Air-Tight Case Against Hierarchy Within the Godhead

 

 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Who existing in the [physical] form of God [1] deemed it not [a] robbery [2] to be equal with God But [nevertheless] made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of humanity And being found in fashion as a mortal he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross [3]

Philippians 2:5-8 [TR]

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[1] (Philippians 2:6  All the fullness of the Godhead dwelled in Jesus in physical form ^{Colossians 2:9}. This is an air-tight verse showing complete equality within the godhead.

[2] (Philippians 2:6) One cannot steal what one already owns. One’s own identity, cannot be considered stolen property. 

The Greek word, translated as “robbery ^TR,” is the noun harpagmos. A noun is a person, place, or “thing.” Despite this, in Philippians chapter two, translators consistently render, harpagmos, as a verb—an action word: e.g., something “to be grasped at” (action), or “robbery” (action) rather than the already existing thing (noun) that it is.

Jesus, rightly, does not consider his intrinsic equality and existence  as himself, Yahweh, to be ill-gotten-gain, because there is no hierarchy within the Eternal Godhead. Equality as God (YHWH) and with God (YHWH) is [and always has been] intrinsically his.

All references to YHWH are references to the Eternal Godhead, and not the "the Father." The Father is a member of the Godhead, as are the Son and the Holy Spirit. All three, individually and/or collectively, call themselves YAHWEH.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Being with God and being God, is not something Jesus acquired at some point in his existence. It is simply who he is. 

Paul wrote that the fullness (the absolute entirety) of the Godhead resides in Jesus in physical form. Peter called Paul's writings scripture. 

Jesus is God, and God never changes. The Godhead never changes. And, at no time, did the WORD, Jesus, ever give up his eternal existence and identity as Yahweh, the I AM of the Burning Bush—not even when he entered the kosmos in human flesh. 

[3] (Philippians 2:5-8) These three verses are an air-tight witness to absolute equality within the Eternal Godhead, answering every question as to how there is no hierarchy within the Godhead while at the same time, Jesus was an obedient son to his father.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

 

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