FHII wrote:
"Second, there are numerous passages that speak of him having to remain in heaven until his still-future coming, yet the Holy Spirit is here now. Is that not a "distinction"? "

Not when Jesus said I will never leave you or forsake you.  Not when we are the Body of Christ, not the Body of the Holy Spirit.
  But Jesus said He was gonna send the HOLY SPIRIT in His place, and He has done so.  He also said that when 2 or 5 gather together in His name, He would be there also.  Now, we know He isn't physically here right now, but He IS GOD, same as His Father and the Holy Spirit, so He can easily be here in spirit, same as He can hear a million prayers at once. "With God, all things are possible."

  As for Isaiah 9:6, here's what a footnote in the NET Bible has to say about its phrase "the everlasting Father:
"This title must not be taken in an anachronistic Trinitarian sense. (To do so would be theologically problematic, for the “Son” is the messianic king and is distinct in his person from God the “Father.”) Rather, in its original context the title pictures the king as the protector of his people. For a similar use of “father” see Isa 22:21 and Job 29:16. This figurative, idiomatic use of “father” is not limited to the Bible. In a Phoenician inscription (ca. 850-800 b.c.) the ruler Kilamuwa declares: “To some I was a father, to others I was a mother.” In another inscription (ca. 800 b.c.) the ruler Azitawadda boasts that the god Baal made him “a father and a mother” to his people. (See ANET 499-500.) The use of “everlasting” might suggest the deity of the king (as the one who has total control over eternity), but Isaiah and his audience may have understood the term as royal hyperbole emphasizing the king’s long reign or enduring dynasty (for examples of such hyperbolic language used of the Davidic king, see 1 Kgs 1:31; Pss 21:4-6; 61:6-7; 72:5, 17). The New Testament indicates that the hyperbolic language (as in the case of the title “Mighty God”) is literally realized in the ultimate fulfillment of the prophecy, for Jesus will rule eternal."



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