Is God body, soul, and spirit?
God has a body, soul and spirit. The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are one, referred to as the Godhead. (KJV-1John 5:7, For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one). The Godhead is also referred to as the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is a Christian doctrine that defines the Godhead as one God composed of three deities. The definition of the word trinity means a group of three closely related. Although the phrase “Holy Trinity” is not mentioned in the Bible, it is an accurate description of the Godhead.
See illustration:
God made man in His own image and likeness.
(KJV-Genesis
1:26, And God said, Let
us make man in our image, after our likeness…).
God made man with a body, soul
and spirit.
(KJV-1Thessalonians
5:23, And the very God of
peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul
and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ).
The Godhead has a body. The
Son is the physical body in the Godhead.
(KJV-Colossians
2:8-9,
Beware lest any
man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9- For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily).
The word Godhead is translated from a Greek word which means God or supreme
deity. The word bodily in this scripture is translated from a Greek word
which means a physical body. The Son of God is the physical presence of God.
The Son of God appeared in the Old Testament in His immortal body on several
occasions. The Son of God had appeared to Abraham and ate food with him. (KJV-Genesis
18:1-2,
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the
tent door in the heat of the day 2- And he lift up his eyes and looked, and,
lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them,
he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground)
and
(Genesis
18:7-8, And Abraham ran
unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto
a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8- And he took butter, and
milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before
them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat).
Before shedding His blood and dying on the cross for the sins of the world,
the Son of God had manifested in a flesh and blood mortal body, by way of
the virgin birth. The Son of God changed back into His flesh and bone
immortal body when He rose from the dead.
(KJV-Luke 24:39,
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have)
and
(KJV-Romans
6:9, Knowing that
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more
dominion over him).
The Son of God referred to His body as the temple of the Godhead.
(KJV-John
2:19-21,
Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20- Then said the
Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it
up in three days? 21- But he spake of the temple of his body).
Man’s body is also referred to as a temple.
(KJV-1Corinthians
6:19,
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which
is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your
own).
The Apostle John referred to the Son of God as the temple of the Godhead.
(KJV-Revelation
21:22, And I saw no temple
therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it).
The Father dwells in the Son the same way our soul and spirit dwell in us.
(KJV-John
14:10, Believest thou not
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto
you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he
doeth the works).
The Holy Ghost dwells in the Son.
(KJV-Luke
3:22, And the
Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him,
and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I
am well pleased).
The Godhead has a soul, and God the Father is the soul in the Godhead.
(KJV-John 4:23-24,
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such
to worship him. 24- God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth).
The word spirit in this scripture is translated from a Greek word which also
means a soul. God the Father is the soul in the Godhead.
(KJV-Leviticus
26:11-12,
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12- And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people).
The Godhead’s soul is pleased with the Son. (KJV-Matthew
12:18,
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is
well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles).
The following scripture says that God the Father
is pleased with the Son.
(KJV-2Peter
1:17,
For he received from God the Father honour and glory,
when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased).