Who is Jesus Christ in this verse and why they call him The Everlasting Father?

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Reading of The Bible scriptures requires close attention! First; The Bibles which are now in use, are mans' works. They, are not the original text. Anytime that mankind makes a writing on Bible scriptures, some error creeps in by default!
It requires the gift from The Spirit of The Elohm to keep close to what was originally written. How many translations are there Today of The Text? Many !
Each had Its' own errors built in. Nonetheless, there is still much to be learned from That Book. Just bear in mind, that IT is not the original writing.
This Writer has over some 60 or more years, depended on The Spirit of The Elohim to guide Me in what I learn, and Write. That has lead Me to much spiritual understanding.
I wrote the above just to inform those who may read any of My post here, to better understand My thinking.

DeepSeeker
Thank you, yes the only inherent translation is the Greek writing from the Disciples and Paul who was Saul. Originally written in Greek
Therefore I have sought truth from what we have in English unto Father to reveal his love and mercy to me as in Luke 21:14-15, and Matthew 10:16-20
As well as Phil 3:1-20. In process learning too, and have made a million and some more
I, God just love you all
 
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[QUOTE="GWH, post: 5521893, member: 334064

"Thanks DS, you made my day, because learning GW has indeed taken lifelong (50+ years) work,
and it is so disappointing/discouraging when fellow Christians disagree with insights, I believe God has given,
although it keeps us humble![

YES, I know what You mean. I too, Have spent My lifetime doing the same. I started when I learned how to read. Of course, I did not understand what I was reading at that Time. However, looking back, I now understand that God has put Me here at My birth for His purpose!

I remember asking My Mother at a very early age: What time of the Day was I born? She replied: "early in the Day, Just as it was getting light. It took Me many years to look back on that and understand what It meant! Now I do!
Considering that Event, has changed the way I view My life now. That Being some 88 yrs. of It.

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The One Book in The Bible that has most likely suffered the most misuse, is The Book Of Revelation.
So many people ignore the opening verses of Whom It was written for! Read the introduction!
Are We Today Bond Servants? Are we of the Churches mention in Revelation? Is the conditions given in That Writing the same as Today?
The answer of course is, NO!
Yet people still take what was written To THEM, and apply It to Today. IS there anything in That Writing that may help Bible Students Today? Yes, BUT, Keep It in Its place!

DeepSeeker
 
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Anytime that mankind makes a writing on Bible scriptures, some error creeps in by default!
every word in the scriptures, even in the original languages, was written by man.

only the tablets of Moses, the wall of king Belshazarr, and the dust in which Christ put His finger, in all of scripture, we're written by God Himself - but the record of the first two were transcribed byam and the third was not transcribed at all.

yes there are also the 5 books of life and judgement - and we also aren't told what is written in them. and God also writes our new names on white stones - - hidden things, that no man can know. these exist; that's important

but look, even in Aramaic, in Hebrew, and in Greek, it was man writing God's Word. Jesus never put stylus to papyrus. so the moment you say, all scripture is suspect and subject to your personal spirit as far as "what it should say"....

.. well my friend please do not forget the translators of the major English actual-translations ((not modern paraphrases)) were also Christian and have the same claim to the Spirit of discernment you do, but on top of that they also have decades upon decades of devotion to study of languages and interpretation - - some studied Hebrew and Greek for over 50 years. Many were native speakers. None of them were totally without education but armed with internet. how do you compare?

God willed it that His word should be transmitted through humans and in earthly language. asking can we trust it because it involved mankind, and then ourselves, humans, thinking we know better, is highly suspicious.


but at the same time - - the tower of Babel is real.
every time anything is translated from one language to another, either information is lost because the target language is less complex and/or doesn't share all the same nuance, or information is artificially added for the inverse reasons.
so yes there is that. real study at the deepest levels requires intimate, fluent knowledge of the original languages and discerning study of the available manuscript evidence - - and overall is Spirit led.

but the Spirit told exactly one person the truth today but no one else in the last 2000 years? and every leaned man for a thousand years missed some obvious thing, but a complete novice that had trouble swallowing the astounding things they read, saw it? be very, very skeptical of any such thought. the scripture is full of mystery and things beyond human understanding - we should expect that: it's the word of infinite God

the Bereans were noble because they examined everything carefully, not because they rejected those who went before them whenever convenient
 
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only the tablets of Moses, the wall of king Belshazarr, and the dust in which Christ put His finger, in all of scripture, we're written by God Himself
unless i forget something?

