Jesus Christ equal with God the Father, hence God.
After the resurrection, Jesus appeared unto his disciples, and said to them, as recorded in the closing chapter of Matthew:
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.[A]
[Footnote A: Matt. 28:18, 19.]
Observe that the Lord Jesus Christ is placed upon a footing of equal dignity with God the Father, and with the Holy Ghost. This brings to mind the scripture of Paul, where he says, speaking of Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.[A]
[Footnote A: Phil. 2:6.]
So also is Christ given equal station with the Father and with the Holy Ghost in the apostolic benediction over and over again.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
In these several passages we have Jesus Christ, after his resurrection, asserting that all power had been given unto him, both in heaven and in earth; he is placed upon a footing of equal dignity with God the Father in the holy Trinity—in the Grand Triumvirate which constitutes the Presiding Council or Godhead reigning over our heavens and our earth—hence God.