Confession time: when no one is
around I sometimes talk to myself – out loud. I would hate to think someone
might be eavesdropping in on some of those super private conversations. The
eavesdropper might be inclined to think it was time I was relegated to one of
those “special homes”.
Imagine with me, however, if we
could eavesdrop (in eternity past – long before the “in the beginning” of
Genesis 1:1) on the Trinity as God talks to himself/themselves. What would we see
or hear in terms of God’s internal and eternal communication method? I believe
we would all likely agree that we would not see the Trinity writing and passing
notes to each other. They would not be using literacy as their means of
communication. For starters there is nothing except God; so that leaves out
pencils, pens, digital writing sticks, paper, and print outs. No, we would not
see reading and writing; they are ruled out. But might we hear something. Would
we hear some totally foreign language? Would we hear strange unintelligible holy
sounding dialogues? Would we hear three distinct voices: the majestic baritone
voice of the Father, the common very-human sounding voice of the Son, and the
soft comforting voice of the Holy Spirit? Whereas, we might be inclined to
tacitly think the Trinity would be talking to themselves in the kind of orality
we are privy to this side of Genesis 1:1, such a thing would be just as out of
the question as the passing of written notes. For, once again, there is only
God. There is nothing outside of God. There is no air, no sound waves. Not to
mention there are no mouths, no tongues, no lungs to aspirate consonants. In
fact, there are no consonants. And there are no ears with all those intricate components
to pick up on the vibration that do not exist from the sound waves that also do
not exist.
It is true, the Trinity communicates
constantly with each member therein, but not through literacy and not through
orality. These two communication methods came about, along with time and space,
when everything other than God came into being. Orality, along with literacy,
is not eternal. It had a beginning - a rather grandious beginning.
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