John 12
44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.
Of course, who sent Christ?......who was in Christ?
Col 1:15-17
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—
all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
These are in the context:
(Col 1:3) We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
(Col 1:12) Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
(Col 1:13) Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
(Col 1:14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Image:
G1504
εἰκών
eikōn
i-kone'
From G1503; a likeness, that is, (literally) statue, profile, or (figuratively) representation, resemblance: - image.
Total KJV occurrences: 23
Yes, Jesus is the exact representation, likeness and image of His Father.
Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
(Heb 1:1) God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
(Heb 1:2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
(Heb 1:3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
(Heb 1:4) Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
The picture of the risen/glorified Christ once receiving the promises from the Father.
John10:30
I and the Father are one.”
Of course, and we are one with them:
(Joh 17:21) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
(Joh 17:22) And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
(Joh 17:23) I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
We only need to ascertain whose word did Jesus speak, then this makes perfect sense without the need for philosophical mumbo jumbo.
Rev 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
There's one and only God as there's one and only Christ......The one and only unique God begot the Son, who is the unique, one and only Christ.
These both can be spoken of as the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, because there is none other like them.
One God the Father and One Christ, the Messiah.
(1Co 8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
(1Ti 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
