How Scripture Defines Oneness!

Scripture speaks clearly on this. Yahuah is one. The Word was with Yahuah and the Word was Yahuah. The Son took on real human flesh. He accepted genuine human limits. He lived in true submission to the Father. Yet He never gave up His divine identity. This truth does not break logic. It stretches our minds beyond what we normally experience.

To grasp it better, we need to define our terms with care.

A being answers the question "What is it?" It points to the nature or essence. It is the fundamental kind of reality something has. Yahuah is one divine being. There is only one divine nature or essence. There are not multiple divine kinds or separate divine substances scattered around. Essence is the same idea. It answers "What is it?" Yahuah's essence is the single, infinite divine nature. There is only one divine "what."

A person answers the question "Who is it?" A person is a self-aware subject. It is the "I" who can speak, relate, will, love, and interact with others. In our human experience, one being always equals one person. One human nature means one human "I." That pattern holds true for created beings like us. But it is not a universal rule of logic that binds the infinite Yahuah. Yahuah is omnipotent and omnipresent. He is not limited by the rules that govern finite creatures. Scripture reveals one divine being. One divine essence or nature. That one being exists with real personal distinctions. The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the Father. Yet both are fully identified as Yahuah. John 1:1 puts it plainly. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yahuah, and the Word was Yahuah." The Word is distinct from Yahuah the Father, yet He fully shares the same divine nature. This is not two separate beings. It is one being. One essence. Expressed in distinct personal ways.

The incarnation adds even more depth to this mystery without creating extra gods. The Son did not stop being divine when He became human. Philippians 2:6–7 describes it well. He existed in the form of Yahuah, yet He emptied Himself, took the form of a servant, and was born as a man. He assumed a complete human nature, which includes a human mind and a human will. That is why He could say in Mark 13:32 that no one knows the day or hour of His return. Not the angels. Not even the Son. Only the Father. That limitation belongs to His real humanity. It does not mean any lack in His divine nature or essence. Hebrews 2:9 makes this clear too. We see Yahusha, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, now crowned with glory and honor. The lowering was real. The suffering was real. The exaltation is real. This is the same one who forgave sins, received worship, and was called "My Lord and my God" by Thomas in John 20:28. He is the same one who walked in humility and perfect obedience. We hold these truths together carefully. One divine being means one undivided divine nature or essence. Distinct personal identities exist within that one being. The Son became truly incarnate. He became truly humble in His human role. He remains eternally glorious in His divine person. Scripture will not let us collapse any of these into something simpler. The tension stays because the reality of Yahuah is bigger than our human categories.

So how can one essence exist with more than one self-aware person?

The key is that essence is not the same as person-hood.

Essence or nature answers what something is. Person answers who someone is. There is no logical rule that says one infinite essence cannot be fully possessed by more than one personal subject. That idea only feels obvious to us because we have only ever known finite beings. In finite things, sharing essence would require division. Like two humans needing two separate bodies and two portions of matter. But Yahuah is not material. The divine essence is not a physical substance that can be sliced or divided. It is indivisible, unlimited, and fully present in each person without any loss or partition.

The Father is fully Yahuah. 

The Son is fully Yahuah. 

They are not half Yahuah each. They are not 50/50 shares. 

They share the same undivided divine nature completely. The personal distinctions do not split the essence. Those distinctions exist within the one essence.

If this stretches your mind, that is exactly what should happen. We are used to creatures. Yahuah is not a bigger version of a creature. Infinity breaks our creaturely assumptions.

Other explanations fall short. If you remove the personal distinctions, then the Father talking to the Son becomes mere play-acting. If you remove the unity of essence, you end up with multiple gods. Scripture rejects both options.

The point is not that we fully understand the inner mechanics. The point is that revelation shows us one divine nature fully shared, along with real personal distinctions. Nothing in logic forbids this for an infinite being.

We are like people trying to measure the ocean's depth with lungs made for shallow water. The fact that it overwhelms us does not make it contradictory. It simply means the subject is far larger than our minds can fully contain. Scripture presents the truth this way on purpose. To humble us. To stretch us. And ultimately to draw us into worship of Yahuah who is one yet richly relational within Himself, made up of the Father and the Son.