Concerning spiritual growth and awareness— I am both intrigued by and
looking forward to the information it appears we will be learning while
studying through Bray’s text. In his introduction, the author states that
much of what is written in his text, will focus on the, “personal, trinitarian
subsistence,” of God (Bray, 1993, 9). This is something that I have
pondered from time to time throughout my Christian walk. When we think
about God in Heaven, what do we picture in our head? Many Bible
teachers and pastors will say— “if you want to know what God looks like
(in both the physical and personality sense), look at Jesus.” Indeed, since
Jesus IS God (Jn. 1:1-3; 14)— being a member of the trinity which makes
up one divine being (1 Jn. 5:7, KJV)— it seems reasonable to surmise that
when we finally see God up in Heaven, He will look like Jesus. Yet, we run
into difficulty when we are presented with passages that seem to indicate
that the Father though equal with the Son, is a separate being Who was
up in Heaven, while Christ was down on this earth. There are many
example passages I can draw from, where Jesus speaks about His Father
