God in the Bible

The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit — the three the Scriptures name as one God, and the center every other profile on this site orbits.

Profiles
3
First named
Genesis 1:1
Named together
Matthew 28:19
Era
Outside the timeline

How Scripture speaks of God

The Bible opens with God creating and closes with God dwelling among his people, and everything between is told as his dealing with named men and women. Israel's confession is that the LORD is one (Deuteronomy 6:4), and the New Testament keeps that confession while speaking of the Father who sends, the Son who is sent, and the Spirit who is poured out.

All three are present at the Jordan when Jesus is baptized: the Son in the water, the Spirit descending, the Father speaking from heaven. All three are named in the commission at the end of Matthew, and in the blessing Paul writes at the end of 2 Corinthians. The church came to call this the Trinity — not three Gods, but one God known in three persons.

Unlike every other profile on this site, the Father and the Spirit belong to no era of the timeline; the Son alone has a human lifetime, and he is placed in The Gospels. Where Scripture gives no date, birth, tribe or occupation, these pages leave the field blank rather than invent one.

The three profiles

A burning bush blazing at the foot of Mount Sinai, symbolizing God the Father’s presence

God the Father

The first person of the Trinity — creator, the one Jesus addressed as Father, the one who sends the Son and the Spirit

God the Father is the first person of the Trinity: the maker of heaven and earth, the one Jesus addressed simply as Father, and the one who sends both the Son and the Spirit into the world.

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Oil-painting style portrait of Jesus

Jesus

Messiah and central figure of the New Testament whose life, death, and resurrection form the basis of the Christian faith

The central figure of the New Testament, Jesus was born of Mary in Bethlehem, performed numerous miracles, and was crucified under Pontius Pilate before rising from the dead.

The Gospels
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A white dove descending over water in golden light, symbolizing the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit

The third person of the Trinity — hovering over the waters at creation, empowering judges, prophets and kings, poured out at Pentecost, indwelling believers

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity: the Spirit hovering over the waters at creation, the power behind judges, prophets and kings, poured out at Pentecost, and the presence who indwells believers.

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