The Uninteded Truth Revealed

A long time ago, in a country called Athens there lived a man named Plato. Plato was one of the smartest men of his time, he was a man of science, he was a man of reason, moreover, he was a man of philosophy. Throughout his studies Plato became very skeptical of the Greek faith system which payed reverence to the many Greek gods. So, Plato set out to discover the meaning of life using reason as his ally.

Plato came up with a theory he called, "The Analogy of the Divided Line." The theory divided our world up into different sections based off our ability to perceive and conceive of all things tangible and intangible. His theory was densely philosophical, but basically he proved (by reason) that there is, in fact, an aspect to this life and world that exists outside of the realm of our 5 senses, The intelligible world, or the world of Philosophical understanding. It is only by the existence and the standard of this world that we are able to understand and categorize things such as beauty and goodness (things that cannot be perceived or judged in the purely natural sense). The conclusive result of this philosophy was the birthing of the "transcendentals."

1. Goodness
2. Beauty                
3. Truth

and lastly these three elements are bound together by a fourth element, Unity.

To Plato, life only made sense with reverence and reference to the transcendent qualities of life. The transcendentals are more "real" than "reality" because they give life meaning.

I found this curious as it related to my own faith. I believe life only makes sense with reverence and reference to the one God of all People. The Triune God of the Christian faith. God is more "real" than our "reality" because he lives outside of time and gives our life purpose. As I thought hard about it, I realized that Plato was not that far off, he recognized the truth (in a sense), but due to chronological and cultural barriers as well as the plague of his own ambitions, he didn't know how to name it yet.

The Holy Trinity is the description of God's character. God is a Single, United God of three Persons.

1. The Father
2. The Son
3 The Holy Spirit

Now, i do not think I have stumbled upon some deep and profound philosophical and theological discovery, rather I think I have stumbled upon a small, beautiful treasure... Maybe even a nice coincidence.

Today I aligned the transcendentals with the character of my God, just to see how it fits.

1. The Father = Beauty

Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

Psalm 90:17
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

God the Father is Beautiful and he has showered the earth with his beauty,

The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language

where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,

like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end of the heavens

and makes its circuit to the other;

nothing is hidden from its heat. 

Psalm 19:1-6

2.The Holy Spirit= Truth

"When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine;  therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you"
John 16:13-15

3. Jesus Christ, The Son= Goodness

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Matthew 5:43:45 - (Jesus Christ)

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:1-2

Lastly, God, like the transcendentals are united, is One in Himself, perfectly complete. God is all of these, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, in one. God is even more, for God is Love. 

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
John 14:6  

I think the most beautiful part of all this to me, is that it is not coincidental. I have long abandoned the idea that coincidences exist at all. I personally believe that God takes the initiative to reveal Himself to mankind, and He does not just do this through the use of the Christian or the Jew, but he will declare his truth through the mind of the skeptic, or of any man who is willing to search out truth for the sake of Truth. God really does all the work for us, all we have to do is point to the signs.