by the Father's voice and the Spirit's visible presence! What a glorious Godhead!

Now, another thought:

Rom 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

Rom 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

"Declared to be" "by the resurrection from the dead". When was Jesus first declared to be the Son? And what does baptism symbolize?

In some sense, did Jesus become the Son part of the Godhead most surely when he made the contract to die and resurrect by being baptized? Was this baptism not just something done for us, symbolically, but really truely the first part of dying for us and rising for us from the dead? Do we really realize the depth of what a holy thing we partake of and how real to heaven it is when we are baptized?

Another random thought:

The story of Abraham's promise and the covenant of freedom is found in Acts 7:5-36 & Genesis 15:5-18.

Here it is in poetry:

We put the blood upon the post

and we marched-a mighty host-

right into a trap between the deep blue sea

and the terrible power of the enemy!

Between the parting and Miriam's song

the way was deep and the path was long

but the power of the LORD held the waters high

and the children of Israel did not die.

We shouted "Glory!" We shouted and sang

as the desert wastelands echoed and rang!

Not in our own strength was our victory

but the mighty Jehovah set us free.

He did it not for our righteousness

but for the beautiful name

our father Abram confessed

when in the dread dark one night

he saw a smoking oven and a burning light

and the God of heaven foretold our plight--

told of the day His power would set us free

by the blood of the Lamb who is worthy--

who alone--is worthy.