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(v) The Father And Jesus Are Equally Elohim, But The Father Is Greater Than The Son:

The Family of God (Elohim) is revealed to us in the Scriptures as God the Father and God the Son. Both make up the Godhead, are composed of spirit, and exist eternally. Being perfect in love and character and one in agreement, they are separate individual spirit beings. God the Father is greater than the Son, though He shares all that He has with the Son. Jesus Christ accomplishes through the Holy Spirit the Father's will by revealing His Father's love, will, and plan of salvation to repentant men and women.

Psalms 110:1 - AFV

1.   The LORD (God the Father) said unto my Lord (Jesus Christ), "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies as Your footstool."
(C.R. Isaiah 66:1-2; Acts 2:34-35, 7:49; Hebrews 1:13, 10:13)

Matthew 22:41-46 - AFV

41.   While the Pharisees were assembled together, Jesus questioned them,
42.   Saying, "What do you think concerning the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to Him, "The Son of David."
43.   He said to them, "How then does David in spirit call Him Lord, saying,
44.   'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet" '?
45.   Therefore, if David calls Him Lord, how is He his Son?"
46.   And no one was able to answer Him a word, neither dared anyone from that day to question Him any more.

Luke 20:41-44 - AFV

41.   Then He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is the Son of David?
42.   Even David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand
43.   Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet." '
44.   Therefore, since David calls Him Lord, how is He his Son?"

John 1:1-3 - AFV

1.   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2.   He was in the beginning with God.
3.   All things came into being through Him, and not even one thing that was created came into being without Him.

John 10:34-38 - AFV

34.   Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?
35.   If He called them gods, to whom the Word of God came (and the Scriptures cannot be broken),
36.   Why do you say of Him Whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
37.   If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.
38.   But if I do, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works; so that you may perceive and may believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."

John 14:28 - AFV

28.   "You have heard Me say to you that I am going away, and that I will come to you again. If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I said, 'I am going to the Father' because My Father is greater than I."

John 17:5, 8 - AFV

5.   "And now, Father, glorify Me with Your own self, with the glory that I had with You before the world existed...
8.   For I have given them the words that You gave to Me; and they have received them and truly have known that I came from You; and they have believed that You did send Me."

John 17:21-24 - AFV

21.   "That they all may be one, even as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, in order that the world may believe that You did send Me.
22.   And I have given them the glory that You gave to Me, in order that they may be one, in the same way that We are one:
23.   I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one; and that the world may know that You did send Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
24.   Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me may also be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory, which You have given Me; because You did love Me before the foundation of the world."

Hebrews 1:3 - AFV

3.   Who, being the brightness of His glory and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His own power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;