The Bible preserves the Father and Son distinction without presenting two Gods or two divine Spirits.
Jesus is not the Father as to his humanity as the Son, yet the Father is fully revealed and dwelling in him.
Jesus said that seeing him was seeing the Father, then explained that the Father dwelling in him did the works.
The Son is the man Christ Jesus, born of Mary, who lived in real relation to God. The Father is the eternal Spirit revealed through that human life.
Jesus answers Philip's request to see the Father by pointing to himself, then immediately explains the statement: the Father dwells in him and performs the works. John 14 therefore gives both the revelation and the distinction. The Father is not a second visible divine being standing beside Jesus; the invisible Father is revealed through and dwelling in the Son.
Isaiah places divine titles on the child who would be born, including Mighty God and Everlasting Father. The prophecy does not erase the Son's genuine humanity. It identifies the divine reality revealed in that born Son. The child is born in time, while the God revealed in him is everlasting.
The Father-Son distinction is real because the incarnation is real. The Son can pray to God, obey God, and mediate to God as man. At the same time, Scripture never introduces a second God or a second divine Spirit. The Father is the eternal Spirit, and the Son is the human manifestation in whom that Spirit fully dwells.
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