What will happen to the Trinity when the Bride of Christ is revealed?
Upvote:1
You don't specifically identify a denomination perspective, but in a comment you reference Scott Hahn (a Catholic). I will likewise take a Catholic perspective.
Ultimately, nothing can happen to the Trinity based on those verses. God is immutable (Summa Ia Q9 A1) and thus the Divine Essence cannot change, nor can an additional Procession (Person) occur. There are exactly 3 Persons in the Trinity (Summa 1a Q30 A2) and nothing created can be taken up into it to become another Person.
"God in His deepest mystery is not a solitude, but a family, since He has in Himself Fatherhood, Son-ship and the essence of family, which is love." - Scott Hahn
The traditional understanding of this is somewhat more metaphorical than you seem to be interpreting it. We can call it a family because there is true paternity (fatherhood) and true filiation (sonship), but there is no marriage and no maternity. Love is the double-procession of the Father and the Son as the Holy Spirit.
Upvote:7
No, at least in the context of mainstream Nicene (including Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox) I don't think there is any teaching about this. The reason being simple: it is a non issue. The very idea of this is not based on a classic understanding of the Trinity at all and therefore is not a problem for normal Trinatarian theology.
The basic idea here is that God is ONE being. Never mind the person aspect of his nature for the moment, that is irrelevant to the difficulty you are posing. You have one being, then a separate entity and a relation between them. The one being (esp when that being is God!) doesn't fundamentally change in nature based on the state of relationships with other beings. It is what it is.
Now you can throw the three persons of the Trinity back in the equation, but nothing changes. They are still God and God still has a relationship with his chosen people, his bride.
More post
- 📝 For those who oppose interfaith worship on Biblical grounds, what Scriptures do they use to show that such worship is unacceptable?
- 📝 Are there female devils cited in scriptures?
- 📝 How does intercession of saints and Exodus 20:3 not clash?
- 📝 Wouldn't the "spirit of Jesus" [mentioned in Acts 16:7] challenge the idea of the Trinity?
- 📝 How does mainstream Christianity view "Heaven is for Real"?
- 📝 Who wrote the Sub Tuum Praesidium?
- 📝 Matthew 18:10 "Children's angels always behold the face of the Father" - what does this mean?
- 📝 As there are so many documents of Catholic doctorine that are considered infallible in content, how to search them?
- 📝 Does the Catholic church believe that God really forgives by confession alone?
- 📝 What is the biblical argument against the claim that Jesus is just "a god", but not "God Almighty"?
- 📝 Can "feelings and passions" make an act involuntary?
- 📝 Can someone be saved if they willingly live in sin?
- 📝 What is the origin of the belief that God will not destroy the world but use the current one?
- 📝 Does transubstantiation teach that the Son regularly returns physically?
- 📝 How many Christian denominations are there?
- 📝 Is there a good Swedish Bible Translation that's not the equivalent of the NIV?
- 📝 When and why did Protestantism begin moving away from liturgy?
- 📝 According to the Young Earth Creationism, did God wait or did God work for 6 x 24 hours non-stop?
- 📝 Which doctrine was formalised first: Infant Baptism or Original Sin?
- 📝 If Joseph and Mary consummated their marriage, why did they wait to do so?
- 📝 What are some uses of the Magnificat, Benedictus and Nunc Dimittis in the Eastern Rites?
- 📝 Does Total Consecration to Mary imply a supernatural wisdom?
- 📝 Why did Joseph Smith return the golden plates to the angel to be buried?
- 📝 How do various traditions define the term "sufficient grace"?
- 📝 No matter how badly a person sins, are they always forgiven?
- 📝 How do Biblical Unitarians explain 1 Timothy 3:16, which says "God was manifest in the flesh"?
- 📝 According to Catholicism what is today's referent of "my house of prayer" in Isa 56:6-8?
- 📝 Does God require us to have faith because Adam and Eve sinned?
- 📝 Did St. John Vianney Ever Directly Say Anything About Scruples?
- 📝 Will we still feel affection towards others when we are in heaven?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What will happen to the Trinity when the Bride of Christ is revealed?
- 📝 What will happen to our mansion when the time comes to go to the New Jerusalem?
- 📝 According to Protestants following the Reformation, what did Jesus mean when he said "do this and you will live"?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for Christian denominations to believe in a visible appearance of Christ Jesus when he returns?
- 📝 What happens to the Vicar of Christ when Christ returns?
- 📝 What is the extra value of the body of Christ in the Eucharist when someone is already full of the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 What is the will of the (Catholic) Church when she baptizes?
- 📝 What was the 'orthodox' view of God and Christ when the Arian Controversy began?
- 📝 What determines when the Flores de Mayo and the Santacruzan festival will occur each year?
- 📝 What did Jesus mean when He said “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me”
- 📝 If Jesus Christ is supposedly part of the trinity how come he didn't even know when the hour would come
- 📝 According to Calvinism, when and what happen during the Lord's Passover in the time of Moses?
- 📝 What exactly does it mean that Jesus Christ is the son of God?
- 📝 What is the origin of holding hands when praying around a circle before a meal?
- 📝 What are the practical applications of "two will become one flesh"?
- 📝 When talking about the Trinity, what does "persons" mean?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity consisting of different persons?
- 📝 What guidelines or rules should be used when interpreting the Bible?
- 📝 What happened to the wives of priests when celibacy was first instituted in the Catholic church?
- 📝 What do Catholics mean when they talk about the Real Presence in the Eucharist?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for libertarian free will (no predestination)?
- 📝 When Jesus gave Peter his name (rock) what is the significance that he then said upon a ‘different’ kind of rock he would build his church?
- 📝 What person(s) of the Trinity were the people of the Old Testament interacting with?
- 📝 What actions does the LDS church (Mormon) take when a member does not pay tithing?
- 📝 What does the Catholic Church mean when it calls humans co-creators with God?
- 📝 To what are the scriptures referring when they speak of the books of the "chronicles of the kings"?
- 📝 Was the Trinity still a Trinity when Jesus died?
- 📝 What did Paul mean when he called Jesus the "firstborn from the dead"?
- 📝 What are Mormons allowed to discuss about the temple, when not inside the temple?
- 📝 When and how was the doctrine of the one divine will established?