@DeepSeeker brother i am not kjv-only. but if my kjv-only brothers drilled one thing in to me, it is to respect the Word of God as it was passed down to us by His will, and be very very careful when you think to edit the text in front of you

that's all i mean to say with my reply - -
sei vorsichtig!
 
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i worry that people say to themselves,
i have the Spirit and the Bible shouldn't say that,
whenever they come to a difficult passage, and just create for theselves their own Bible of their own ego.

@DeepSeeker not accusing you. just being careful (y)
 

Pilgrimshope

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every word in the scriptures, even in the original languages, was written by man.

only the tablets of Moses, the wall of king Belshazarr, and the dust in which Christ put His finger, in all of scripture, we're written by God Himself - but the record of the first two were transcribed byam and the third was not transcribed at all.

yes there are also the 5 books of life and judgement - and we also aren't told what is written in them. and God also writes our new names on white stones - - hidden things, that no man can know. these exist; that's important

but look, even in Aramaic, in Hebrew, and in Greek, it was man writing God's Word. Jesus never put stylus to papyrus. so the moment you say, all scripture is suspect and subject to your personal spirit as far as "what it should say"....

.. well my friend please do not forget the translators of the major English actual-translations ((not modern paraphrases)) were also Christian and have the same claim to the Spirit of discernment you do, but on top of that they also have decades upon decades of devotion to study of languages and interpretation - - some studied Hebrew and Greek for over 50 years. Many were native speakers. None of them were totally without education but armed with internet. how do you compare?

God willed it that His word should be transmitted through humans and in earthly language. asking can we trust it because it involved mankind, and then ourselves, humans, thinking we know better, is highly suspicious.


but at the same time - - the tower of Babel is real.
every time anything is translated from one language to another, either information is lost because the target language is less complex and/or doesn't share all the same nuance, or information is artificially added for the inverse reasons.
so yes there is that. real study at the deepest levels requires intimate, fluent knowledge of the original languages and discerning study of the available manuscript evidence - - and overall is Spirit led.

but the Spirit told exactly one person the truth today but no one else in the last 2000 years? and every leaned man for a thousand years missed some obvious thing, but a complete novice that had trouble swallowing the astounding things they read, saw it? be very, very skeptical of any such thought. the scripture is full of mystery and things beyond human understanding - we should expect that: it's the word of infinite God

the Bereans were noble because they examined everything carefully, not because they rejected those who went before them whenever convenient
Amen

“knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭1:20-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 

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ISAIAH 9:6
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 is the relations of the following verses with regards to Jesus as The Everlasting Father?

JOHN 8:56-58
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

JOHN 10:30
30 I and my Father are one.

JOHN 14:8-9
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
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, Show us the Father?
 
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1. This is how Satan slithers in — not with open denial, but with suggestion. “Did God really say?” (Gen. 3:1)

No, Satan slithers in by disallowing questions.

2. the Trinity is not confusing. It's mystery, not contradiction.

The early church found the Trinity quite confusing and debated it for centuries, but let's hear your explanation of it.

3. The Heretical Math Lesson (1 x 1 x 1 = 1)

So let's see how you would express the Trinity mathematically.

4. God is not a mathematical equation. He is holy, uncreated, infinite, and revealed in three eternal Persons, not modes or functions.

That shallow, tired, Sunday school logic explains exactly zero.

5. That kind of teaching flirts with modalism — the ancient heresy that says God just appears in different forms. But the Word is clear:
Jesus prays to the Father (John 17) The Spirit descends while the Father speaks and the Son is baptized (Luke 3:21–22)
The Father sends the Son, and the Son sends the Spirit (John 14–16) That’s not one Person with multiple hats. That’s Trinitarian glory.

