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Another thought I have here is how Jesus is both the bread and He who gives the bread.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
I see confusion in similar expository passages. Many people I talk to conceive of the 'way' as the Holy Spirit (non-Jesus entity) which Jesus gave as means to communion and intercession between the realms of God and man. As if Jesus couldn't make the way and be the way at the same time. But relevant passages in the Gospel say otherwise:
John 14:3-6
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way"
Quoting: Bee Free The Glory of God in Exodus 16:7 is even treated as a distinct person from God, as you can see.
Yes, I see. There's plenty of language in the epistles that clears up the matter almost perfectly. Especially Paul's discussion on the various manifestations and gifts of the Spirit being of one single Spirit. But I'm trying to keep my premises within the scope of the OT and four accounts of the Gospel for now. But, soon. Soon I will argue unabashedly.
1 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 They all ate
the same spiritual food4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from
the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and
that rock was Christ.5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Philippians 1:19
For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
1 John 4:13
By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
1 Corinthians 12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body--whether J.ews or Gentiles,
slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ...
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit...
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Philippians 1:27
Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know
that you stand firm in the one Spirit…
1 Corinthians 12:11
There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person...
