Edwin,

There is just some confusion in this area. Really, I see that there is no one who is denying Jesus Christ the Son, that He is who came to earth and took upon Himself flesh. And He is separate yet one with the Father. And He even had commandment from the Father to lay down His life and take it up again. I won't say that they are all three equal, because Jesus said of His Father that no one could take us out of His hand, (the Father's hand,) because He (the Father) is greater than all. And also, Jesus said that His Father has given Jesus all judgment, so that all might honor the Son. And the kingdom will continue in the Son's hands until every enemy of the Son is made a footstool under His feet, and then He will deliver up the kingdom to His Father.

All this to say that the Father is greater than the Son, holds a higher place in heaven. But this in no way minimizes the deity of the Son. He is fully God, and in Him dwells the Godhead fully. By this Paul is saying that God resides in Jesus fully, but beyond that, in Him is the full nature of the Godhead.

He is the Son. He is the heir, and in Him we have become joint heirs. Because He came for us, at His Father's command.