Col.2:9


If one truly believes the Bible to be the factual authoritative word
of God, then the following scriptures portray one harmonious
truth concerning the Godhead. We realize that there are other ways
of interpreting the mystery of the Godhead, therefore what we
present here, may not be acceptable to some. We merely suggest
to those that are mystified, or have little true understanding of this
subject, to do a little studying, in order that they may satisfy
themselves. This should enable one to give a suitable, yet sensible
scriptural answer, to any that ask.
We present the following outline as a guideline only, and as an
incentive for personal study. May the holy Spirit guide and
quicken each one who seeks to know the Lord through His inspired
Word. May He also guide him, who genuinely desires to worship
God in Spirit and in truth.

The holy Bible (KJV) states that there is but....
ONE CREATOR (Prov.26:10), yet it also states:

JESUS IS THE CREATOR--Jn.1:3,10; 1Cor.8:6; Eph.3:9;
Col.1:12-17; Heb.1:8-12; Rev.4:8-11;10:6; 14:6,7; 21:5,7....the
same as it says:

JEHOVAH IS THE CREATOR--Gen.1:1; 2:7; Jb.33:4;
Psa.33:6;104:30; Isa.40:28; 44:24; 45:11-18; 64:8; Mal.2:10.
(Both therefore, are equal in the function of creation).

ONE REDEEMER AND SAVIOUR [Ac.4:12; Ro.3:30], yet it
also states:
CHRIST IS THE REDEEMER and SAVIOUR--
Matt.1:21; Lk.2:11; 24:21-29; Jn.4:40-42; Ac.20:28; Gal.3:13;
Phil.3:20; 1Tim.2:3; 4:10; Tit.1:1-4; 2:10-13; 1Ptr.1:10,11;
2:21-24; 1Jn.4:14; Jude 25; Rev.1:5....the same as:
JEHOVAH IS THE REDEEMER and
SAVIOUR--Psa.78:34,35; 106:21; Isa.43:3,11; 44:6;
45:15,21:47:4; 49:26; Lk.1:46,47; 1Tim.2:3. (Both therefore, are
equal in the function of salvation).

ONE KING [Psa. 47:7], yet it also states:
CHRIST IS THE KING--Matt.2:1-6; Lk.19:32-38; 23:3;
Jn.18:37; 19:21; 1Tim.1:17; 6:13-16; Rev.15:1-4; 19:11-16......the
same as it says:
JEHOVAH IS THE KING--Psa.44:4; 72:11; Isa.43:10-15;
44:6-8; Jer.10:10; Zec.14:9. (Both therefore, are equal in
rulership, power and authority...the Father being the nominal
"head" - 1Cor.11:3

ONE SHEPHERD [Jn.10:16], yet it also states:
JESUS IS THE SHEPHERD--Jn.10:8-12; Heb.13:20;
1Ptr.5:4; 1Ptr.2:25.......the same as it says:
JEHOVAH IS THE SHEPHERD--Psa. chptr. 23;
Psa.100; Isa.40:10,11. (Both therefore, are equal in leadership,
feeding, protecting etc.).

ONE ROCK [1Cor.10:4], yet it also states:
JESUS IS THE ROCK--Matt.16:17,18; Ac.4:11,12;
Eph.2:20-22; 1Ptr.2:6-8; Num.20:1-11; Isa.28:16......the same as it
says:
JEHOVAH IS THE ROCK--Deut.32:1-4; 2Sam.22:2,32;
23:3; Psa.18:2,31; 31:3; 78:35; 89:26; Isa.17:10. (Both therefore,
are equal as the foundation and strength of the church).

ONE I AM and I AM HE [Jn.5:26], yet it also states:
JESUS IS THE I AM-- Jn.18:5-8; 8:24-28; Rev.1:17,18;
Rev.22:13; Jn.13:19,20...... the same as it says:
JEHOVAH IS THE I AM--Ex.3:13,14; Isa.43:10,11,25.
(Both therefore, are equal in being a part of the Godhead).

ONE IS COMING [Psa.50:3], yet it also states:
JESUS IS COMING--Matt.25:31-46; Ac.1:11; 1Cor.1:7;
1Ths.3:11-13; Tit.2:11-13; Rev.1:7; 22:7;12,20......the same as it
says:
JEHOVAH IS COMING--Psa.50:1-6; Zec.14:4,5;
1Ths.4:13-18; Rev.19,11,16. (Both therefore, are equal in
bringing reward and judgment).

ONE FIRST and LAST [ Prv.30:4], yet it also states:
JESUS IS THE FIRST and LAST-- Rev.1:17,18; 16:20;
22:13......the same as it says:
JEHOVAH IS THE FIRST and LAST--Isa.41:4; 43:10,11;
44:6-8; Rev.1:8; 21:6. (Both therefore, are equal in existence and
in operation).


