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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
Yes, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.
On the Your throne quote, you left out most of the verse, it is
“Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever,
and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9You have loved righteousness
and hated wickedness;
therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
above Your companions with the oil of joy.”g
God's throne does endure for ever..and God, the God of our Lord Jesus did anoint him and gave him as a reward for his work of salvation, the reign over His kingdom. If you only include the 1st part, you would think that part is referring to Jesus. You have to read the whole thing to grasp it. In fact, if you read the whole 1st chapter of Hebrews it really gives an impressive view of God and his Christ and the work of God. Quite similar to what Paul prays we would all see in Ephesians.
You know, of course that Paul told Timothythat there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.. we definitely see godliness manifested in this man- Thank God for that!
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And the point of all this is, I think, that yes (once again) - it is a mystery! If we could grasp God, then He wouldn't be God, would He?
Sorry, but for every verse you might put up, I can likely do a verse showing Christ's deity.
So where does that leave us?
Like the Armenians and Calvinists, they hold to just their set of scriptures that seems to neatly reinforce their side of the picture. I always like to say when someone asks, "Is this side right or that side right?" "They both are." Can I tie a neat little bow around it and say, "I've got it all figured out!"? Nope, can't do that with my limited, human mentality.
It's kinda like John Locke is quoted as saying:
"I cannot fathom the mystery of a single flower; Neither was it intended that I should!"