in response to your Post #128.
First thanks for the reply, Second, ERROR. lets take this one by one.
#1. you said, "
Here is how I believe Jesus was the root of David, and was also his son:
Jesus was the creator. Jesus created Adam, who procreated Seth............who procreated Jesse, who procreated David".
Jesus the Son/ordinal Last did not, let me repete this, "DID NOT CREATE ADAM", as the Son, but his, his, person did...

and this is scriptural. Matthew 19:4 "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read,
that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female," here, the "
he", is the ordinal First of the Son's own self.... did you get that? who is before David, who is David ROOT, because he created all things. now don't argue with 101G, argue with the Lord Jesus the Son, who was speaking at Matthews 19:4.
#2. you said, "
Jesus is the offspring of David because he is a son. David procreated Solomon.......... who procreated Mary, who procreated Jesus in the flesh". ERROR, son here is not biological, the Lord Jesus was never procreated by any human not the Spirit, but only his body that he came in. the account in Matthews and Luke are Legal genealogy, of a HOUSE COVENANT OF PROMISE BY GOD, in which through a KING, on Joseph, LEGAL side, is coming into the world. and on Mary LEGAL side this KING of the world, is also "HIGH PRIEST". the HOUSE of Abraham by Faith, produce the anstery of whom the Saviour of the World to come. as said, Joseph LEGAL side, the KING, and Mary's LEGAL side, the ecclesiastical or the PRIESTHOOD, of an everlasting priesthood.
so the KING side, Joseph, LEGAL side, as with any King, comes a Kingdom in which the King rules. and a Kingdom rule is in it’s GOVERNMENT. supportive scripture, Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
on Mary's, LEGAL side, an everlasting priesthood. which she was a descendant from the levitical priesthood, which by promise is to be replace, Hebrews 7:12 "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." and why? Hebrews 7:24 "But this man,
because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."
and here is the key point in the Matthew genealogy, listen, Matthew 1:1 "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." HOLD it, son od David?, the Son of Abraham? did not Abraham come before David? yes, so this is not a human genealogy, but a LEGAL one of promise by FAITH, so why Faith? for a NEW EVERLASTING COVENANT is Coming, How do we know that a New Covenant is going to be instituted? answer, Genesis 14:18a "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine”.
question, what do we do each first Sunday? that’s right we take communion, in the remembrance of our Saviour in the new covenant that he has made with us. the BREAD is his body, and the wine is his blood. and Melchizedek priesthood is an EVERLASTING one.
so this is not a genealogy, or a genetic history on Joseph side in Matthews, or in Luke on Mary’s side. but a promise of a comming SEED without human mother or father. understand, we all know, ..... by scripture, that Joseph is not the Lord Jesus biological human Father, nor Mary his biological human mother. Mary only was the surrogate mother to that flesh that was BORN, and God dwelt in. Mary is not the biological human mother of the Lord Jesus, but she, was the surrogate mother to that flesh that was BORN, which she carried for nine months.
so no, no, the Lord Jesus was the EQUAL shared of himaelf in that flesh as the offspring or the diversity of God, which Mary bore, and God MANIFESTED in. BINGO.
#3. you said, "
The question you have to ask yourself about "the beginning" is: What beginning are we talking about. The beginning of the universe, or the beginning of the earth. I believe "the beginning" in John 1, is referring to the beginning of the creation of the earth".
Another ERROR on your part. lets go to 1 John 1 and reveal the mystery. listen, 1 John 1:1 "
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;" (I ask you Gregory, was the apostle John at the beginning of the earth or heaven, to see or hear, or handle what really was at the beginning? .... NO, lets see what beginning John 1:1 is speaking about, listen and learn, Mark 1:1 "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;"

YIKES!.) so that beginning is shot down.
#4. you said, "
Another question: How can Jesus be with God in the beginning, and be God at the same time? I answer this as you have noted: There is a numerical difference between the Father and the Son. IOW there are 2 of them numerically. The Father did share His self with His Son, who became flesh.
So I believe when Jesus became flesh, he came to earth, and his God, God the Father stayed in heaven. 2 numerically different entities, 1 on earth, and 1 in heaven". my God, what did you say, 1 and another 1. on earth and in heaven, what do then think a numerical difference is? (lol. oh well,
but you said, "
The Father did share His self with His Son, who became flesh. So I believe when Jesus became flesh, he came to earth, and his God, God the Father stayed in heaven". lets see if this is true, John 3:13 "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man which is in heaven." notice he said "SON OF MAN, NOT the Son of GOD... (smile)...

YIKES!. the SAME ONE PERSON, Spirit. and where did the Son of Man come from? John 8:23 "And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world."
side note: if he's not of this world, then Mary is not his mother.
while he was speaking to Nicodemus on EARTH, the same one person was in heaven, read John 3:13 again. lets back this up, Philippians 2:6 "
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to
be equal with God:" a. the Form of God is "Spirit", meaning his NATURE, per John 4:24a. and "Being" is present tense. so what was in that flesh was Spirit, how do we know this?, because Philippians 2:6 states, "EQUAL WITH" God, well you have a little problem, God have NO EQUAL....... Uh O, now Gregory, if you can find me a verse that says God have an EQUAL, (WITH HIM, and HIM is one PERSON), if you can, then we all have a big Problem, because, Isaiah 40:25, and Isaiah 46:5, put any end to anyone EQUAL to .... or with, (outside ) of "HIM", the ONE PERSON.
#5. you said, "
This makes sense to me, that Jesus is the literal Son of God. The Father (1), and the Son (2)." Making sense is rubbish and lead to the ditch, the Scriptures, the Truth, MAKE FAITH. for we walk by Faith and not by sight, or the senses. Understand, Jesus is the Father for he has no earthly father or mother, (per John 8:23). as said, son here is not biological. listen by example in the bible, 2 Timothy 1:2 "To Timothy,
my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord." (so, was Timothy Paul NATURAL own son? no, of course not. son here is not biological, but metaphorically of prominent moral characteristics, or character). or this, 1 Timothy 1:2 "Unto Timothy,
my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.". in the Faith, that's how he's a son. I didn't believe you knew that... oh well.
so all of your assessment above in post#128 has fallen apart.
PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"