I know the Father Son and Holy Spirit are DISTINCT.. but actually seperate and to me..that's Polytheism.
So I am not a fan of the word persons and prefer persona or expression/substance.
addressing the OP only and haven't read all posts. a correct deduction. but one mistake. not in persona or expression/substance, but in "NATURE"/FORM. and no, not two separates' "Spirits", but ONE Spirit "Shared". example by 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."
that term "WITH" seems like two persons.... correct, no, it's the same one person, Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last." Also indicate something, or someone else. so, what's the "ALSO" is indicating? person? no, but a NATURE, yes, a, a, a, NATURES that is Equally Shared. supportive scripture, Philippians 2:6 "Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God:"
ok, if the Lord Jesus is in the "FORM" of God, and Form here is "NATURE",
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
and we KNOW the NATURE of God is "Spirit", per John 4:24a. but the Million dollar question what kind of NATURE? the same nature, that is .... as the scriptures says, "EQUAL" ...... WITH", that is the addition too, but how in addition too. the answer is in the term "FORM/NATURE", for it is the ROOT of
G3313 Good so what do G3313 states?
G3313 μέρος meros (me'-ros) n.
1. a portion (i.e. an amount allotted, a part of something).
what is ANOTHER word that is synonyms with "portion?" answer, "SHARE", the Lord Jesus nature is the EQUAL SHARE of God in "Spirit"/NATURE, now, DWELLING in his OWN IMAGE MAN THAT WAS TO COME FROM GENESIS 1:26 POINT OF VIEW.
why not the EQUAL SHARE in PERSON which would support the trinity. here's why. 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." and that "ARM" of God is expressed in Isaiah 53, as the Who is GOD in Flesh that SAVE us. which answer the Zechariah 12:10 scripture, the "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." which answer the Zechariah 13:7 scripture, "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones." which answer the Genesis 49:10 scripture, "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
and ON, and ON, and On, through-out the Old TESTAMENT. the coming of God, the Messiah. it's just amazing how God word is REVEALED in the OT.
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