Do Not Pass On By

Genesis 18:1-3 (NKJV)
¹ Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
² So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
³ and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.

Some say when Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the three men standing there he saw God and two angels in front of him in the form of men. But I wonder if he was not seeing a manifestation of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Is this so far-fetched?  If we believe that God appeared to Abraham, it is not much of a stretch to consider this as a possibility? We understand God to be ONE and at the same time accept the Triune reality of His existence.  There is no doubt this is a mystery that boggles the mind.  There is no way to embrace this paradox except by faith and it is by faith that we believe in this marvelous thing God has done for us that we call grace. 

Abraham had certainly found favor in God’s sight.  That is in evidence by God’s appearance in the first place.  Through the faith of Abraham we have found favor as well.  That faith in God allows us to believe in His Son Jesus Christ.  There we find our rest and salvation.  For that reason God remains with us when we ask “do not pass on by Your servant.”