Think about this and please, don't just 'read' the words. I'm simply saying 'why I believe God (Yahweh, Jehovah) is a separate being from Jesus.'
Jesus is the son of our Father, God. He is not equal to God, he is not Jehovah God. Example; My son is not me...he is like me, he has half of my genes and somewhat resembles and thinks like me....in the same way he is part me, I am his father. I raised him, taught him, and loved him. His wisdom does not equal mine.
God made all things starting with his son the Word (Michael, Jesus), who was with Him (God) in the beginning, in Heaven.. The Word, we know is Jesus (human name). His name as a spirit creature was Michael the Archangel, the first spirit creature whom God created...before anyone or anything else. The name Michael in Hebrew means 'who is like God'. Every creation AFTER Michael, was created by God but WITH His Son at his side. As the Bible says 'in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God'. He was there when His Father created all of the other angels, all of the universe.
God knew Jesus way before He was born as a human. He was sent to live on earth by God, through Mary, as a human with a human birth.
That's what makes the sacrifice so huge. Perfect human Jesus, sacrificed to balance perfect (at one point in time) sinful, Adam and his offspring (the rest of mankind). Jesus was a perfect MAN and showed man it was possible. It would be easy for Jesus to be perfect if he was God..what would that prove? It says in the Bible that Jesus learned of his previous life only after his baptism. He didn't know growing up.
God was not just sacrificing a 33 year old human, He was sacrificing his first creation whom He loved so much and who was with Him for eons.
If Jesus is God, why would He look to heaven and pray to Himself? Who was running the universe while God was supposedly being Jesus? Why would Satan try to tempt Jesus if he knew Jesus was God? .....makes no sense to me. Why would we believe that God would die on the cross?...God doesn't and cannot die. I can go on and on to prove Jesus and God are two different entities.
I have read maybe 2 times in the Bible where it seems like it's saying Jesus and God are the same. Many Bibles were changed and added to, for the suitors....we have to go back to, or as close to, original Hebrew and Greek scriptures with good translation. Translation not by a kings influence of his scribes.
I can understand why many of you would choose not to believe this, even if it makes complete sense to you, you won't and can't admit it.
For one, and this is a big one, you couldn't sit in your church and listen to a religious leader teach things that are untrue. You can't change the church's teachings. A church you may have been a part of for a long time, all your friends and family may be there. It's much easier to say that steveo is full of it, and doesn't know squat.........can't say I'd blame you.
Please believe me, I'm not trying to be like a 'know it all' and am way far from knowing much of anything. Just wanted to see if you would/could look at this a different way, maybe make the puzzle pieces fit a little better...Or, maybe you could change my understanding, but you'd have to prove it, not just say it.
What I've stated above is what makes sense to me. Again, I'm not intending to make your blood boil, and apologize if I offend...peace out.