GOD (is) A (holy) SPIRIT- Jn.4:23,24; Ac.7:48,49; 17:24-28;
Psa.139:11,12; 1Kgs.8:27; Jer.23:21,27
and though there is...
ONLY ONE (holy) SPIRIT- 1Cor.12:13; Eph.2:18; 4:4
there is both Father and Son - Prv.30:4; 2Sam.22:47...whose
holy Spirit is that of...
ONE GOD ONLY- 1Jn.5:20; Deut.6:4-9; Ex.20:3; Psa.86:10;
Isa.37:16; 43:10,15; 44:6-8; 45:2,6,23; 46:8,9; Zec.14:9;
Mal.1:6; 2:10; Mk.12:28-34; Ro.3:3; 1Cor.8:4-6; Eph.4:5.6;
1Tim.2:5; Jas.2:19; Rev.4:2,3; etc.
therefore, only...
JEHOVAH WITH JESUS ...is GOD - Jn.1:1; Ex,.3:13-15;
Isa..7:14; 9:6; 43:10; Zec.12:10; Mic.5:2; Matt.1:23; Jn.5:18,26;
8:19,58; 10:30; 12:44; 13:19,20; 14:7,9; 17:5; 21:17,28;
2Cor.4:4; 5:19; Phil.2:6; Col.2:9; 1Tim.3:16; Tit.2:13; Heb.1:3
etc.
and the name JEHOVAH is applied to...
the FATHER (Psa.110:1), the SON (Jer.23:6; Isa.26:4), and the
HOLY SPIRIT (2Sam.23:2; Matt.10:20; Mk.13:11).

JEHOVAH only, knows the hearts of men (1Kgs.8:39), but yet
we see, so did JESUS - Jn.2:24; Lk.5:22; Matt.9:4; 1Cor.1:24.
Can there be any higher and holier in majesty than the ONE
LORD (1Cor.8:6), the only "King of Kings" and "Lord of
lords" who is THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (1Tim.6:15;
Rev.17:14; 1 9:16).....who in perfect union and harmony of plan,
purpose, and spirit, possesses the same power and authority of
Lordship as His Father JEHOVAH GOD-- Deut.10:17;
Psa.83:18; 95:3. CHRIST is the HOLY ONE (Habk.1:12),
equally holy with JEHOVAH the HOLY ONE.
THREE IN ONE?

The holy GODHEAD is better able to be described in group or
composite unity; a oneness in combination, but not in a singular
or solitary unity, such as is in the three part composition and
structure of a single egg (Jn.chptr.17). The One divine
GODHEAD could very well be described as a sovereign personal
alliance; a divine merger, bloc, bond, federation, coalition,
junction and fusion of absolute power.

The Father and the Son, TOGETHER in their holy Spirit,
have an interdependent cohesive relationship one with the other.
Ever Operating TOGETHER IN ONE divine amalgamation, they
could be described as ONE inseparable, dualistic complement,
ONE complete aggregate, ONE UNITED COMBINATION,
functioning sovereignly in ONE ACCORD, as ONE UNIT,
AND ONE GOD. Our one Lord, is more than one in the "we
are", but only ONE "I AM" - Jn.8:58; Isa.44:6.

The LORD JESUS CHRIST, and THE LORD JEHOVAH,
TOGETHER ARE the ONLY LORD GOD (Jude 4), "perfect IN
ONE" Jn.17:22,23. THE SPIRIT OF THE FATHER IS IN JESUS
AND THE SPIRIT OF JESUS IS IN THE FATHER - Jn.14:10,11.
The creation itself, is to eventually become ONE with the ONE
SPIRIT of both the Father and the Son--becoming "heirs of God
(the Father) and JOINT heirs with Christ." Ro.8:17. In type, man
will be heirs TOGETHER of the grace and life" (1Ptr.3:7),
MELDED and BONDED IN PERFECT UNITY, and MERGED
into the DIVINE PARTNERSHIP and HEAVENLY KINSHIP of
Almighty God.

THE HOLY SPIRIT


The holy Spirit can be explained in its context of the Godhead,
as the essential ethereal life force, and PERSONAL SPIRIT, of
both the Father and the Son whereby God exists, in all His
inherent godliness and holiness. In contrast, ungodly men have an
unholy personal spirit. The holy Spirit of God, is not at all
another person, nor a spirit being other than the Father and the
Son, but rather, IS THE CORE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF
HIS SPIRIT SELF. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HIS HOLY
SPIRIT, IS THE DIVINE AGENCY AND POWER
THROUGH WHICH IS EXPRESSED THE NATURE,
CHARACTER, PERSONALITY, LIFE, AND VOICE, OF
BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON. The holy Spirit or holy
Ghost, is not another Son of the Father as the religious carnal
mind tends to believe. Ask yourself this, "If Jesus Christ is the
ONLY begotten Son of the Father, whose Son is the holy Ghost?"

