I understand where the conflict lies. I'm not sure why that separation is worded the way it is in the bible.
Jesus is the Word of God. And in the beginning God said. So who said? God or Jesus?
In the beginning God created. And we find in Colossians 1: speaking of Jesus;
Col 1:15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Jesus is the image of the invisible God, and by him were all things created, visible and invisible.
So this says to me that Jesus created God. Or rather, Jesus created himself, as both the Father and the Son.
And right after that we have:
Col 1:19
For it pleased
the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Col 1:20
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him,
I say, whether
they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
So the Father before he came to earth as Jesus had already determined that everything in earth or in heaven would be reconciled to himself, through himself.
I get it. I understand how one can see two seperate entities. 1 is spiritual and 2 the other is carnal, or in the fashion of a man.
No one has seen God at any time,
Jhn 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared
him.
If no man hath seen God and Jesus which is in the bosom of the father hath declared him. Then he is a witness of himself.
And when questioned concerning himself being his own witness he says:
Jhn 5:37
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
So I can understand the complication.
Jesus, as the Father before he was sent to earth, bears witness of Jesus that he is his own son.
Mat 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Peter says that this voice belongs to the Father:
2Pe 1:17
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And yet Jesus says in John 5:37 You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Then Jesus goes on to say:
Jhn 14:8
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jhn 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?
Here, Jesus is telling Philip, that he himself is the Father.
So how do we reconcile the Father in heaven, and Jesus on earth? What is the connection?
It is the Holy Spirit that unites them as one entity. They are the same person connected by the same spirit.
Jhn 14:20
At that day ye shall know that I
am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Jhn 14:26
But the Comforter,
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The spirit that connects the Father and the Son, is the same spirit that is sent in Jesus' name to comfort us.
As long as the Holy Spirit is in the world, Jesus is with us and in us through the spirit and we are in the Father which also is Jesus, by this same spirit.
What we know as the man Jesus in the flesh, is The Father which is Spirit which is in Heaven. That which connects it all together is the Spirit itself.
And that Spirit is Jesus, And that Spirit is the Father, and that Spirit is given to us. So that where He is, we may be also.
I understand the argument from the otherside. But I myself believe that this is the truth.
That Jesus is the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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