1Jo 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

1Jo 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

The three on earth were:

The Father spoke to you in the womb so that you would recognize his voice. He has testified to everyone. ^[1]

The Son has pointed to the Father trough all his words, works, life, death, resurrection and indwelling Spirit. ^[2]

The Spirit has testified to you by correlating what you have learned to make it understandable. ^[3]

In order to be understood, God had to take a form from the same material as the universe. That form is the exact representation of the essence of God. ^[4] He took on the form of the earth 'erets' ארץ. The word 'earth' not only means 'land, earth, ground, etc.' but also means 'the inhabitants of the earth'. ^[5]

And in that form gave three testimonies on earth. Since Jesus is the fullness of the godhead ^[6], He gives three testimonies of God in his flesh.

The Spirit א

The silent letter aleph א is the unpronounceable name of God. ^[7]. But it's primary metaphor is that of holiness or separation. When God spoke [the diagonal vav] and created the heavens and the earth [the two yods] he created by separating from his creation. He is Holy... "Let there be light" (the symbol for holiness).

The same aleph represents the Spirit hovering over the face of the waters. ^[8] It represents the firmament between the waters. ^[9] It represents the war between heaven and earth. ^[10]

John is using it in the verse above as the Spirit hovering on the face of the waters. This was fulfilled in the flesh at Jesus's baptism when the Spirit descended between the word (water) above, and the water below. ^[11]

The water ר

The letter resh ר represents the things that can be known about heavenly things coming to earth. The rounded corner means that it includes the personality of God, not just his teaching. I often refer to it as revelation as a technical term differing from a command or teaching.

The water above, may מי, is the Father with his plan for creation. The water below, im ים, is the creation finished by the Son. The metaphor of water includes the speaking of the word of God as the Father declares his will, the accomplished work of the Son, as well as the person of the Son as the one who is the one who makes it happen. In a lessor metaphor, the church is the water also since now it accomplished God's will through teaching and preaching. The water and the word are equivalent metaphors.

Jesus is both the Word of God ^[12] and the Living water. ^[13]

The blood ץ

The final tsadi ץ represents holiness and grace being reconciled through death. It is a picture of the cross. The cross is the place where Jesus shed his blood for us. ^[14]

Father, Son and Holy Ghost

When there are three things we look for a metaphoric association with the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Spirit is associated with the Spirit, and the Son with the cross. The water is represents the Son, but we remember that the Son always testifies of the Father. So the revelation is the testimony of the Father. ^[15]

Next: TYMK - The certainty

1. ↑ Ro 1:19 ¶ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them.
2. ↑ TYMK - The testimony of the Son
3. ↑ TYMK - The testimony of the Spirit
4. ↑ Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person [hypostasis, essential nature], and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
5. ↑ Php 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
6. ↑ Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
7. ↑ TYMK_-_The_testimony_of_the_Son#The_Son_makes_us_trust_the_Father
8. ↑ Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
9. ↑ Ge 1:6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
10. ↑ Ro 8:7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
11. ↑ Mt 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
12. ↑ Joh 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
13. ↑ Joh 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
14. ↑ Lu 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
15. ↑ Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?