Please clarify my doubts. Is Jesus is God? If not, what about John 1:1-2. If yes, how? ~ Vanguru Venkateswar Lu
The Godhead made mankind, or God made man. Just as mankind is represented by several persons (several billion today), the Godhead is represented by persons, too (three: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit).
Three times in English translations of the New Testament the word “Godhead” appears (Acts 17:29; Romans 1:20; Colossians 2:9). The related Greek words translated “Godhead” mean “divine,” “divinity” or “God.” The Greek word appearing as “Godhead” in Acts 17:29 is translated as “divine,” relating to God’s “power” and “nature” in 2 Peter 1:3-4.
All three persons of the Godhead possess the qualities of divinity or being God, just as the billions of people inhabiting our planet all possess the qualities of being human. Throughout both testaments of the Bible one can see that divine qualities are attributed to each of the three persons of the Godhead. In addition, one can see the unity with which these three persons of the Godhead operate. For instance, it is evident both from passages relative to creation that all three of the persons in the Godhead participated in it. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Gen 1:26 NKJV emphasis added). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:1-3). “[A]nd to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:9 emphasis added). See also Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1:2-3 and Revelation 4:11.
In addition regarding redemption, God the Father sent inspired messages to humans through God the Holy Spirit, which messages comprise the Bible (2 Peter 1:21). At the right time, God the Father also sent God the Son (Jesus Christ) to be the perfect sacrifice for man’s sins (John 3:16).
Likewise, on a number of topics and from page to page in the Bible one can see the divine cooperation in the Godhead’s activities toward humans. The ultimate goal of the Godhead is that humans can purify their souls and ready themselves for an eternity with the Godhead in heaven. The Godhead desires that all humans be saved (2 Peter 3:9), though because of the ability to choose, many will be lost eternally (Matthew 7:13-14).
