A man and his wife become "one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). Yet ,they remain 2 separate individuals and "the head of a woman is her husband" (1 Corinthians 11:3). Similarly, the oneness of God and Jesus (John 10:30) means unity of purpose and does not make them the same person or equals. Jesus is the "beginning of all creation" (Revelation 3:14), God's first creature, whom he used to create everybody and everything else (Colossians 1: 15-16). He is one of the angels God made before he created the earth (Job 38:4-7 ; John 17:5). God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit appeared as separate individuals at Jesus' baptism (Matthew 3:16-17). Jesus Christ himself said, "The Father is greater than I" and called his Father "the only true God" (John 14:28 ; 17:3). Jehovah himself said, "Besides me there is no God" (Isaiah 44:6 ; Psalm 83:18).1 Corinthians 11:3 also says, "the head of Christ is God".
1 Corinthians 8: 6 says,"There is actually to us one God, the Father,... and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ". See also 1 Timothy 2:5. After his 1,000-year reign (Revelation 20:1-6), Jesus Christ will hand over the kingdom to his God and Father (1 Corinthians 15:20-28).
What about the Holy Spirit?
* The Holy Spirit , "the power of the Most High", came upon Mary and overshadowed her while she was pregnant with Jesus (Luke 1:35).
*It came upon Jesus during his baptism (Matthew 3: 16-17).
*Jesus blew on his disciples and said, "Receive the holy spirit" (John 20:22-23).
*The holy spirit is known but not seen by Christ's disciples (John 14: 16-17) and will remind them and us about all the things Christ said (John 14:26).
*After the 120 disciples received the holy spirit at Pentecost, it was Peter and the other apostles (not the holy spirit) who spoke verbally to the people (Acts 2:1-36).
* The holy spirit didn't write a single book in the Bible, lay hands on anyone or travel to visit anyone as Paul and the other disciples did. "Men spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit" (2 Peter 1:21 ; 1 Peter 1:11-12). See also Exodus 31: 1-3; Numbers 11: 16-30; Judges 14:19 ; 15:14 ; Psalm 51:11 ; Ezekiel 37: 1-10; Luke 11:13 ; Acts 2:4; 5:32 ; 7:55-56 ; 8: 14-17 ; 10 : 44-48 and 19: 1-7 . The holy spirit can be distributed among many persons without any loss to the person doing the impartation (e.g. John 20: 22-23 ; Acts 8: 14-17 ; 10 : 44-48 and 19: 1-7) . God says, "I will pour out SOME OF MY SPIRIT on every sort of flesh" (Acts 2:17).
Therefore, the holy spirit is God's active force that He uses to achieve His purposes (Luke 1:35). While Jehovah God (Psalm 83:18) and Jesus Christ are in heaven (Acts 7:55-56), the holy spirit is inhabiting many persons (including God and Jesus) in both heaven and the earth.
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