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Eternal Subordination of the Son. Biblical?

37818

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no, He is God

Hebrews says
Heb 1:5


For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Psalms 2:7 is a prophecy of His bodily resurrection Acts 13:33. And He was the Son prior to begin begotten, so it says. "Thou art my Son, . . ."
 

37818

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Prior to the incarnation, John 1:14, He was both "with God" and "was God," John 1:1-2.

In Isaiah 9:6 a prophecy of His incarnation, He was to be called "eternal Father." (John 14:9, just "Father.")

Now if the Son of God has a beginning and His father as the Father has a beginning, then both the Son and Father are forever finite, temporal attributes.
 

loDebar

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Prior to the incarnation, John 1:14, He was both "with God" and "was God," John 1:1-2.

In Isaiah 9:6 a prophecy of His incarnation, He was to be called "eternal Father." (John 14:9, just "Father.")

Now if the Son of God has a beginning and His father as the Father has a beginning, then both the Son and Father are forever finite, temporal attributes.
Right neither ha a beginning, co equal and separable In unity.

Both the same , God
 

37818

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Jesus was fully God before the incarnation event... he was God, and yet was not the Father Himself...
Yes, He was always fully God. He was also always not God being always being "with God." The text emphasises this. John 1:1 in John 1:2. The Father is God. The Son of God is fully God with the Father and always was so. In the incarnation He changed how He was "with God." But the Son being fully God with the Father never changed. John 1:1, "with God," "was God." John 1:2, "with God." To be with someone is not to be that someone.
 
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37818

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BTW, Jesus as fully man, the man is not God. Always being the Son of God was always fully God with God the Father.
 

loDebar

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Yes, He was always fully God. He was also always not God being always being "with God." The text emphasises this. John 1:1 in John 1:2. The Father is God. The Son of God is fully God with the Father and always was so. In the incarnation He changed how He was "with God." But the Son being fully God with the Father never changed. John 1:1, "with God," "was God." John 1:2, "with God." To be with someone is not to be that someone.


He was never not God, and yet individually separable as God
 

37818

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He was never not God, and yet individually separable as God
He in the incarnation became man. Man is not God. God is immutable. He changed from not being man to being man. He changed in becoming a man and did not cease being God who does not change. In how He was not God, being "with God" changed.
 
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37818

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He was God and Man ,, same as you are soul and body
No. Having a soul and body is not the same as Christ being both man and God in the incarnation. Before the incarnation He was both the Son and God with God the Father. In the incarnation He became also the Son of man.
 

loDebar

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He in the incarnation became man. Man is not God. God is immutable. He changed from not being man to being man. He changed in becoming a man and did not cease being God who does not change. In how He was not God, being "with God" changed.
He did not change as God, He is God and man. being man does not mean being less God
 

loDebar

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No. Having a soul and body is not the same as Christ being both man and God in the incarnation. Before the incarnation He was both the Son and God with God the Father. In the incarnation He became also the Son of man.
it is exactly the same

Heb 2:14

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
 

37818

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He did not change as God, He is God and man. being man does not mean being less God
Yes. He was always God. And He was always the Son of God. Only how He was the Son of God changed in Him becoming flesh (John 1:14).
 

37818

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it is exactly the same

Heb 2:14

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Unlike man, He prior to becoming man was always the unique Son of God. He always was a soul.
 
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