The Trinity demonstrates that God is relationship itself, and the flow is always in the direction of outpouring love. With this, it is a theological impossibility for there to be any hatred, wrath, or pettiness in God. A Trinitarian God is internally, externally, and constantly infinite generosity.
But why does the Bible talk about God’s wrath? Because we were a people who were hateful in ancient history, and we created a God in our image. We justified our wrath, our vengeance, and our violence by saying, for example, “God orders us to kill all the Canaanites.” We need to start believing in the God that Jesus presented – an entirely loving and merciful God.
In Jesus, matter and spirit were presented as totally one. Human and Divine together in his ordinary body, just as in the rest of humanity. We need to be reconciled with the truth that we could follow him as “partners in his great triumphal procession” (2 Corinthians 2:14) and embrace the redemptive transformation that was offered to us: “In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5).
This dynamic unity is what makes Jesus the “Pioneer and Perfector of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Our deep need is to experience the same unitive mystery in ourselves and in all of creation—“through him, with him, and in him” as we say in the Great Amen of the Eucharist!
Hebrews 12:2 “We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”
