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Originally Posted by UntoHim
What is clear is that our friend Drake is using the false dichotomy of the supposed "essential/economical" aspects of God as a not-so-veiled cover for Witness Lee's unscriptural, modalistic processed Triune God theology. Of course Igzy, as well as many of us former residents of Lee-Lee land, will never fall for this shell game....fool me once.....
There is a very good reason why one would be hard pressed to find any noted evangelical/orthodox scholar who subscribes to this essential/economical notion as a foundational basis in understanding the nature, character or even actions of God the way that Witness Lee does. The reasons for this are quite simple - it just ain't there in the holy Scriptures. Oh, if ones twists, tweaks and massages the black and white letters and words, well then anything is possible...including that the three Persons of the Godhead become each other
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Why do you say " supposed "essential/economical" aspects of God"?
You really have shown yourselves ignorant on matters of theology when you say
"would be hard pressed to find any noted evangelical/orthodox scholar who subscribes to this essential/economical notion as a foundational basis in understanding the nature, character or even actions of God"
The "essential/economical" aspects of God are in theology known as the ontological Trinity and the economical Trinity and is basic foundational Christian doctrine. Perhaps if you spent more time reading theological resources you would know that.
See here:
https://carm.org/ontological-and-economic-trinity
https://www.gotquestions.org/ontological-Trinity.html
In their discussion of the Trinity, theologians have developed a number of terms to help explain, as precisely as possible, what God is like. When someone speaks of the “ontological Trinity,” also known as the “immanent Trinity,” it is in reference to the nature of God.
The ontological Trinity is also sometimes called the “essential Trinity.” It is often mentioned in conjunction with the “economic Trinity,” a term which focuses on the relationships within the Trinity and each Person’s role in creation and salvation. The term “ontological Trinity” focuses on who God is; the term “economic Trinity” focuses on what God does.
John 10:30 says that Jesus and the Father are one, by which it is meant that they are of one nature. In Matthew 28:19 Jesus tells us to baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” clearly equating the three Persons of the Godhead.