FATHER = SON
(Grounded in Genesis 19 & Proverbs 8)
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1. The Rule of Identity (1 = 1)
• God is One.
• Unity is not a concept but self-identity.
• Whatever God does, God remains God.
• Expression does not divide identity.
So the question is not whether Father and Son are one,
but how unity acts without breaking.
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2. Genesis 19:24 — YHWH acting as YHWH
“And YHWH rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from YHWH out of the heavens.”
This verse contains:
• One Name (YHWH)
• Two loci (earth and heaven)
• One action
• No division of identity
YHWH acts as YHWH from YHWH.
This establishes the Torah pattern:
Unity can operate in distinct locations without becoming two.
There is no secondary authorization.
No angel mediating the Name.
The Name self-authenticates.
Conclusion from Genesis 19:
The acting YHWH and the heavenly YHWH are numerically one.
Therefore: Father = Son in action and identity, not by collapse, but by unity.
3. Proverbs 8:22 — Wisdom created as Beginning
“YHWH created me as the beginning of His way…”
Key points:
• Wisdom is created.
• Wisdom is before creation.
• Wisdom is with God.
• Wisdom acts with God in ordering all things.
Scripture later identifies Wisdom with the Son (Logos), embodied as Jesus Christ (chatgpt://generic-entity?number=0).
This yields a precise structure:
• Father = uncaused source (YHWH as origin)
• Son/Wisdom = caused beginning of God’s way
• Identity = one
• Origin = not the same
Conclusion from Proverbs 8:
The Son is created, yet bears the full identity and authority of YHWH.
Creation does not negate unity.
4. Putting Genesis 19 and Proverbs 8 Together
These two texts solve what later theology complicated:
• Genesis 19 shows unity acting without division.
• Proverbs 8 shows unity expressing itself as a created beginning.
So:
• The Father is YHWH as unoriginated unity.
• The Son is YHWH as originated expression.
• The Name is one.
• The will is one.
• The identity is one.
This is not:
• Two gods ❌
• Modalism ❌
• Nicene co-uncausedness ❌
It is:
One God, one Name, one identity —
expressed as uncaused source and caused beginning.
5. Final Statement (Closed)
Father = Son means:
• Not the same origin
• Not the same mode
• But the same God, the same Name, the same identity
As Scripture already shows:
YHWH acts as YHWH from YHWH (Genesis 19).
YHWH brings forth His own beginning (Proverbs 8).
Unity is preserved.
Identity is intact.
Authority is self-authenticating.
Son of Benjamin