Be honest: large parts of the Church today talk about Jesus as if He’s simply interchangeable with God the Father. But that’s not what Scripture teaches.
Paul made it clear: God is the head of Christ (1 Cor 11:3). He said that after all things are put under Christ’s rule, even then — at the end — the Son will still be subject to the Father, so that “God may be all in all” (1 Cor 15:28). That’s eternal subjection, not temporary. And it doesn’t threaten Christ’s divinity — it defines it in biblical terms.
But somewhere along the line, the main Churches got scared. Arius twisted subjection into denial of Christ’s divinity, and in response, the Churches overcorrected. The language changed. “Subjection” disappeared. Everything became about “equal essence,” “co-equal authority,” and abstract sameness.
In doing that, they started flattening the Godhead. They stopped talking like Paul. They stopped talking like Jesus.
Even in Revelation, after the resurrection and ascension, Jesus still says the Father is His God. That never changed. And it never will.
The Son is divine — no question. But He is not the Father, and He has never claimed to be. He came to do the Father’s will. He speaks the Father’s words. He returns the kingdom to the Father. And He remains subject to the Father forever.
It’s time to stop being more careful than Scripture. Christ’s eternal subjection to God is not a problem — it’s part of the gospel. And if we reject that, we’re not defending His glory — we’re rewriting it.
God is still the head of Christ. And that’s still the truth.
