Now, if ONE has grasp God as a plurality in, “TIME”,
beginning and End. “PLACE”,
Spirit or Flesh, (a particular position or point in space, better known as the Intrinsic Spatial). ORDER”,
First and Last, “RANK”,
LORD or Lord.
now we can advance to Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel:
The LORD our God is
one LORD:" ONE here is the Hebrew term,
H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj.
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
there is our answer in definition #2. an ORDINAL .... "FIRST". this will now answer God's Plurality in place, time, order or rank
the scripture states the "LORD", all caps. is the First. supportive scripture. 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."
notice, the First is confirmed as the LORD, per Deuteronomy 6:4. but Isaiah 41:4 states that this First is "
WITH" the LAST. just as John 1:1b states the "Word was "
WITH" God". it LOOK like, or seems to indicate a second person correct? WRONG, no, it is indicating the same "
ONE" PERSON, as in Genesis 1:1 the H433 אֱלוֹהַּ 'elowahh (el-o'-ah) n-m. 1.
one with supreme strength and ability. REMBER, but HOW is this "ONE" a plurality as First .... "WITH" the LAST. answer, Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last." and the term
ALSO means, "in addition; too" so, our GOD, the LORD is also the LAST? yes, the same one Person. WHAT! the same ONE PERSON? how can the same "ONE" person be in addition to himself? ANSWER, "by being the EQUAL "SHARE" of himself in, time, place, order, and or rank. let's see the scripture that clearly states this EQUAL SHARING. first NT. Philippians 2:6 "
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God:" there is our answer, so let's break it down where we can UNDERSTAND.
Form: G3444 μορφή morphe (mor-fee') n.
1. form.
2. (intrinsically) fundamental nature.
[perhaps from the base of G3313 (through the idea of adjustment of parts)]
KJV: form
Root(s): G3313
definition #2 holds our answer. fundamental nature, and the Nature of God is Spirit, per. John 4:24a. so we NEED to understand what KIND of Spirit he was in. for the term states, "
perhaps from the base of G3313" so let's see what G3313 is.
G3313 μέρος meros (me'-ros) n.
1. a portion (i.e. an amount allotted, a part of something).
2. a part.
3. (as an adverb) partly, in part.
4. (as a participle) participating (i.e. the act of taking part in).
5. a piece (i.e. a limited portion).
6. (of location) a district.
7. (of livelihood) an occupation (i.e. as ones' portion in life).
8. a portion in Jesus (see John 13:8).
{literally or figuratively, in a wide application}
[from an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι mȇírȏmai “to get as a section or allotment”]
KJV: behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece,
portion, respect, side, some sort(-what)
there is our answer in definition#1, as it is translated in the KJV, as
portion, which is another word, that is synonyms with "SHARE". this can be found at
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/portion.html
under "A part of a whole", where one will find "SHARE"
so, the NATURE and the PERSON that the Lord Jesus is "OF', "OF", "OF" God is his own PERSON, as Hebrews 1:3 correctly states, and here in
portion, as the "EQUAL SHARE" as Philippians 2:6b clearly states, "
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery ............
to be equal with God:" there it is "EQUAL
WITH God", just as John 1:1b & c states, "was
WITH God", and "was God". which Isaiah 48:12 clearly defined as the same one person, "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last." and the term ALSO means, "in addition; too" so, our GOD, the LORD is FIRST and also the LAST? yes, the same one Person. Just what our God said in Revelation, Revelation 22:13 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last." this is just too easy not to misunderstand.
next time the OT, God's ECHAD in Plurality as the ONE "JESUS. but for those who have ears to hear, digest this first.
101G.