Did the Trinity visit Abraham & Sarah in Gen 18: 1-10 A?

Question

Gn 18:1-10a

The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre,
as he sat in the entrance of his tent,
while the day was growing hot.
Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby.
When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them;
and bowing to the ground, he said:
“Sir, if I may ask you this favor,
please do not go on past your servant.
Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet,
and then rest yourselves under the tree.
Now that you have come this close to your servant,
let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves;
and afterward you may go on your way.”
The men replied, “Very well, do as you have said.”
(more)

Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah,
“Quick, three measures of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls.”
He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer,
and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
Then Abraham got some curds and milk,
as well as the steer that had been prepared,
and set these before the three men;
and he waited on them under the tree while they ate.

They asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?”
He replied, “There in the tent.”
One of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,
and Sarah will then have a son.”

Answer 1

Yes He did. This was part of our Liturgy yesterday

Answer 2

According to the next chapter, when the visitors reach Sodom, they are angels. So this does not appear to be an appearance of the Trinity. Plus normally only one member of the Trinity appears as a human, Jesus.

However, in the Gospel of John 8:56-58, Jesus claims that he made an appearance to Abraham. In Genesis 15:17, while God is cutting convenant with Abrahm, he causes a sleep to fall on Abraham, and then God in the forms of a smoking furnance and a burning lamp pass through the pieces of the sacrifice. This is God the Father and God the Son (Jesus) forming the covenant to redeem mankind between themselves.

It is here that Abraham saw Jesus, and rejoiced about it.

Answer 3

Abraham and Sarah were Jewish: they did not believe in the trinity.
The Jewish idea of God is that God is One and Indivisible. We cannot divide God up into separate parts, where each part of God is UnEqual to each of the other parts, but somehow they are one and the same. The Hebrew Scriptures describes God as an absolute One, but the Christian's New Testament describes the Christian idea of God as divisible into three parts called a trinity. In the Christian's New Testament, Jesus at one point claims to have different knowledge than other parts of the Christian Trinity. For example, Matthew 24:36 or Mark 13:32. In another verse, Jesus does not have the same power as other parts of the Christian Trinity, for example, Luke 23:34. And in Matthew 26:42, Jesus's will is not the same as the will of the Father. Indeed, Jesus often contrasted himself with the Father, for example, in John 14:28, or Luke 18:19. Furthermore, Jesus supposedly said that the punishment for blaspheming against one part of the Trinity is not the same punishment for blaspheming against another part of the Trinity. In the Hebrew Scriptures, however, God is One, as we read in Deuteronomy 6:4, as well as in Isaiah 44:6, where God tells us, "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." When Isaiah tells us that God said, "I am the first," it means that God has no father. When Isaiah tells us that God said, "I am the last," it means that God has no literal son. And when Isaiah tells us that God said, "Besides me there is no God," it means that God does not share being God with any other god, or demi-god, or semi-god, or persons, and there is no trinity.

Answer 4

No. Three is symbolic of completion/wholeness.

The "Trinity" is a term related to the psychology of an enlightened, empowered mind. Reuniting of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit representing the reintegration, restoration or rebirth of one's authentic Self. Both knowing what (idea) "fathered" you/healing of father relationship/seeing the whole + the death of the ego and restoration of the true Self/Son + remembering what you purely love/the comforter.

Answer 5

The term trinity is not Biblical. It is called the Godhead. The Father and Jesus Christ have physical bodies, but the Holy Ghost does not.

Answer 6

If you keep reading you will find they were angels sent by Jehovah.

Judges 13:21,22 shows the attitude of the Israelites that God's representives or spokesmen were called by the one whose message it is.

If John comes to you and says, "Fred said Hi.'

You could honestly say at a later date, 'Fred said Hi.' (even though it was said by John.)

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Answer 7

The visitors were angels. Trinitarians try to jump on anything with a "three" in it and will declare it a trinity.

Answer 8

you might have to know or read the hebrew context of the text, but i always interpreted the passage to mean angels of the lord. now you have got me wondering.

Answer 9

The answer is no.
Why should anyone assume anytime 3 show up, it must be the trinity?
He simply got a visit from 3 angels, one of them representing God Himself.
That's what angels are, aren't they ....ambassadors?

Answer 10

Sure seems to imply it, doesn't it? No way to prove it, like so much of Christianity, but such is the nature of faith. :-)