The Deity of the Son Asserted Against Oneness Doctrine

Oneness believers claim that the deity of Jesus was the Father in Heaven, while the Son was His humanity on earth, not existing prior to the incarnation. They explicitly deny the deity of the Son. In other words, Jesus is God, but the Son is not. There are some serious biblical problems with that assertion.

Consider the words of Jesus in John 6:62: "Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?" He doesn't say "where I was," which would allow for the Oneness doctrine. Rather, He explicitly states where the Son was before, which excludes the Oneness doctrine. When was this fulfilled? "When He had said these things, as they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as He went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, 'Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven'" (Acts 1:9-11). Here, in the literal, physical fulfillment of Jesus's earlier words, the angels identify Him as Jesus. Therefore, simple logic requires us to equate Jesus with the Son, and, if one is God, then both names must refer to deity.