No, that's modalism aka manifestations or one God relating to humanity in three ways.

6. That (“These divine aspects or ‘persons’ may be distinguished by role: God the Father as creator… the Son as mediator… the Spirit as indweller…”) is functional reductionism. You’re reducing the Persons of the Godhead to job descriptions.

That is how God describes Himself, so you need to ask Him about that.

7. Where is this ("Only God the Son is human and had a sexual orientation while on earth…”) coming from? Christ’s humanity never included sexual activity or orientation. That’s a carnal line of thinking — foreign to Scripture and unnecessary in this discussion.

CC never ceases to amaze me and broaden my horizons. I have never encountered anyone who denied that Jesus was a man before.

8. This (“In a sense God may be viewed as a ‘Quadity’…”) is where the response goes off the rails and into the abyss. That’s not biblical. That’s panentheistic garbage.

No, that's incorporating Rom. 1:20, John 1:1-3, Psa. 33:6 and Acts 17:28 into the discussion.
If you would not delete/omit the Scripture references when quoting me it would be helpful,
and I specifically warned against panentheism.

9. This entire response.. quotes Scripture.

You finally noticed!

10. it is confusion wrapped in commentary.

I find it quite helpful, and I am sorry you find it confusing.

11. It whispers half-truths that neuter the gospel.

On the contrary, God revealed himself to Elijah via a whisper in 1KG 19:12,
so you would do well to meditate on the Scripture I cited.

LIC, GWH
GWH,

Let me speak plainly. You’ve confused cleverness for clarity, sarcasm for wisdom, and scripture references for submission to Scripture. But God is not impressed by how well we quote verses if we trample their meaning to protect our own constructs.

You said, “Satan slithers in by disallowing questions.” No. Satan slithers in by questioning the authority of God’s Word while appearing spiritual. His poison begins with “Did God really say?”—not to shut down curiosity, but to plant rebellion dressed as reason. There’s a world of difference between honest seeking and serpent-speech.

You mock the idea that the Trinity is not confusing. The early Church struggled not because the doctrine was chaos, but because heretics kept corrupting the clarity. The Nicene fathers bled to defend what the Bible already revealed—that the Son is not the Father, the Spirit is not the Son, and yet all are one in essence. It is not confusion. It is glory, preserved in Scripture long before councils had to clarify it.

As for your taunt—“Explain it mathematically”—that proves the point. God is not a formula. The moment you demand He fit inside human logic, you’ve already created an idol. The Trinity isn’t a math problem to be solved—it’s a Person to be worshiped.

You say my rejection of 1x1x1 logic “explains zero.” Good. I’m not trying to explain God like a chemistry set—I’m declaring what He has revealed. The Son is eternally begotten of the Father (John 1:14), the Spirit proceeds from both (John 15:26), and the Father is unbegotten. Three Persons. One Essence. Worship, not arithmetic.

You claim what I described is modalism—then go on to affirm modalism in the same breath by describing God as “relating in three ways.” That’s not orthodoxy. That’s a mask with three expressions. And no matter how you dress it up, that’s heresy.

You justify functional reductionism by saying, “That’s how God describes Himself.” No. That’s how you’ve chosen to describe Him—by limiting His personhood to function. God reveals who He is, not just what He does. You’ve replaced revelation with a résumé.

You accuse me of denying Christ’s humanity because I rebuked the injection of sexual orientation into the incarnation. That’s not just a misunderstanding—that’s a deep insult. Jesus was fully man, yes. But to suggest He had a “sexual orientation” is carnality wrapped in pseudo-psychological categories foreign to both Scripture and reverence. He was tempted in every way, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Not once does Scripture hint at your line of reasoning—and to even speculate that way is dangerous ground.

