Sorry Michael , but I disagree with you (somewhat). Here is why:
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Jesus IS the “brightness of His glory and “the express image of his person�, etc. But that does not make Him the Father. He, himself, is subject to the Father.
1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
When all things are subdued unto Him (Christ) then He will turn the kingdom over to the Father. He, himself being subject to the Father.
He is our "head", but He also has a head.
1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
You said that he is the “Everlasting Father� and I agree:
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
What does that mean, though?
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To me, it means that He is the glory and the image of the Father (as previously stated) and the only IMAGE of the Father that we have, just as He told Philip.
Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
He is the image and the glory of the Father and He did, in fact, COME OUT FROM the Father (the Word of God made flesh) and return TO the Father (My Word shall not return void, it shall accomplish that which I please).
The Fulness of the power of the Godhead (the Father) dwelled in Christ, but Christ is a MAN. He is our LORD and our MEDIATOR, etc.
1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
There is a distinction between the Father and the Son.
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
So I think I see what you are saying and I don’t think that we necessarily disagree (completely)…
I agree that Jesus Christ is no longer in the flesh and that He has returned TO the Father and is ONE with the Father…
Just saying that in terms of “Jesus Christ, the man�, Christ is the Son, not the Father. But He reveals the Father to us and is the only image of the Father that we have. Those who see Him and know Him see and know the Father.
The Holy Spirit is the Father AND the Son (ONE GOD) coming to make “their� abode with us:
Joh 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Joh 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
So I can see how you can say that Jesus is NOW the Father… I just see it a bit differently. He came out from and returned to the Father and they are ONE, just as they were before the world was.
But Christ, the man, the word that was made flesh, is and always will be “the Son� and not all that the Father is, though all that the Father has was given to Him.
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As far as you saying that those who have “eternal life� (that which comes by and through Christ from the Father) not being able to die… if that were true (as I think you are meaning it) then how did Christ die? Or are you saying that he didn’t?
Christ was “forsaken� on the cross by the Father. This was so that He could die, as I see it. And those who are given “eternal life� through Christ now will never know spiritual death. I don’t necessarily believe that this means that they will not know physical death, at which time the spirit returns to the Father, who gave it. Just as it happened with Christ and with Steven, etc. The spirit is not the soul and it is the soul that is redeemed from the grave. So I am not sure what you mean by "never die". But perhaps that is for another thread or discussion.
Chrissie