I've always seen it. What shocks me is how others are blind to it.
it just take time for it to settle in. we all were taught in ERROR, but never complain at it. just THANK GOD THAT WE NOW KNOW THE TRUTH.
Jesus is not a spirit or the spirit. He is a man who has a body like other men. He is the advocate and intercessor but the comforter is the Spirit of God.
Having written all this, I fear this hijacks the thread. But then again, this thread was hijacked by the OP. So, there is that.
no, you're on track, and on topic. listen, Romans 15:4 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope."
understand this, the OT is the NT HIDDEN, and the NT is the OT "REVEALED". so in the NT we're speaking about the Lord Jesus in the OT.
now as for the Lord Jesus as the Spirit. scripture, NT, Philippians 2:6 "
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God:"
that term "being" is present tense. and the term "Form" is NATURE, and the NATURE of God is "Spirit", (per John 4:24). and upon his resurrection he is Glorified again in it. scripture, John 17:5 "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." question, "what was he before the world was?" answer "Spirit". for there was no flesh bone and blood before the world. so the Lord Jesus is Spirit in Flesh. understand the INNER MAN vs the OUTWARD man.... ok.
I don't know about the ECHAD. It sounds like a word from a foreign language.
it's not hard to understand. it is the Hebrew term "ONE". but this "ONE" is not in Cardinal designations, but in Ordinal designations. let's see it in scripture. Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one LORD:"
ONE here, as said is the Hebrew word, H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj. I'm using the Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Dictionaries of the Greek and Hebrew Testaments. and this what it means.
1. (properly) united, i.e. one.
2. (as an ordinal) first.
[a numeral from H258]
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together.
Root(s): H258
definition #1 is what many scholars run with but are incorrect. definition #2. is the correct rending the ECHAD of God. as I gave an example before, it demonstrates the "ECHAD" perfectly.
Isaiah 41:4 "Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning?
I the LORD, the first,
and with the last;
I am he." when one look at this verse, it seem to speak of two separate persons or two entities. NO, it is speaking of only ONE Entity, GOD himself. and here is how 101G know this. Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he;
I am the first,
I also am the last." God is the FIRST, the LORD, all caps as stated in Deuteronomy 6:4. but he's 'ALSO" the Last. and "ALSO" means, "in addition; too". so God is a "ANOTHER" of himself? yes, as the same ONE PERSON, but with a "EQUALLY SHARED" nature as Phil 2:6 states.
this is the "ECHAD of God as ONE PERSON, which is confirmed in both the OT as well as the NT. in the NT, the Greek term "ANOTHER" here, relating to God is G243 ALLOS. which means, "
a numerical difference and denotes
another of the same sort" the NUMERICAL DIFFERENCE is as said Ordinal in designation, example, First and Last. LORD, all caps, and Lord. Father and Son. Beginning and End, Alpha and Omega. Root and Offspring. see all these are Ordinal Desigination in TIME, PLACE, ORDER and RANK.
I know this was a bit much to start off but copy this and put it aside for future references. if you decide to further this discussion.
be blessed in the Lord.
101G.