And the so-called “Quadity”? You cite Romans 1:20, John 1, Psalm 33, Acts 17—and yet none of them say God is revealed as a fourth person, or a manifestation through creation. You can slap Bible verses on panentheistic language all day—but if it adds to the revealed triune nature of God, then it is not deep theology. It is error, plain and deadly. You warned against panentheism, yes—but then walked right into its house, sat on its couch, and tried to call it “biblical nuance.”

You seem more interested in intellectual fencing than trembling before the holy, unapproachable light of God’s self-revelation.

You said, “God revealed Himself in a whisper.” True. But Elijah didn’t argue with the whisper. He fell on his face. The whisper of God doesn’t coddle rebellion—it crushes pride. If your theology doesn't lead you to awe and repentance, it's not a whisper from heaven—it's an echo of your own reasoning.

You can keep quoting verses. But quoting Scripture isn’t the same as submitting to it. Satan quoted Psalm 91 in the wilderness—Jesus responded with the Word, rightly divided and rightly feared.

You say “LIC”—love in Christ. But love without truth is sentiment. And truth without submission is rebellion.

I pray the Lord breaks every high place in both of us.
I fear God too much to let this go unanswered.
You’re playing chess with lightning.

—Shane
 
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It has been now presently declared Isaiah 58:1, that is done by Son once for everyone to now believe God in the resurrected Son. Thanks for your admonition, and declaring to me to seek out whether or not I am in a fog, Thank you. God knows truth over us all. I am nobody Father is everything and I await on my Father the same as he waited on his Father, now our Father, thanks to Jesus being risen back to life where all sin is taken away in Father's sight

  1. John 16:32
    Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
    In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
  2. John 17:5
    And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
    In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
  3. John 17:11
    And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

  1. John 20:17
    Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
    In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
  2. John 20:21
    Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

God won for us through Son to us all in love for us all to get and love all.

Bold now! us there anyone you or anyone else reading this here today, not loving or forigiving certain people, especially those that have done you wrong?
See Romans 2:1-4, do you want to accuse anyone still, I see willingly not to, since he died once for all and all are reconciled now,a s forgiven
Again thanks for your share in care
Brother, thank you for responding, but hear me clearly:

This is not the hour to drift in poetic impressions and call it truth. You speak of love, reconciliation, and the Father’s goodness—and yes, those are glorious. But none of that nullifies the command to test, to rebuke, and to speak with fire when the truth is being blurred (2 Timothy 4:2).

You quoted beautiful verses about the Son returning to the Father. Amen. I believe every word. But you skipped over the ones that confront us:

> “If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1 John 1:6)



You thanked me for asking if you’re “in a fog.” But you didn’t answer the question. You just filled the air with spiritual-sounding phrases that drift rather than declare. And yet Isaiah 58:1 doesn’t say “float softly.” It says:

> “Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression.”



That’s not a metaphor. That’s a command.

Yes, God loves us all. Yes, forgiveness is the heart of the gospel. But reconciliation without repentance is not biblical love—it’s spiritual delusion. Romans 2:4 says God’s kindness is meant to lead us to repentance, not make us passive.

You asked, “Is there anyone you haven’t forgiven?”
Forgiveness does not cancel accountability. Grace does not erase truth. Jesus didn’t die so we could pretend everyone is fine while the church falls into compromise. He died to raise a holy Bride, not a passive crowd quoting verses without trembling.

I’m not accusing you—I’m pleading with you.
Don’t use Scripture as a blanket to cover the fog. Use it as a sword to cut through it.

Because the day is evil. The hour is late. And if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare for the battle? (1 Corinthians 14:8)

Let the trumpet sound.

—Shane
A watchman, still crying aloud.
 
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#51
every word in the scriptures, even in the original languages, was written by man.

only the tablets of Moses, the wall of king Belshazarr, and the dust in which Christ put His finger, in all of scripture, we're written by God Himself - but the record of the first two were transcribed byam and the third was not transcribed at all.

yes there are also the 5 books of life and judgement - and we also aren't told what is written in them. and God also writes our new names on white stones - - hidden things, that no man can know. these exist; that's important

but look, even in Aramaic, in Hebrew, and in Greek, it was man writing God's Word. Jesus never put stylus to papyrus. so the moment you say, all scripture is suspect and subject to your personal spirit as far as "what it should say"....

