Are you trying to say Almighty God, THE Father is also the Messiah, the Mighty God, of Isa. 9:6?
You wrote:
“Isa_44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
There’s only one God. Therefore, your argument is invalid. If He is the “Mighty God,” then there would be two different gods.”
I feel no need to defend arguments I haven't made.
I don't have “ulterior motives” in these debates, I do so for enjoyment and if I think it will be useful. But I find it less so especially if you're going to try to tell me what I like or not.
“It’s not my fault you don’t like reading uncomfortable things or having a straightforward debate.”
Have no fear, you’d be absolved of fault were that ever the case, it is not.
“Despite your assertions.... .the Messiah is not called Almighty God, who is the Father”
Despite your assertions, the Messiah is called the Almighty God, who is the Son.
“But the Messiah is called the “Mighty God” of Isa. 9:6. Jesus said even the judges of Israel were properly called gods so calling the messiah a Mighty God isn’t contradictory to Isa. 44:6.”
El-Gibbor is a recognized name of God. Here it is again one chapter later:
Isa_10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Do you suppose Isaiah, one chapter later, uses the same phrase to refer again to a human being? It’s ridiculous to apply it to a man.
Joseph Ben Uziel, 30 years before the time of Christ, in his paraphrase of Isaiah retains the same meaning:
“The prophet said to the house of David,
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given,
and He has taken the law upon Himself to keep it.
His name is called from eternity. Wonderful, The Mighty God, who liveth to eternity, The Messiah, whose peace shall be great upon us in His days.” (The Chaldee paraphrase on the prophet Isaiah [by Jonathan b. Uziel] tr. by C.W.H. Pauli)
Let’s read the scripture Jesus referenced:
Psa 82:6-7 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (7) But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
They are called “gods” in the sense that they sit in the judgment seat of Israel, representing God. But, they are told that they are men, and shall die like men, in the scripture Christ references.
And then Christ says:
Joh 10:35-38 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (36) Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? (37) If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38) But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
This is an argument of how much greater the Messiah is than those men who merely received the word, and were judged as men, but the Messiah is the Son of God who was sanctified and sent into the world. How much more appropriate is it to say “I and the Father are one” for the Messiah which the Jews sought to stone Him for? It is self-evident that Christ claimed to be God:
Joh 8:57-59 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58) Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (59) Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
So, how many people can claim the title “I am,” the verb in the present tense, telling us that not only was he BEFORE Abraham, but he was before Abraham because of continuous existence. IOW, he is from everlasting to everlasting.
Exo_3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
“I feel no need to defend arguments I haven’t made.”
Oh, your first act of righteousness! Those who blaspheme against God habitually should keep silent.
It is an unmistakable truth that there is ONLY one God as repeatedly spoken in Holy Scripture. Yahweh/Jehovah is called Mighty God in numerous places:
Deuteronomy 7:21
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Psalm 50:1
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Jeremiah 32:18
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,
Habakkuk 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.