THE FATHER AND THE SON
PART 8 — YAHUSHA REVEALS THE FATHER
Understanding How the Son Perfectly Reveals the Father Without Becoming the Father
One of the most profound truths revealed throughout the Scriptures is that the Father has chosen to make Himself known through His Son. This revelation lies at the very heart of the Gospel of the Kingdom. It is not merely that Yahusha came to teach about the Father. He came to reveal the Father. Every word He spoke, every miracle He performed, every act of mercy He demonstrated, every judgment He pronounced, and every aspect of His life revealed the very character of the One who sent Him. Yet in revealing the Father perfectly, He never ceased being the Son. The Scriptures never confuse the Revealer with the One being revealed.
John opens his Gospel by establishing this foundation.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Elohim. All came to be through Him, and without Him not even one came to be that came to be.” (John 1:1–3)
John immediately presents both truths together.
The Word was with Elohim.
The Word was Elohim.
He does not attempt to explain the mystery through philosophical language. Instead, he simply presents the revelation. The Word existed in perfect relationship with Elohim while fully sharing in His divine nature and work.
John continues,
“And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only brought-forth of the Father, complete in favor and truth.” (John 1:14)
Notice carefully what John does not say.
He does not say the Father became flesh.
He says the Word became flesh.
He does not say the Father became the Son.
He says the Word dwelt among us as the only brought-forth of the Father.
The relationship remains intact.
John then reaches one of the greatest statements in his Gospel.
“No one has ever seen Elohim. The only brought-forth Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” (John 1:18)
This verse summarizes the Son’s earthly mission.
He came to declare the Father.
He came to reveal the Father.
He came to make the invisible Elohim known.
The Son is not presented as replacing the Father.
He is presented as revealing Him perfectly.
This same truth appears throughout Yahusha’s ministry.
When Philip asked,
“Master, show us the Father, and it is enough for us,”
Yahusha answered,
“Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” (John 14:8–9)
Many stop reading at verse nine.
The context does not.
Yahusha immediately explains Himself.
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who dwells in Me does His works.” (John 14:10)
The explanation is critical.
Why is seeing Yahusha equivalent to seeing the Father?
Because the Father dwells in Him.
Because the Father works through Him.
Because the Son perfectly reveals everything about the Father’s character, will, authority, and glory.
The relationship explains the revelation.
The Son is the perfect revelation of the Father because He perfectly represents the Father.
This same testimony is repeated by Paul.
“He is the image of the invisible Elohim, the firstborn over all creation.” (Colossians 1:15)
An image reveals what cannot otherwise be seen.
The invisible becomes visible.
The unseen becomes known.
The Father’s character becomes visible through the Son.
Paul continues,
“For in Him all the fullness was pleased to dwell.” (Colossians 1:19)
Again,
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Elohim bodily.” (Colossians 2:9)
These verses do not say the Son is the Father.
They reveal that the fullness of Elohim is manifested in the Son.
Everything the Father desired to reveal concerning Himself is perfectly revealed in Yahusha.
The writer of Hebrews reaches the same conclusion.
“He, being the brightness of His glory and the exact representation of His being, and sustaining all by the word of His power…” (Hebrews 1:3)
The language is remarkable.
Brightness of His glory.
Exact representation of His being.
Not partial.
Not approximate.
Exact.
The Son perfectly reveals the Father.
Yet the very words “His glory” and “His being” continue distinguishing the Father from the Son.
Representation is not confusion.
Revelation is not identity of person.
The Son perfectly manifests the Father while remaining the Son.
This truth also explains why Yahusha repeatedly says His works are the Father’s works.
“The Father who dwells in Me does His works.” (John 14:10)
“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” (John 5:17)
“The works that the Father has given Me to complete, the very works that I do, bear witness concerning Me, that the Father has sent Me.” (John 5:36)
Again the pattern appears.
The Father gives.
The Son accomplishes.
The Father sends.
The Son fulfills.
The Father reveals Himself.
The Son makes Him known.
This understanding also resolves many passages that have unnecessarily divided believers.
When Yahusha forgives sins, He reveals the Father’s mercy.
When He calms the sea, He reveals the Father’s authority over creation.
When He raises the dead, He reveals the Father’s power over life.
When He judges, He exercises the authority the Father has committed to Him.
Everything the Son does reveals the Father because everything the Son does is in perfect harmony with the Father’s will.
This is why Yahusha could say,
“I always do what pleases Him.” (John 8:29)
No prophet ever spoke like this.
No king ever claimed this.
No priest ever lived this.
Only the perfect Son could fully reveal the perfect Father.
This also protects us from two opposite errors.
It prevents us from saying that Yahusha is merely another prophet, because no prophet perfectly revealed the Father.
It also prevents us from saying that the Father and the Son are the same person, because the Scriptures consistently distinguish between the One revealed and the One revealing Him.
The Father remains the Father.
The Son remains the Son.
Yet whoever truly knows the Son comes to know the Father.
Whoever receives the Son receives the Father who sent Him.
Whoever honors the Son honors the Father.
Whoever rejects the Son rejects the Father.
The Son never competes with the Father.
He glorifies the Father.
The Father never diminishes the Son.
He glorifies the Son.
This perfect relationship reveals the beauty of the Gospel of the Kingdom.
The Father planned redemption.
The Son accomplished redemption.
The Ruach HaKodesh applies redemption.
Everything moves toward the glory of Yahuah.
The Son is the perfect image of the invisible Elohim.
The exact representation of His being.
The brightness of His glory.
The perfect revelation of the Father.
The Father is not the Son.
The Son is not the Father.
Yet if you have truly seen the Son, you have seen the Father revealed exactly as the Father intended Him to be revealed.
That is the testimony of the whole counsel of Elohim.
Greg Witter | Ephraim’s Cry
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