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God the Father in Supreme Command
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Daniel 7:13-14  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) The Ancient of Days, the One who became known as the Father, is seated on a throne. He wears clothing and has shining white hair. Yet, the "One like the Son of Man" is also a divine Being. So, we see two God Beings in the same place and at the same time, and it is designated that the second is the One who will bear rule in the kingdoms of men. John W. Ritenbaugh Image and Likeness of God (Part 2)

John 10:30  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Jesus said that He and His "Father" are "one" (John 10:30; 17:11), yet it is plain that the Father is greater in authority (John 14:28; I Corinthians 11:3). The Father and Son are one in purpose and attitude, but the Father is greater in authority since Christ—the "Word," or Logos—made all things by His authority. The Father has always been in supreme command in the Family or Kingdom of God—long before the Word became a human being. What It Means to Be Born Again

John 14:10  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Of and by Himself, Jesus had no more power than any other human being. But because the Father in heaven was actively, dynamically working in and through Him, and because Jesus yielded to Him—whenever power was needed to heal, to raise somebody from the dead, to make food multiply—God did the miracle. Not Jesus Christ—God did it. He responded to Jesus' requests because He was perfectly submissive to the Father in doing His will. If it can be put this way, this is what we need to work toward. John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 26)

Acts 2:24  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Twenty-three times a similar statement is made in the Scriptures. Someone else, the Father, God, raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Jesus could not do it Himself! He was dead. John W. Ritenbaugh Fully Man and Fully God?

1 Corinthians 8:5  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) "There are gods many, and lords many." In verse 6, Paul says, "But to us there is but one God." It seems Paul is saying that God has some competition, that He is not alone among the gods. This is also seen in Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 86:8; 97:9; 135:5. John W. Ritenbaugh

Hebrews 1:1-3  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) The apostle is extolling the present power of the One we worship. His authority and abilities have returned to what they were before He became a man. One of the ideas we are to take from this statement is that, if God were somehow to die, everything would shortly fly apart, so that even the physical life we now possess would end. Thus, anyone who believes God is confronted with an issue of clear, biblical logic about who sits at the controls of the universe under the Father. John W. Ritenbaugh Power Belongs to God (Part Two)

 

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