| What is meant by the term "Oneness?" The term "oneness" means sameness or singleness. In other words, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost are one and the same. The godhead is not comprised of three separate and distinct persons but One Almighty God who manifested Himself as the Father in creation, as the Son in redemption, and as the Holy Ghost in the church. I Timothy 3:16, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." John 4:24, "God is a spirit" Luke 24:39, "a spirit hath not flesh and bones" John 1:18, "No man hat seen God at any time" God is an invisible Spirit, so he chose to wrap himself in human flesh and manifest Himself as the Son in order to have a body which could die as the sacrifice for sin. Colossians 1:13-17, "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (v. 14) in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (v. 15) who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (v. 16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him: (v. 17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Colossians 2:9, "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." 2 Corinthians 5:19, "To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself…" Jesus was the fleshly embodiment of God. John 14:8-9, "Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficieth us. (v. 9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not know me, Philip? He that hat seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" In these verses Jesus was affirming Himself to be the Father; thus, confirming the prophecy concerning him in Isaiah (9:6, "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, Counselor, The might God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Please note that Jesus was called the everlasting Father, and not the everlasting Son. The office of Son was for a designated purpose and a designated time. Matthew 1:21, "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins." The position of son was for the purpose of offering a perfect sacrifice, for Him to save His people. We see this office abolished in 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Adam Clark, the noted Bible commentator, had the following comments on verse 28, (the Son also himself be subject), "When the administration of the kingdom of Grace is finally closed: when there shall be no longer any state of probation, and consequently, no longer need of a distinction between the kingdom of grace and the kingdom of glory: then the Son, as being man and messiah, shall cease to exercise any distinct dominion: and God be all in all: there remaining no longer any distinction of persons of the glorious Trinity, as acting any distinct or separate parts in either kingdom of grace or the kingdom of glory: and so the one infinite essence shall appear undivided and eternal. And yet, as there appears to be a personality essentially in the infinite Godhead, that personality must exist eternally; but how this shall be we can neither tell nor know till that time which we shall see Him as He is. The hypothesis that the person Jesus was giving up a government kingdom to the person Father is unequivocally refuted in Isaiah 9:7, "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end…" the explicit purpose of the Son was to be the Savior; and when the last enemy is destroyed, there shall be no one else to save, so the Son will have fulfilled His messianic mission. Therefore, the position of Son and Messiah shall cease and "God shall be all in all." |