The Father has always had a Physical Form that could interact with humankind as to not be obliterated by His holiness. Adam walked with Him, Jacob wrestled with Him, the 70 elders dined with Him, and later when He came in likeness of His own creation(human flesh and blood), the disciples again dined and were taught by Him, as the Scriptures say “They shall be taught by YHWH/Father”.
It is only possible to be Redeemed by the Father, by Him coming in the likeness of His own, which is why He is called the Kinsman Redeemer. Making Him both YHWH and Messiah.
The Father is the Son in physical form, always has been. Yeshua is the visible Seen of the invisible Unseen Father. We are never going to see the Father in a separate body from the Son in eternity. We are always going to see the Father embodied and expressed in the image of the Son.
The only reason you have a separation of terms Father and Son, is because you have a difference between invisible and visible, but it does not change Him into two or more separate people or beings. He is Father/Son/Spirit all One Person/being/entity. YHWH has always had a Physical Form that could be seen; as in order to create man in an image that can be seen, you have to have a Physical Form to be created off of that image…Adam was created in His image…the image of a Man, the Physical Form of the Father…Yeshua; Our Creator.
If you want to correctly understand this verse:
Gen 1:26And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.”(ISR 98)
Then you need to properly apply this verse, and these following verses:
♦Gen 1: 27And Elohim CREATED THE MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF ELOHIM HE CREATED HIM – male and female He created them.(ISR 98)
♦Gen 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. IN THE DAY THAT GOD CREATED MAN, IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD MADE HE HIM; 2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, AND BEGAT A SON IN HIS OWN LIKENESS, AFTER HIS IMAGE; and called his name Seth:(KJV)
The Father’s Only Begotten Son is His Physical Bodily image that came in human flesh, the image of a Man, that was a ‘template’ to create Adam(humankind/male/man) off of:
♦Gen 9:6“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, FOR GOD MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE.(ESV)
♦Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;(KJV)
♦Col 1:15WHO IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, the firstborn of every creature(KJV)
♦1 Cor 11: 7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as HE IS THE IMAGE AND THE GLORY OF GOD: but the woman is the glory of the man. (KJV)
This is also why you had such confusion with bowing down to the male angels as we see throughout the Scriptures, as an example I will share a passage from the book of Revelation concerning John:
Rev 22:8And I, Yoḥanan, saw and heard these matters. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the messenger who showed me these matters.
9And he said to me, “See, do not! For I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who are guarding the words of this book. Worship Elohim.”(ISR 98)
When 3 men appeared to Abraham at the trees of Mamre, One was YHWH, and the other two were angels (think of the Ark of the Covenant with the two cherubim on each side); as YHWH has always revealed Himself in the form of a Man, also called the Messenger of YHWH, before He came in human flesh. This is who Abraham was talking to at the trees of Mamre:
Gen 18:1And יהוה (YHWH) APPEARED TO HIM by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, while he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2So he lifted his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
3and said, “יהוה, if I have now found favour in Your eyes, please do not pass Your servant by.
Abraham was bowing before YHWH, not at the other two men that were with YHWH; as it is only YHWH that receives worship. When the two men left, it was YHWH Himself that remained, and talked with Abraham, and Abraham addressed Him as such:
♦Gen 18:22So the men turned away from there and went toward Seḏom, BUT יהוה (YHWH) STILL STOOD BEFORE ABRAHAM.
♦Gen 18:30And he said, “Let not יהוה be displeased, and let me speak: Suppose there are found thirty?” And He said, “I would not do it if I find thirty there.”
31And he said, “Look, please, I have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה: Suppose there are found twenty?” And He said, “I would not destroy it for the sake of twenty.”
32And he said, “Let not יהוה be displeased, and let me speak only this time: Suppose there are found ten?” And He said, “I would not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
33Then יהוה went away as soon as He had ended speaking to Aḇraham. And Aḇraham returned to his place.(ISR 98)
There is only One Elohim, and that is the Father, so if you claim that Yeshua is Elohim, then know He also is the Father. If you deny that Yeshua is Elohim, then you do not know the Father, because you deny His Physical Form(Son).
The Father cannot be SEEN, so HE IS SEEN as HIS PHYSICAL FORM which is and has always been Yeshua. Yeshua will and has been the Only Father we have, and will ever see.
I like to think of it this way: In geometry, two figures or objects are congruent if they have the same shape and size, or if one has the same shape and size as the mirror image of the other.
If I look in the mirror, the image looking back at me is congruent with the original, and yet remain not two images, but a reflection of One.
YHWH is One…the Father and the Son are One.
♦1 Cor 8:6But to us there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and ONE Lord(YHWH) Jesus(Yeshua) Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.(KJV)
♦Isa 63:16FOR YOU ARE OUR FATHER, though Aḇraham does not know us, and Yisra’ĕl does not recognise us. YOU, O יהוה (YHWH), ARE OUR FATHER, OUR REDEEMER – Your Name is from of old.(ISR 98)
♦John 14:8Philip said to Him, “Master, SHOW US THE FATHER, and it is enough for us.” 9יהושע said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you have not known Me, Philip? He WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER, and how do you say, ‘Show us the Father’(ISR 98)
One Teacher and One Truth:
♦Matthew 23:8“But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ FOR ONE IS YOUR TEACHER, THE MESSIAH, and you are all brothers.
♦John 14:26“But the Helper, the Set-apart Spirit, whom the Father shall send in My Name, HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL, and remind you of all that I said to you.
