Here is how I have come to understand the relationship between the Father and Jesus as well as Jesus' divine and human natures, @MatthewG and @DavidB. The Bible says that, in the beginning of creation (Genesis 1:1), the divine Person called the Word by John was God and was with God (John 1:1) and also that he will submit to the Father when he has vanquished his enemies (1 Corinthians 15:28).
How can we understand both truths? According to John, the divine first Person and the divine second Person both have the full status of God, but they perform different roles or functions within the Godhead. In the latter sense, the fully-divine Jesus can rise from the dead, defeat his enemies, and then submit to the Father, though they both have equal status as God, which is Paul's word for the Father.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1Co 15:28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
People can believe how they want to. Thank you for sharing.
If a person is hating another individual just cause they see things in a certain manner, then they are not being a fellow Christian. They are just simply hating other people...
Im guilty of hating other people... God have mercy on me.
I see it as Jesus becoming one again with God, - going back to his former glory with God in the beginning as the Word.
It's not taboo, and its not blaspheming.
It's people who condemn other people that are having issues with it all together and I find it highly silly.
From my own study I see a progression - compared to the simply two placed verses you have shared...
As I shared on my original post. You see the Word of God sent, and then you see Jesus glorified and sitting on the throne with his Father after overcoming all things becoming the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
Thanks again, Bruce.