You've likely read my thoughts on this years ago. In fact do you come around much now? I don't have time. Too many demands in my life.
So, who is Jesus? My quick answer: God!
My explanation of how he is the ONE God and the personage of the Godhead is this [as short as I can make it without adding scripture references]. I can add those if wanted:
- Genesis writes that God had an image ... before mankind was created.
- One God one image for his personal use.
- God created an image for humanity after the likeness of his own existing image. but there would be many people to come and each would bear their own image. People are not like God who can have only ONE image and use it as often as he wanted. I think I've seen where HE used it as three multiples/or three individuals simultaniously... unto Abraham and Sarah. Another it think I've found a time when God manifested his presence as two individuals of the God head to Jacob when a pact was made between Jacob and Laban.
- I understand that these manifestations would support the concept: of Our [plural pronoun] image [singular image].
So who is Jesus? God once again used his ONE image to represent himself as the ONE God unto men ... but giving himself mortal flesh was a miracle God was working on mankind's behalf. Only God could correct all that is wrong with humanity physically and spiritually. Jesus is part of the God head ... which is the ONE Spiritual God using his ONE image to come into creation to work on our behalf.
Because the manifested promised Messiah from God suffered pain and humiliation in flesh, God has established him as a person of the God Head to received all glory and honor for what he did and suffered willingly for us. God made acknowlegment of the Christ to be the only way to get back to the Father God.
Who is the Father? God appearing with his image.