Barth combined the two subjects of revelation and Trinity. And thus his theology begins with the God who makes himself known—that is, the self-revealing Trinity. Because God is triune, he reveals himself in a threefold word. First, there is Christ, the revealed word of God; second, that revelation is attested to in the written word of God, the Scriptures; and third, those Scriptures are preached or proclaimed, and so the world hears the one word of God. However, it is not as if revelation is the mere giving of information; it is God himself coming to us, making himself known. God the Father is
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