.. well my friend please do not forget the translators of the major English actual-translations ((not modern paraphrases)) were also Christian and have the same claim to the Spirit of discernment you do, but on top of that they also have decades upon decades of devotion to study of languages and interpretation - - some studied Hebrew and Greek for over 50 years. Many were native speakers. None of them were totally without education but armed with internet. how do you compare?

God willed it that His word should be transmitted through humans and in earthly language. asking can we trust it because it involved mankind, and then ourselves, humans, thinking we know better, is highly suspicious.


but at the same time - - the tower of Babel is real.
every time anything is translated from one language to another, either information is lost because the target language is less complex and/or doesn't share all the same nuance, or information is artificially added for the inverse reasons.
so yes there is that. real study at the deepest levels requires intimate, fluent knowledge of the original languages and discerning study of the available manuscript evidence - - and overall is Spirit led.

but the Spirit told exactly one person the truth today but no one else in the last 2000 years? and every leaned man for a thousand years missed some obvious thing, but a complete novice that had trouble swallowing the astounding things they read, saw it? be very, very skeptical of any such thought. the scripture is full of mystery and things beyond human understanding - we should expect that: it's the word of infinite God

the Bereans were noble because they examined everything carefully, not because they rejected those who went before them whenever convenient
Excellent information that everyone needs to know.
Yes, the process/history that produced the modern Bible was like making sausage,
so we should be neither surprised nor chagrined to discover grains of sand amid the lode of gold.
It does not matter that Isaiah did not understand Messiah would be the Son who would reveal the Father,
which is indeed a mystery beyond our ken.
 
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Brother, thank you for responding, but hear me clearly:

This is not the hour to drift in poetic impressions and call it truth. You speak of love, reconciliation, and the Father’s goodness—and yes, those are glorious. But none of that nullifies the command to test, to rebuke, and to speak with fire when the truth is being blurred (2 Timothy 4:2).

You quoted beautiful verses about the Son returning to the Father. Amen. I believe every word. But you skipped over the ones that confront us:

> “If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1 John 1:6)



You thanked me for asking if you’re “in a fog.” But you didn’t answer the question. You just filled the air with spiritual-sounding phrases that drift rather than declare. And yet Isaiah 58:1 doesn’t say “float softly.” It says:

> “Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression.”



That’s not a metaphor. That’s a command.

Yes, God loves us all. Yes, forgiveness is the heart of the gospel. But reconciliation without repentance is not biblical love—it’s spiritual delusion. Romans 2:4 says God’s kindness is meant to lead us to repentance, not make us passive.

You asked, “Is there anyone you haven’t forgiven?”
Forgiveness does not cancel accountability. Grace does not erase truth. Jesus didn’t die so we could pretend everyone is fine while the church falls into compromise. He died to raise a holy Bride, not a passive crowd quoting verses without trembling.

I’m not accusing you—I’m pleading with you.
Don’t use Scripture as a blanket to cover the fog. Use it as a sword to cut through it.

Because the day is evil. The hour is late. And if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare for the battle? (1 Corinthians 14:8)

Let the trumpet sound.

—Shane
A watchman, still crying aloud.
Thank you, taking it all to my Father, your Father the Father in risen Son in prayer, not in doubt, in trust, to continue to be led and not confused over anything, Thank you Father who knows all and tells all and will take care of it all, and has by Son it is finished, John 19:30 for new life to be installed in the people that choose to believe God, even there are those that say they believe and do not.
It seems, you are the one trying to be in charge and saying sweet swelling words, such as religion does itself and has for years, even in the desert with Jesus evil tried then too.
However, whatever your motive is, I do not see as good, yet thank you
I trust God Father no matter what and love to all is the call, not a shout out, to condemn anyone. For it is the love of God that won and wins. Otherwise Son would not have gone to that cross willingly ever without a flesh fight back
Love to you thank you