What needs to be understood…is that
The Word of God is about God himself.
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When it's said that there is no God before YHVH, it's speaking of every other deity that mankind creates and calls God.
Whether it be Satan, Money, Behophet, Baal, Gold Cows, Water, Earth, The Sun, The Moon… whatever…
None of those things are truly God…nor ever will be.
They all come from God, and are part of creation.
The Word of God, however…
is God revealing himself to creation.
It's clear to understand that what is revealed is the same as the revealer.
The only difference is….
what is revealed does not encompass the infinite totality of The Revealer.
It is limited to what creation can perceive.
If there was a being that could perceive God's totality, that being would be equal to God.
but there is no such being except God himself.
Not even The Word of God can be equal to the totality of God, because The Word of God is limited to what can be perceived.
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If at any point something other than God, could perceive the totality of YHVH, only then will The Word of God be equal with God.
So yes, The Word of God…is God himself for it has potential to encompass the totality…but it never can and never will therefore, forever being The Son of God.