♦John 14:6 Yeshua/Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, and THE TRUTH, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
♦John 14:17the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you. 18“I shall not leave you orphans – I AM COMING TO YOU.
♦John 6:45“It has been written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL BE TAUGHT BY יהוה.’ Everyone, then, WHO HAS HEARD FROM THE FATHER, AND LEARNED, COMES TO ME.
Only One who has been SEEN:
♦Numbers 12:5And יהוה CAME DOWN IN THE COLUMN OF cloud and STOOD in the door of the Tent, and called Aharon and Miryam. And they both went forward.6And He said, “Hear now My words: If your prophet is of יהוה,I make Myself known to him in a vision, and I speak to him in a dream. 7“Not so with My servant Mosheh, he is trustworthy in all My house.8“I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not in riddles. AND HE SEES THE FORM OF יהוה. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Mosheh?” 9And the displeasure of יהוה burned against them, and HE LEFT.(ISR 98)
♦1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.(KJV)
Yeshua stated that ‘if you have seen me you have seen the Father’, because they were beholding the physical human(flesh) form of the Father, which is the Son.
There is only One Creator, and One Saviour, and One Redeemer, who we know to be Yeshua, however, those titles are only reserved for the Father:
♦Isa 63:16FOR YOU ARE OUR FATHER, though Aḇraham does not know us, and Yisra’ĕl does not recognise us. YOU, O יהוה (YHWH), ARE OUR FATHER, OUR REDEEMER – Your Name is from of old.
♦Isa 64:8And now, O יהוה, YOU ARE OUR FATHER. WE ARE THE CLAY, AND YOU OUR POTTER. AND WE ARE ALL THE WORK OF YOUR HAND.
♦Col 1:16FOR IN HIM(YESHUA/JESUS) ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, and in Him all things hold together.
So, when He created the heavens and the earth, He declared He did it ALONE, and there is NONE besides HIM:
♦Isa 44:24Thus said יהוה, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, “I am יהוה, doing all, STRETCHING OUT THE HEAVENS ALL ALONE, SPREADING OUT THE EARTH, WHITH NONE BESIDE ME,
There was no ‘they’ working in tandem with each other. Just Him. Don’t get hung up on a couple of translation errors that say ‘Us’, as that overall is NOT what Scripture declares. He is Father/Spirit(Unseen) Son/Spirit(Seen).
The Spirit of YHWH is also called the Spirit of Messiah, and the Spirit of Truth, and Messiah is the Truth.
So, when Yeshua spoke concerning sending the Spirit(John 14:16-18), it was HE who was coming back to them, and that He was not going to leave them fatherless/orphans, that the same Spirit that is our comforter, and convicts us of sin, is none other than Yeshua Himself!
The Spirit of YHWH is the Spirit of Messiah
The Spirit of Truth is Yeshua, as He is the Truth
When YHWH came in human flesh, He came to show us How to worship Himself. He spoke many times in the ‘third person'(Mark 12:26-27) but was speaking of Himself. There is Only One Rock, One Savior, One King, One Husband, One Redeemer, One Creator, One Teacher. Not two, not three.
When He was showing us how to pray to the Father, He was showing us as an example in human likeness to pray to Him. He gave us the example on how to worship Him in the flesh while here in our physical fleshly bodies.
There is only One Throne, and One who sits on the Throne. ‘Sitting at the right hand’ is not literal, it is an expression. We are not going to see two gods on two thrones. We will see only One, as has always been Seen, the Ancient of Days who is YHWH who is Yeshua.
♦Rev 4:2And immediately I came to be in the Spirit and saw a throne set in the heaven, AND ONE SAT ON THE THRONE.
3And He who sat there was like a jasper and a ruby stone in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.(ISR 98)
Who John saw sitting on the throne, was the same One who the 70 elders along with Moses saw and dined with, as He confirmed the first covenant with them in the account of Exodus:
♦Ex 24:8And Mosheh took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “See, THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH יהוה (YHWH)HAS MADE WITH YOU concerning all these Words.”9And Mosheh went up, also Aharon, Naḏaḇ, and Aḇihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisra’ĕl,
10and they SAW THE ELOHIM(GOD) OF Yisra’ĕl (ISRAEL), and under His feet like a paved work of sapphire stone, and like the heavens for brightness. 11Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the chiefs of the children of Yisra’ĕl! AND THEY SAW ELOHIM, AND THEY ATE AND DRANK.
They SAW YHWH. SO WHO DID THEY SEE?
♦Judges 2:1And the Messenger of יהוה came up from Gilgal to Boḵim, and said, “I LED YOU UP FROM MITSRAYIM AND BROUGHT YOU TO THE LAND OF WHICH I SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS, and I said, ‘I do not break MY COVENANT with you,
2and as for you, do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land – break down their altars.’ BUT YOU HAVE NOT OBEYED MY VOICE. What is this you have done?
He confirmed the second covenant in a similar fashion as He stated in Jeremiah 31:31-34 that He would make a New Covenant. It was only Him, who said that would be making a New Covenant, not like the one He made before, there was no other:
♦Jeremiah 31:31“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “WHEN I SHALL MAKE A NEW COVENANT with the house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah,
32NOT LIKE THE COVENANT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF MITSRAYIM, My covenant which they broke, though I WAS A HUSBAND TO THEM,” declares יהוה.(ISR 98)
♦ Mark 14: 22And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. 23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT(COVENANT), WHICH IS SHED FOR MANY. (KJV)
