**i seem to pick up in your answer that Jesus was not really a man, but the Father occupying a human body. am i correct?**
As mentioned a previous post, Jesus Christ made it quite clear that the Father was the source of his words, wisdom, and miracles.
Peter does a nice job of explaining the Godhead in his witness to Cornelius and household in Acts 10: “..preaching peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all:) That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea,... How GOD ANNOINTED Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was WITH him,.....whom they SLEW and hanged on a tree; him GOD raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;....it is he which was ORDAINED of GOD to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that THROUGH his NAME whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.”
Some important things to notice from that passage:
Jesus Christ was ANNOINTED “with the HOLY GHOST and with POWER”, making it clear that he didn’t have the divine ability to do any of those things on his own. But the man Christ Jesus could and did lament the thought of dying, and did die. (restaining my emotions, this so big)
God doesn’t weaken at all, and thus certainly can’t die. “Him GOD raised up”, “raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father” (Romans 6:4).
“ORDAINED of God to be the Judge”. An ordination is given.
The Christ RECEIVED the annointing, the resurrection, and the ordination. “All power is GIVEN unto me in heaven and earth.” That’s how Jesus Christ is the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
i’m sorry, can you dissect your belief into plainer language for me. The Church has always taught and believed that Jesus was always fully God and He became fully man when the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin Mary. is this your belief? that, i think can be answered yes or no, just so i don’t misunderstand.
also, do you believe Jesus is eternal, or is He now back to being the Father?
also, who was the one in history that re-discovered this truth about God after the apostacy that crept into the early Church?
thank you for the thoughtful discussion.