So here is a Fun fact, this is actually the first concept which lead to this entire outreach. This metaphor just keeps expanding and hasn’t broken down yet and just keeps growing. Where going over what many call “The Father”, “The Son”, and “The Holy Spirit”; and hoe this different aspects are all part of the same being.
For many Christians, and non-believers alike, the concept of the Trinity is confusing. And for people of other Abrahamic faiths, such as Judaism and Islam, it sounds like straight up blasphemy. This is because it’s not explicitly stated in any English copy of scripture, but it is shown. And if you can't see it, let's play a game. Specifically, a video game. Keep in mind that the ancient Greek and Aramaic languages did not deal with events outside of everyday ancient life. In our modern age and modern language, Videogames seem to hold the key to intuitively understanding the complexity of the Trinity.
You really can have a clear and tangible understanding of the Trinity, specifically how all three aspects can be completely different and serve different roles, all while being one God, just by using the modern technology of Video Games as a metaphor to understand the ancient truth of God’s composition and his love for all of us. God is like a software developer creating a video game or other simulated world, he speaks a universe into existence as Blizzard’s developers wrote the Halo universe into existence with code. Then as he metaphorically holds a game controller and takes human form in the game as a player would become Master Chief, God becomes Jesus in bodily form in our system. Then through the use of various cheat codes, you can perform miracles, and then if you die you simply respawn, just like Jesus' resurrection. After this there are other methods of interacting with non-player characters which are prevalent in the Sims, this is how the Holy Spirit interacts with our hearts.
You can use the menu below to jump to a specific aspect of the Trinity.
God – The Creator
Let’s look at the being which we call God, our heavenly Father.
Also known simply as God, or The Lord is the aspect of God who is all-powerful and created the entire universe and all that you see in it.
Imagine you're a game developer. You write a whole world into existence line by line, shape the models, place points of light, and so much more. This is like creating a virtual universe complete with the Earth itself, or at least a part of it, and the Sun at least. However, first, you determine the way light will work in your game, setting points, and using ray tracing to cast shadows, reflections, and such. Think back to scripture about how God created the light before he created the Sun, Moon, and Stars.
You would seem to be a god to the non-player characters in your game. And in a way, you would be like that which God is to us. God is fully outside of this reality and created every aspect of it. This gives God an awesome amount of power and the ability here on Earth. Furthermore, because of this many games actually call some of these features “god mode”.
Jesus (the son)
Now, let’s talk about the “Son” of God.
This is often misunderstood by people of all branches of the Abrahamic faith. Judaism and Islam alike view the concept of Jesus as being the son of God to be blasphemy. The truth is, they are kind of right. The issue is that this is a metaphor or figure of speech and Jesus is not God’s Son in the sense of a human father and a son. God did not get married to and mate with Mary and, together with her, produce a son. To suggest this is to commit an act of blasphemy. In fact, that would have more to do with Greek mythology where a god would come to earth and mate with humans to have offspring. This is the point, the Greeks would understand this concept.
So why do we in this century call him the son of God? Well, some demons called him that as recorded in the gospels, and he repeatedly called God his father, and a voice from heaven mentioned Jesus as being his son once. It appears that there is something to this, but then again, and this is a big one, we are all sons (or daughters) of God. All humans were created in his image, and Jesus was human. The term “son of God” literally just means a person.
Yeshua or Jesus Christ is the part of God that was in Human form, physically walking on Earth with us throughout the Gospels where he reiterated and clarified his message, as well as in the Garden of Eden and inside of a furnace in Babylon. This is the form that God took, being born through a virgin, to ultimately sacrifice himself on a cross for our sins.
What about the Christ? After all, we’re talking about Christianity here. What’s the deal with whole resurrection? Can video games explain this? Yes! Easily. Christ was born to a virgin and killed on a cross. Then when he died, he was placed in a tomb. On the third day, he rose again. How do you think that this works? Another videogame can explain this in a very simple way.
Pick a game to log into and play. Let’s say Halo. You have a backstory that you really did not play though. Nobody ever had intercourse to produce you. Your body is computer code. Likely written in C++ or a similar language. You miraculously appear and begin your work. You know the script, and what you must do. I don’t always enjoy every aspect of the videogames I’ve played. One great example is dealing with The Flood on Halo CE. They were my least favorite part, but I did it anyway. This is a weak comparison to the agony which Jesus experienced on the cross two millennia ago, but he did what he needed to do to accomplish his goal. Spoiler alert, he wins.
