@Doug Brents,
let 101G settle your MIND. quit thinking carnal. listen and understand. 1 Corinthians 4:15 "For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers:
for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."
question Doug, how did he begot them?
now God. 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." NOTE: God is First... "and he God, is ...... "With" .... the Last....... I am he. this is one person who is First and Last. let's prove this out by bible. listen and follow. Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called;
I am he; I am the first,
I also am the last." Doug, how can God be both the First and the Last....... the same one PERSON? in Spirit he is "OF" himself, and NOT..... "From" .... himself. understand, if he was "FROM" himself. that's another .... separate and distinct ... PERSON. but he, God is "OF" himself. meaning the same one person. let's see it in definition. Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth." here "God" is plural..... HOW? let's see the definition.
GOD:
H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m.
אֱלֹהֵי 'elohiy (el-o-hee') [alternate plural]
1. (literally) supreme ones.
2. (hence, in the ordinary sense) gods.
3. (specifically, in the plural, especially with the article) the Supreme God (i.e. the all supreme).
4. (sometimes) supreme, used as a superlative.
5. (occasionally, by way of deference) supreme magistrates, the highest magistrates of the land.
6. (also) the supreme angels (entities of unspecified type).
[plural of H433]
KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Root(s): H433
the plural of, of, of, of, H433? not plural "from", but "of". so let's see what is H433
H433 אֱלוֹהַּ 'elowahh (el-o'-ah) n-m.
אֱלֹהַּ 'eloahh (el-o'-ah) [shortened (rarely)]
1. one with supreme strength and ability.
2. the Supreme Being, God the Creator, Yahweh by name.
3. a supreme entity, a god-like creature (that is, one of God's supreme creations, or one of man's inventions).
[probably prolonged (emphat.) from H410]
KJV: God, god.
Root(s): H410
BINGO, God is a plurality of, of, of, himself. this is how 101G know and UNDERSTAND the ECHAD of God. one God, one Person only EQUALLY SHARED.
again, this is proven out in the NT. Philippians 2:6 "Who, being in the
form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"
the FORM of God is Spirit, his Nature. for FORM here is the Greek word,
G3444 μορφή morphea (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
now the million dollar question is, "WHAT KIND OF NATURE" the Lord Jesus have of God? answer, an "EQUALLY SHARED" nature. how do 101G know? it's in the root of the word of G3444 μορφή morphea (mor-fee') itself, listen and learn.
G3313 μέρος meros (me'-ros) n.
1. a
portion (i.e. an amount allotted, a part of something).
there is out answer, "PORTION". another word that is synonyms with "PORTION" is ...... SHARE". how easy can it be.
to find this word as synonyms, one can find it here.... as a NOUN, "A part of a whole".
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/portion.html#C0-1
now 101G gave you the ANSWER. now you can go and find out by certifying these finding.
101G used in word definition.... Vines and Mickelson's Enhanced Strong's Dictionaries of the Greek and Hebrew Testaments
again, if you have any questions, just ask.
101G.