The holy Spirit is the creative, life emanating, life giving,
SUPERNATURAL POWER (Matt.1:18), and LIFE FORCE OF
GOD'S BEING, containing HIS SOUL, which motivates and
moves, AS THE WILL OF GOD- Gen.1:1-3. It can be "poured
out" (Ac.10:45) of Himself to influence and be shared with His
creatures. The Bible says that life is in the blood. Man cannot
exist in this world without blood. Spiritually speaking, THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS THE LIFEFORCE AND THE BLOOD OF
GOD--AN EVIDENCE OF HIS INTANGIBLE, INTRINSIC
ESSENCE. When Christ gave of His natural blood and life, it was
a great sacrifice, as well as a symbolic gesture that released God's
life and Spirit into the earth, activating the power of God unto
salvation.
>br> The holy Spirit is also personified as the "POWER OF THE
HIGHEST" (Lk.1:35), through which the complex, compound
and manifest reality of the Father and the Son can communicate
(2Cor.13:14) with us. He can speak (Ac.2:4; 13:2; 8:29; 19:6;
21:11; Jn.16:13; 1Ti.4:1; Heb .3:7; 10:15), hear (Ac.5:3,4), testify
(Ac.20:23; Jn.15:26), bear witness (Ro.8:16,26; 1Jn.5:6), reason
(Ac.10:28), guide (Jn.16:13), forbid (Ac.16:6,7), teach (Jn.14:26;
1Cor.2:13; 1Jn.2:27) and He can even ordain elders - Ac.20:28.
The holy Spirit, is the manifest intrinsic nature of God which
reproves the world of sin (Jn.15:8), and glorifies the Son on earth -
Jn.15:14.

Jesus said, "The words that I speak...ARE SPIRIT..ARE LIFE."
Jn.6:63. The Lord speaks in and through the holy Ghost, HIS
OWN SPIRIT - Ac.28:25; Isa.6:8,9. The holy Spirit can be
expressed from the Father, through the Son unto man. Christ
makes intercession for us (Ro.8:34) through HIS SPIRIT - Ro.8:26.

We are told that THE FATHER "CALLS' us (1Ths.2:12;
2Ths.2:13,14), THE LORD CALLS (Ac.16:10; 1Cor.7:17),
JESUS CALLS (Ac.22:21; 26:16; Rev.3:20), CALLING US
THROUGH THE DIVINE AGENCY OF HIS OWN
OMNIPOTENT HOLY SPIRIT ESSENCE, NAMELY, "THE
HOLY GHOST" Ac.13:2. To be in harmony with other
scripture, this can be seen simply, to portray ONE God, calling us
by the VOICE OF HIS OWN SPIRIT--ONE GODLY SPIRIT,
ONE VOICE made manifest in the human plane of consciousness.



"The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even
His eternal power and Godhead." Ro.1:20



Much truth concerning the Godhead can be found in natural
things. As a basic principle, we see the earth composed of the
animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. But, all are ONE
CREATION.

The Godhead consists of TWO DISTINCT ENTITY'S, and
can be likened in a way, to the body and spirit of the Adamic
creation. The body and the spirit have a personal corporeal form
and essence. The holy Spirit, like unto man's soul, does not. It is
intangible spirit substance without shape or form.

In like manner to body and spirit, the heavenly Father and
heavenly Son SHARE TWO DISTINCT FORMS, such as does
man while alive on earth. The body is visible, the spirit-soul is
not. The Christ [body] is visible, the Father [Spirit-Soul] is not.
Man's spirit resides in a flesh body while on earth. The Father's
Spirit dwells in Christ's glorified flesh body in the heavenlies. The
two are corporately one. There are actually many wondrous ways
in which man is created in the likeness and image of His Creator.
Here, we are just touching on a small facet of this great truth.

Consider this. At the moment of man's physical death, his spirit
becomes separated from his earthly body. The one form become
manifest as two distinct forms when viewed in the spiritual realm.
In much the same manner, Christ, when He became separated from
the Father in the death realm of this earth, became a distinct form
here. During this time when the God-Son was separate, He could
still communicate with His God-Father in heaven [more
specifically, He could commune with His inner Spirit]. The
fulness of the Father was in His body-Col.2:9. Therefore, Christ
Himself was the fulness of the Godhead in an earthly body.
Upon His literal bodily death, and after His return to the Father,
the two became one again, in a heavenly fulfillment of the fulness
of the Godhead body. He and the Father are truly One God.

