Absolutely not, of course. I mean, I get the rhetorical nature of the question here, but still…
Right, but not the Father (or the Spirit). Now, Jesus was never not one with the Father, and the Father was never not one with Jesus, so in that sense we agree. But Jesus, while on the Cross, cried out to the Father, “Why have You forsaken Me?”… and of course Jesus “gave up His spirit” to the Father when He actually died… the point being that the first and second (and third) Persons of the triune Jehovah were, are, and always will be distinct in personhood, and the first (and third) Person(s) of the triune Jehovah was (were) not on the cross with Jesus.
Well, He did, actually, but not in and of themselves. You probably remember what Jesus said, that true understanding is of the heart, and what Paul said, that these things are spiritually understood, and that it is God Who puts His Spirit within us… or at least those for whom He has chosen to do so.
Right, and they do, if it is truly God-given, saving faith (Ephesians 2:8), Hebrews 11:1).
Right, one Seat of sovereignty, of power and authority. It is not a literal chair, but a position of absolute preeminence over all creation.
Ah, yes and no ~ but yeah no, in the sense that it’s not a literal leather ~ or metal or wooden or any other hard material ~ chair. Again, God is preeminent over all His creation and thus created things. Thinking of Him in terms of created things and/or placing Him inside creation should not be done.
I certainly do not deny, but affirm and rejoice wholeheartedly in God’s one Seat of absolute sovereignty, of power and authority. As the Lord teaches us to pray, His is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
I mean, I get your point, but…
Well… it will be seen, yes.
Seen… in the context of finally being fully understood and acknowledged by all, yes.
Well, I have a good idea (from Scripture) why…
But I do agree that it should not be done….
I would ask, why do people soft-pedal the spiritual, so much so as to make it far inferior to the physical, if not insignificant altogether… even not real? You know as well as I (I think) that Paul says, in Ephesians 6:12, “
our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Well… okay… but I would just say it’s another manifestation of sin…
Okay, sure. And it will be whole again, when Christ returns and after the final conflict and the final Judgment. Death and sin will be no more, and Heaven and earth will be one again, everything made new. Absolutely.
Grace and peace to you, Timtofly.