And I'm aware of how mindboggling it gets to try to conceive of God and Jesus as one as Jesus stated. It's trippy for sure!
And think too, about how the Baptist could say Jesus existed before him when the Baptist was born first!
Maybe we can answer this matter for you.
the Spirit is not the FLESH, it only dwelleth in it. Jesus is the "equal "
SHARE" of HIMSELF/Spirit in flesh. he's "THE", the definite article of himself, as G243 "Another" states, or as the Hebrew H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym on his own self states.
let me put it to you this way, as an example, only as an example only. the First man Adam is an "Another" of his own self in the woman Eve. meaning the "Sharing" of one ownself. for Eve the Woman came out from the First man. she, Eve, is the Share of the First Adam, Flesh of my Flesh and Bone of my bone. just like the man and the woman share flesh and bone that is the same, the Spirit did the same of hinself, as G243 allos states.
the woman can out of, or from the first Man. this is why the KJV can translate Adam as "Another".
H120 אָדָם 'adam (aw-dawm') n-m.
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
[from H119]
KJV:
X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Eve is the "Another" of the First Adam, but they are, G2087 heteros to each other in spirit, but are G243 allos in flesh and bone. whereas Jesus is "Another" of his OWNSELF/the Spirit, meaning the Spirit/Father, and "shared " spirit/Son is G243 Allos "WITH" each other in nature (per Phil 2:6). they are the SAME "SORT" in Spirit.
understand G2087 heteros is a "qualitative difference", with a
different sort. whereas G243 Allos is a "numerical difference" but of the
same sort. supportive scripture,
Isaiah 63:5 "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold:
therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto
me; and my fury, it upheld me.
"Mine" and "ME" is the SAME person. it was the same person who came, but in another "form". another example of this is found in, Isaiah 35:4 "Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance,
even God with a recompence;
he will come and
save you.
"Your" God?. what did the apostle say,
1 Corinthians 8:6 "But to us there is
but one God,
the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and
one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
HOLD IT, "ONE GOD?" ........ the Father. if this is true, and it is, for the scripture cannot be broken, then in Isaiah 35:4 it is the Father who came then. read Isaiah 35:4 again. but do not the NT scripture say the Father sent the son? what did the Lord Jesus say?, let's see.
John 16:27 "For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that
I came out from God.
John 16:28 "
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
did you notice how the Lord Jesus used "God in verse 28 that he "CAME OUT" from and "Father" in verse 29 that he "CAME FORTH" from. WHAT DO THIS TELLS US? he is the Father/Spirit, that came in FLESH, hence the title Son. God.... the Father is the Son "WITH" Flesh, and the reverse is the same. the Son is the Father "WITHOUT" flesh.
now go back to our example of the ADAM/MAN is not the Woman an ADAM/MAN also? lets see,
Genesis 5:1 "This is the book of the generations of
Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:2 "Male and female created he them; and blessed them,
and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created". BOTH ARE CALLED ADAM.
ok the Lord Jesus came out from God, and Came forth from the Father. this is not a separate person, but the same person, ONLY "SHARED" in FLESH.
so ONE "God" is the one "Lord" in flesh.
nope that helped.
