Yes, it is important.....if Jesus was equally God, why could he not come in his own name?
This was so wordy I had to break it down in two.
PART A:
Jesus is equal with the Father in Spirit. But the Father has authority over all (including over Jesus and the Holy Spirit).
God the Word is clearly God (John 1:1-2). God the Word humbled himself to become also human (John 1:14) which he did without relinquishing his deity. In Philippians 2:6 morphe theos huparchon appears in the original Greek stating that he became a man while never ceasing to be God.
God the Word was sent into the world by the Father. That in itself is an executive order of the Father.
In that humility was Jesus' advent in the name of the Father.
Why was acceptance of the Father’s name held as of higher importance than Christ’s, if they were equally “God”?
The humility of Christ in his submission to the Father.
A “kinsman” would have to be 100% mortal human.....Can the Almighty Sovereign Lord of the Universe become like the fleas on a dog in order to have kinship with the other fleas, or even the dog?
You pose rabbit trail suppositions.
I will say in his body Jesus was and is 100% human while in his Spirit he is 100% God the Word.
David said we are as “grasshoppers” down here on this earth.....do we imagine for one moment that there would ever be a time when God has not anticipated what he needed to do in advance of any situation that might arise as the consequence of his free willed children’s actions?
Yahweh God has an entire family of angels in heaven who serve him constantly in various capacities and rank....a King who has many servants needs to do nothing himself, but command those who are in his service to act in his behalf.
Many would be surprised to hear that Jesus is called both a “holy servant” of his God as well as an ”apostle”.....( Acts 4:27, 30; Heb 3:1)
Can God be his own servant?
Can God be his own apostle?
What about his own High Priest? Since these are all avenues of service TO God, doesn’t it seem strange that an omniscient God would put himself in a position where he was forced to serve himself? It’s nonsense!
You apparently disbelieve in the multiple individuals in the Godhead. That simply fact logically answers every question you asked.
Only another mortal could be used to rectify the situation that Adam created for his children. Mortal humans sinned, but the entire responsibility for the fall was place squarely on the shoulders of the man. (Rom 5:12) So the redeemer had to be the exact equivalent of that man in order to pay the price of redemption. Jesus is called “the last Adam” for that reason. (1 Cor 15:45)
Nope. You are wrong. There's nothing that says God in human flesh cannot qualify or accomplish salvation.
Philippians 2:5–11 (KJV)The immortal God was ‘overqualified’ for the task.....so he sent his most trusted “servant” to fulfill the requirement and redeem the now condemned human race. The servant did so willingly, out of love.....love for his God, and also for mankind whom he had a hand in bringing to life.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: ← morphe theos huparchon (never ceasing to be God) in the Greek
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Do you speak archaic English at home? When people of other nations who do not speak English, have translations of the Bible in their own tongue, do you believe it is written in a dead language? Would people have to learn another language in order to read it with understanding?
The KJV has proven to be effective enough to answer all your objections.
Let's go over some Christian basics here:Losing the old KJV would be a good start for anyone who finds it confusing and a stumbling block to understanding......what is a translation for, after all? Why were the disciples able to speak in the languages of the Jews who came to Jerusalem for the Festival of Pentecost, from foreign lands? (Acts 2:5-11)
Our mother tongue is the one that speaks to the heart.....it’s the one that makes the most sense....but only if it is comprehensible. The KJV is a dinosaur.
The passage of scripture you quoted and the parts you highlighted do not say what you imagine them to say....all are pointing to the superiority of the Father and the son as his representative. The son is his Father’s willing servant, “sent” by him to recover what Adam threw away for his children.
God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4) but the one God consists of three individuals who are the one God:
God with God:
John 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Who God was with:
1 John 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
And:
Genesis 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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.
All three together at the same time with one another.
Also note that God the Word became a man:
John 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
God the Word is the lone Creator of all things created in the beginning:
John 1:3 (KJV)
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Colossians 1:16 (KJV)
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:
Isaiah 44:24 (KJV)
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
This also shows us that Jesus is the LORD YHVH.
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