‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters’. Gen 1-1,2

Here we see Father and Holy Spirit in the act of creations.  

‘And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness’.  

‘Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech’.  Gen 11:7

Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!" (Isa 6:8
There is no reference to angels in these texts.  God is doing the sending and needs someone to go for ‘us’.

‘But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen’. Hosea 1:7

God here is speaking in both the first and third person.

‘By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.  By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.  When he prepared the heavens I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the earth:  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways’.  Prov 8:15-16, 27-30, 32

These verses refer to God’s Son.


‘Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding’. Daniel 2:20-21

‘hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness’  

These verses refer to God the Father.  His actions are said to be his son when spoken of by God the Father and by his Son.  

‘The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool’. Psalm 110:1

‘neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore’.  Psalms 16:10-11  

This refers to God’s Holy One’s resurrection and place at the right hand of God.

‘The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;’ Is. 61:1

God’s Son here speaks of the Holy Spirit on Him

‘But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them’. Is.63:10

‘where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, diving the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.’ Is. 63:10

The Holy Spirit is said to be leading the people.  God is also said to be leading the people.

‘And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness’.  

This refers to God’s Son

‘And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, it is my people: and they shall say, the LORD is my God’.  Zech 13:9

Here God refers to himself as a refiner of his children.  

‘And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourned for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.  Zech 12:10  

In verse 1 it states clearly that these are the words of God.  Here God refers to pouring out his spirit as well as referring to himself as the one who was pierced.  The one pierced was his Son.

‘The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness.  Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God’. Isaiah 40:3

This is a prophecy referring to John the Baptist.  He prepared the way for Jesus, the Son of God and yet the scripture says to prepare a way of the LORD.