[OGIA]

Originally Posted by Chan

I agreed that Jesus did say He manifested His Father's name. But to go beyond that is nothing more than INTERPRETATION of scripture.

Do you have an opinion as to WHAT His Father's name is/was?

The same way that a human male can be a father and yet he is not his fatherhood. The same way a son can be like his father yet he is not like his father's fatherhood.

I quit analogizing God a while back.

How can God only manifest certain parts of Himself (not His fatherhood) when scripture says "GOD was manifest in flesh"? Aren't you reading an interpretation into that belief?

It is the name of God...

Cool. So, where scripture says "God" we can always insert YHVH, right?

I think you (and maybe certain others here like Brother Epley) confuse "manifest" with "became."

I don't know about others, but if the Word became flesh and God was manifest in flesh and the Word was God, isn't it plausible to assume that "God became flesh"?

GOD is not the Messiah, God's only begotten Son is the Messiah.

Hmmmm? Isn't the Messiah God?

Well, here's the passage: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." Show me where it "clearly" tells us the name of the logos.

What was the name of the One who was made flesh, whose glory they beheld?