GINOLJC, to all
You used
John 17:5 to prove that 'we' means 1. But the word 'with' stopped your proof, because 'with' proves plurality. You cannot be 'with' someone and have just 1 person standing there. There must at least be 2.
ERROR, not 1 in cardinal number, but 1 in Ordinal number, that's your first deadly mistake.. understand God is a plurality of himself in Ordinal, not cardinal. that right there alone eliminates the "with" as two separate and distinct persons. learn what G243 allos states, Allos expresses
a numerical difference and denotes
another of the same sort. do you know what this means? now if you don't ask, because I have explained this many times.
The name 'I am the first, and I am also the last' does refer to Jesus, and Jesus only. God the Father, however, is not the First and the Last.
Another ERROR on your part. STOP RIGHT THERE, HERE IS ALL OF YOUR MISTAKES ROLLED INTO ONE. listen and learn. the First and the last is the numerical difference of the same one person JESUS, but it's describing JESUS as the equal "Share" of himself in flesh. look at the definition above for G243 allos.
let break it down for the last time.. "WITH", the First/Father, "WITH" the Last/Son. what did G243 states, 1. a numerical difference/SHARE or WITH. and 2. the same SORT/PERSON. now watch and learn
scripture #1. a numerical difference/SHARE, which explain the "With"... 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."
"I" and "he" are single person designations, (ONE PERSON). but the First is "WITH" the Last..... what do this mean? answer it's the SAME ONE PERSON "diversified", or SHARED of his ownself. the First is the LORD/Father,/Spirit and this ONE PERSON is the G243 Allos/ANOTHER of himself in Flesh, the Lord/Son/spirit. form the OT perspective, he is to come as the ordinal Last/the Son, his, the First/LORD own equal "share", meaning his OWN "ARM" in flesh, per Isaiah 63:5, and Isaiah 53. and this "EQUAL SHARE", per Phil 2:6 came according to John 1:1
now lets compare the LORD/First, with, the Lord/Son the Last.
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."
so the first is "WITH" the Last correct...... is this two separate and distinct persons? no... the verse said, "I", and "he". but the First is "
with" the Last. this is the numerical difference that G243 Allos speak of, and G243 Allos states "the SAME SORT", meaning the same person, which Isaiah 41:4 clearly points out. NOW LETS CLEARLY SEE THIS AS ONE PERSON SHARED,
Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he;
I am the first,
I also am
the last." BINGO.
this same one person who is the FIRST/LORD, is "
ALSO" the LAST/Lord. my God do I have to sing it to you? now Gregory, as you said, "
But the word 'with' stopped your proof, because 'with' proves plurality". no, it do not, as I always been saying God is a plurality of HIMSELF, which stops your proof that God is a three person being, listen to what you said, "
You cannot be 'with' someone and have just 1 person standing there. There must at least be 2". you have no understanding of the term itself. listen and LEARN, "With", 1. accompanied by (another person or thing). THIS IS WHAT YOU ONLY KNOW, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU FAIL AT. listen to it's second definition, 2.
possessing (something) as a feature or accompaniment.
possessing, do this sound familiar Proverbs 8:22 "The LORD
possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old." ...

YIKES.
possessed me? the personification of God's OWN Wisdom, yes the Christ.... now his power, ... his "OWN" ARM, listen, 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."
now we have his, God, "WISDOM", and his, God, "ARM, meaning his "POWER", so lets put both in prospective by SCRIPTURE. Listen and Learn, 1 Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God, and t
he wisdom of God." ther both of them is, CHRIST is God, his POWER, and Wisdom, Manifestes.
now more education, do you understand the term "OF" here? if not get edified, "OF"...my source, Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, watch and learn, "of" translates the genitive case of nouns, with various shades of meaning. Of these the subjective and objective are mentioned here, which need careful distinction.
do you know what that means? it's the same one person, here Wisdom and Power "of" the same one person, why, because it translates the genitive case of nouns, God = power, God = Wisdom, the SAME one PERSON, who in flesh MANIFESTED. again, 1 Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God." BINGO. the same one Person... God, Thomas said it best, "My Lord, ..... who?.... My Lord, as in Psalms 110:1, "My Lord...... and what else Thomas? My "GOD". BINGO. clear as day. My Lord, (the Son), in flesh, SEEN. the Objective, (Isaiah 63:5). and my God, (Spirit), the Subjective, UN-SEEN, the Father, LORD. oh my God how clear can you be.
Wisdom is the personification of GOD in FLESH, meaning the Christ, the Son. and as the definition states, that which is "Subjective", is what you cannot see... ABSTRACT... God the Spirit, as one poster states, (the one in eternity)... (smile). but that what you can see, "the objective", Flesh and Bone is "Concrete.... the CHRIST, who is the IMAGE to Come, the NEW MAN, or the Last, the Ordinal Last Adam, that one can see, concrete. supportive scripture, Romans 5:14 "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression,
who is the figure of him that was to come." to come?, to come? yes, that's why the "we" and the "US" in Genesis 1:26
is to Come because Genesis 1:27 the very next verse confirm his plurality of, of, of, ONE in the OT, again, Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one LORD:"
My God if you cannot get it now, I leave you to the Master teacher, the Holy Spirit. I have showed it to you from the north, east, west, and the south. all I can say now is you, re-read all my post on this subject in various posts, else, if you cannot learn this, I suggest you go to God in prayer, and ask in Faith. I have put it as plain as day, but I cannot help you to understand, that's on you.
so bon appetit ....
PICJAG
101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"