If the Father is fully outside the system, the Son, Yeshua or Jesus Christ, is the part that is fully inside the system. This is analogous to your game character or avatar. It is fully you and fully part of the game. In a way, you are fully in the game and also fully outside the system at the same time in this manner. A sort of dual existence. In this way, Christ logged into our world through a virgin in Bethlehem played through all the tedious aspects of our day-to-day lives and got many people to hear what he had to say. Ultimately, he sacrificed himself on the cross to cover our sins.
Now Jesus was able to perform miracles. He pulled a practically unlimited amount of bread and fish from a small basket that had just a few pieces in it. This is like using an unlimited items code in a video game, like infinite ammo in a magazine for a gun in Golden Eye or another game. Another point, Jesus was able to disable weather settings and turn off a storm with the command, “be still”. There are several games which have weather settings that can be turned off.
Now here is a big one, I’ve been killed in a videogame before, have you ever been killed in a game you were playing? What happened? Did it actually hurt you, or were you fine and your avatar respawned moments later? We simply respawn back into the game after an annoying pre-set time, right? That’s what God did, after his avatar was killed and buried in a tomb, he respawned after three days, defeating Death which is so real to us in the system.
The human body named Jesus was God's in-game avatar, fully him but also fully something outside the game. This being was fully human just like you and me in this physical world, however, he was also fully outside this world and in full control just like you or I would be to a non-player character in a video game.
Now that we can view Jesus as a player avatar for God existing in the world that he designed, how do we explain Jesus praying to God (himself)? It would be best to view this as being for our benefit. Is there any time you have played a game and your player avatar was talking to you? While this is rare, we only have a small handful of times that Jesus prayed publicly, and I can also only think of a few times that this has happened in a videogame, but it does occur. Your character turns to the camera and starts giving you information or commenting on the game. This is a breaking of the so-called “fourth wall”.
This also explains the “why have you forsaken me” comments during the crucifixion, as sometimes video game characters will knock on the screen and ask where the player went after a lack of input via the controller.
The Holy Spirit (or holy ghost)
What about The Holy Spirit? What is that?
No, we're not talking about ghosts, this is real. This is the part of God that communicates with humans on a personal level, through your conscience. This is the part of God that lives inside all his children.
The holy spirit is a more difficult aspect to understand, but in many ways, it is a more familiar aspect of God in our day-to-day life. The holy spirit interacts with us and gives us information regarding what God wants for us. We are completely free to ignore this advice and follow our own free will, but God knows what is best for us. Depending on the game, you can feed information or commands to non-player characters, which they may act on or simply choose to ignore and do whatever they were doing. They are their own person after all.
One shining example of this is a game called, “The Sims”. In this game, you click on a person and give them a command. This task is simply added to a list of things that the Sim wants to do. You can place a computer in their home and tell them to use it to learn a skill or find a job, but they may simply choose to play a computer game. Then they freak out when the repo-man comes to take their possessions. This is one way that our disobedience to God can affect us. This is how God is the “Holy Spirit” aspect of the Trinity. He's not actively creating, or in design mode, as what we call God, but this is part of it on a level of reality that the non-player characters cannot comprehend. If any of you have played any video games where you can advise non-playable characters of the best courses of action, and they completely ignore you, you know how frustrating this must be for God, but he still loves us.
The more you obey God’s word and follow his instruction through the Holy Spirit, the easier it becomes and the more holy you become. The ultimate goal here is to be one with God, and the holy spirit is the data bus that facilitates this connection.
Putting Them Together
So, what’s the conclusion here?
So as a video game player you can be like the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ very easily. In fact, your character can even pray to you in some situations. If you are a game developer, you would be like God to non-player characters. Now you can fully understand the Trinity with no problem. In fact, you would be a bit of a trinity yourself, at least to the in-game characters.
You can have your developer console up to perform simple tasks (including cheat codes) that non-player characters would perceive as miracles, you are walking around in the game you created talking to or interacting with other characters. Most of the time they ignore your suggestions and suffer the consequences while you watch on. Furthermore, you would have knowledge of where the game is going, giving you the ability to predict the future as you can see all the code from beginning to end.
Now that you have a better understanding of the trinity, please re-read the gospels and you will have a fuller understanding of the scripture. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to this video and channel respectively, but more importantly, don’t forget to read your Bible.