The adamic man is also like the Godhead, in that mankind
exists in the basic form of TWO DISTINCT BEINGS--male and
female. When the two leave their former abodes and join together
in a union of marriage, these two are also said to become one. The
two make up ONE human family or race, just as the spirit and
the body make up ONE human being. Correspondingly, The
Father and the Son make up ONE DIVINE FAMILY, known as
the GODHEAD. The Father and the Son are two distinct
components, yet are also expressible in a ONENESS such as
Adam and Eve had in creation (Gen.2:24; 5:2), as a man should
have with his wife (Matt.19:5), and such as Christ has with His
church-1Cor.12:8; 2Cor.11:2; Gal.3:28.

The nature of the Fathers holy Spirit is also that of the Son's,
especially in all aspects related to created life. The Lord said to
my Lord, "Let US [TOGETHER] MAKE man in OUR IMAGE,
after OUR LIKENESS." Gen.1:26,27. Ask for our booklet, "In His
Image" for a fuller understanding of this. He wishes to share this
likeness of His image with us in fulness, whereby we might
become complete "partakers of THE DIVINE NATURE." 2Ptr.1:4.
This He is doing in a gradual work of progressive salvation.

In mathematical terms of analogy, the Godhead could be
more likened unto 1 x 1 x 1, than to 1 + 1 + 1. ONE Father,
ONE Son, ONE holy Spirit, still equals ONE GOD. The fact is,
things equal to the same things are equal to each other. Look at it
this way. A FAMILY is ONE UNIT, has ONE NAME, but has
more than ONE MEMBER with INDIVIDUAL NAMES. The
Father and Son are ONE FAMILY NAMED GOD, and we as His
sons, become ONE with "the FAMILY OF GOD". Eph.3:15. In
the same principle that A CLUSTER of grapes is ONE
CLUSTER but has more than one grape, and ONE FLOCK has
more than ONE SHEEP, so likewise the GODHEAD is ONE
PLURAL UNIT.

Water is that which God often uses in His word as a symbol of
HIS OWN SPIRIT BEING. Water is ONE SUBSTANCE, yet
has more than ONE PROPERTY. It can be manifest in THREE
DISTINCT WAYS. WATER [FATHER], ICE [CHRIST], STEAM
[HOLY SPIRIT]. It exists as a liquid, a solid or a gas [vapour].
All forms of water are EQUAL in hydrogen and oxygen molecules
in their three separate states, yet are different in appearance or
manifestation. So it is with the Godhead.

A flame of FIRE is ONE THING, yet it always has three
separate elements---heat [able to be felt..eg. the anointing], light
[able to be seen..eg. the word, revelation, visions etc.] and fuel [the
basic source of the flame]. In the Bible, FIRE is also symbolic of
God's Spirit.

ONE DIVINE UNION




The Son's will, was ever in UNISON with the Father's will,
both in His humanity and in His divinity- Jn,4:34; 5:19, 30; 6:38;
Chptr. 8; Heb.10:7 etc. In this sense only, could He be considered
subservient to the Father. It is also true, Christ served as a
subordinate in the human meaning of belonging to an inferior or
lower order when He came to earth (Phil.2:6-8), but He is ever a
divine co-ordinate of the Godhead arrangement, in every work of
creation and redemption- Jn.3:34,35; 5:17,18; Jn.14:10.

So we see the Godhead is really not that difficult to
comprehend. Just as ALL humanity is ONE flesh (1Cor.15:39),
so ALL THAT IS GOD is ONE SPIRIT. If more than one have
the same titles and same function, such as Creator, Saviour, King,
Shepherd, Rock etc., then they of necessity are equal to each
other in these capacities, and are worthy of the same honor and
worship from their creation. GOD is ONE DIVINE UNIT, yet
both the Father and the Son have uniqueness of personality -
Jn.10:30; 17:11; 21,22. "ALL MEN SHOULD HONOUR THE
SON, EVEN AS THEY HONOUR THE FATHER." Jn.5:23. No
wonder Jesus Himself proclaimed His DIVINE [not human]
EQUALITY with His Father - Jn.5:18. He revealed A PERFECT
ONENESS in His DUALISTIC DIVISION of existence, and now
dwells forever in the fulness of God, as our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, the blessed and only Potentate - 1Tim.6:15.



"WORTHY IS THE LAMBKIN SLAIN TO GET POWER
AND RICHES AND WISDOM AND STRENGTH, AND
HONOR AND GLORY AND BLESSING!



And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and
underneath the earth and on the sea, and all in them, I hear also
saying
TO HIM WHO IS SITTING ON THE THRONE---TO THE
LAMBKIN---BE BLESSING AND HONOR AND GLORY AND
MIGHT FOR THE EONS OF THE EONS!" Rev.5:12,13
[Concordant Literal]

"Salvation be OUR GOD'S who is sitting on the throne
AND THE LAMBKIN'S!"
Rev.7:10 (Concordant Literal)

"Hear O Israel, YAHWEH [singular] our ELOHIM
is ONE YAHWEH."
Deut.6:4

"I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE"
Jn.10:30

K. Ross McKay