(Fwd) Is God a Person in His Divine Nature?

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Lynne Yohnk writes:

 It would appear that the word person in Heb. 1:3 may be better
translated "substance". In David K. Bernard's book The Oneness of God
I quote " The word person does not appear in relation to God either,
except twice in the KJV. Job 13:8 refers to showing partiality. 
Hebrews 1:3 says the Son is the express image of God's person(meaning
nature or substance), not a second person.  The bible never uses the
word "persons" to describe God. ( The only possible exception, Job
13:10, would demolish trinitarianism if it applies to God!)"

It would seem that the only "person" we have when speaking of God is
Jesus Christ himself. Very interesting!

I write:
Yes it is definitely not a word used in reference to God, the word 
person is never used when speaking of the Divine nature of God. In 
Hebrews 1:3 it makes sense and goes with the rest of the Bible that 
He is the visible image or the express image of the nature or 
substance of God, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father, is what 
Jesus said.  Seeing Jesus as a person when robed in flesh, is seeing 
God , the Father.  John 12: 44-45 is clear on this, believing in 
Jesus is believing in God, seeing Jesus is seeing God.  What a 
beautiful, wonderful message this revelation is.  As God He has 
always been, I AM THAT I AM, the never changing One, always the same, 
but as a person, in his humanity, he grew, got tired, prayed more 
intensely, etc. We know the man or the person, Jesus Christ, but he 
is not just a man, He is the Almighty God manifested in the flesh. I 
like the quote from Brother Bernard, thanks for including it here.
Gerald Drost
gdrost@nbnet.nb.ca