Let's discuss the idea, presented by the Apostle Paul, that Jesus is the image of God. What does it mean to be an "image" of something? What kinds of examples of imagery can we find in everyday life?...
I hope that with these three examples you can understand what I mean, and what the Bible means by the idea that Jesus is the image of God. This is exactly what John meant when he said that Jesus was the interpretation of God. John 1:18 Jesus is God as expressed within a human medium. Jesus has enough of the divine attributes that he perfectly images God. Jesus has God's character; loving, truthful, just and merciful, constant, and faithful. Jesus is God.
Yes, that's very helpful, and is why I view you not as a heretic but at best using language that can mislead others about Trinitarian Doctrine. What makes your examples difficult in this regard is the fact that earthly illustrations fall short of the ability to convey the difference between Deity and Humanity in God. How can a human being consisting of finite fleshly substance convey the identity of an infinite Being, who transcends human substance?
My own words fall short as well, but I try. I view God as inexpressible in His full Divine Expression, or Word. His Word conveys who He is as an inexpressible uncreated Being, who transcends any language you may use, and any substance you may wish to use to convey who He is. He is omnipresent, and cannot be consigned to a single place, like a man or a spirit.
So how do we express God in human language? Or, how does God Himself express who He is, through His own Word? I believe God is not only able to express the fact He is infinite, transcendent, and inexpressible, but He is equally capable of expressing Himself in limited modes, as you seem to be trying to indicate.
What are these modes? It is not "Modalism," which sees God in only one mode at a time, 1st the Father, then the Son, and again as the Holy Spirit. He is all 3 simultaneously.
In expressing Himself in the form of the Son He is expressing who He is, as infinite God, in a finite human person, who exists in a single place in the universe. And yet, God remains transcendent, existing throughout the universe, and yet identified in this single man, Jesus.
The omnipresent God also expresses His Divine Person through the Spirit, who is viewed in limited locations, even though God is omnipresent. How can this be? We are able to perceive the Spirit of God near us, in a particular location, identifying the same Divine Person who God says He is in the entire universe.
So how can the infinite God express who He is, personally and as the *same Divine Person* without there being essentially 2 or 3 Persons involved? He can't. In expressing His identity as a Man or as a Spirit he unavoidably shows that He is both an infinite Being and a limited human being or a spirit viewed in distinct places.
This is the basis for Trinitarian thought, that God remains an infinite Being while showing Himself truly to be identified with the Person of the Son and with the Person of the Holy Spirit, who are able to show that God can identify Himself in limited places, while retaining who He is as an infinite Being.