Equal with or to; I fail to see the difference.
thanks for the reply, here's the revelation, "TO" indicate a separate Person, hence two or MORE. but WITH, here in the BILE concering the Godhead, "WITH" is correct, because it's the SAME ONE PERSON that is as the Greek word allos describe G243 the NUMERICAL DIFFERENCE, but the SAME "SORT". and the same SORT means the same ONE PERSON in the Godhead. and that's the NUMERICAL DIFFERENCE in EQUAL"SHARE", concering the Godhead.
we suggest you examine the TERM G243 Allos, which Vine give a good discription, and understand that being EQUAL "TO" as here in the Godhead is to be a SEPERATE PERSON of two or more. this how many fail in understanding the Godhead. Seperation of persons vs the SHARED, one person, that the difference between "TO", and "WITH". one Person vs two or more. so the other person must and have to be seperate.
and God said there is no other separate person that is EQUAL
to him, and Him is a single person, and God makes this very CLEAR in Scripture,
Isaiah 40:25 "To whom then will ye liken
me, or shall
I be equal? saith the Holy One."
Isaiah 46:5 "To whom will ye liken
me, and make
me equal, and compare
me, that we may be like?"
so no one is EQUAL "TO" GOD, meaning another person that is NOT HIM. and "I" which indicate a single person, then to be equal "TO" him, there must be another separate person. and God make it's crystal clear that there is no second, or third person bedide him,
Isaiah 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."
the term "BESIDE" means, in addition to; apart from. and he said there is NO one "beside" him.
Isaiah 44:8 "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside
me? yea, there is no God;
I know not any."
"I" again is a single person designation. and God said clearly that he KNOWS no one else.
Isaiah 45:5 "I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:"
Isaiah 45:21 "Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me."
BUT J.G, HERE'S THE KILLER SCRIPTURE. IT KILLS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Isaiah 35:4 "Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance,
even God with a recompence;
he will come and save you."
and how do we know that this is the CHRIST, the Lord... Jesus? answer, the very next verses, Isaiah 35:5 "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped." Isaiah 35:6 "Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert."
anyone knows that this is JESUS the Lord, who did this?, God, even thy God, who came in flesh, the Ordinal Last.
now looking back at verse 4, "behold,
your God will come with vengeance,
even God " .... EVEN GOD? so for those who say Jesus is not God ... the bible say they ERROR.
but the ONENESS of God is plain as day, in diversity of ONE PERSON, ... ONLY. here, it said "
your God will come with vengeance,
even God", when he said, "EVEN" GOD, BINGO. that narrowed it down to only ONE PERSON, for the Son is that ONE PERSON who is "WITH" God as the Last, the Ordinal Last., but the same one person who is "EQUAL" .... WITH, ............ just as the First is "ALSO", the Last.
also means, in addition; too.. but remember the term "BESIDE" and God said there is NO ONE beside him, so that only leaves HIM in the ECHAD. my God this is too easy.
for the "First" is WITH the Last, again, 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." SEE THE "I" THERE. and the First is ALSO the Last, Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first,
I also am the last." .................. "I ALSO AM?",
POINT MADE,
PICJAG, 101G.