What does "equal with God" mean?

Paul says of Jesus—"He thought it not robbery to be equal with God." 

Does Paul here not contradict what you have often asserted—that Jesus is not the Deity?

I still assert the same, and Paul does not contradict me. 

Jesus stood in the place of the Deity Himself to speak to a rebellious world. 

What medium in heaven—or on earth could bring back the Spirit, which had broken the link that bound him to his body? 

Not all the Spirits in heaven combined could restore you to the body. 

The chain—the silver cord—once snapped, can be joined no more. 

Jesus my Prince, and He alone could do it, for on him was bestowed all power by the Great Spirit, and from Him only could the power proceed. 

Have I not seen him in the fullness of that power order the Spirit back to the body? 

In the fullness of that power, He rules in heaven, earth and hell—the Great Governor over all this system of worlds. 

Paul does not contradict my assertion, for you will notice, he does not say, "He was equal with God," but that "he thought it not robbery to be equal with God," inasmuch as the divine power he wielded was the gift of Him who alone could bestow it. 

There was no robbery—there could be none, for to Jesus was given the Spirit without measure. 

He was the very embodiment of the Great Spirit, yet he himself never said—"I am the Great Spirit—the Source of All Being—the Creator and Father of All."

But John in the Gospel ascribed to him says—"All things were made by him?"

Had I not had many opportunities of studying Jesus, I might have come to a different conclusion on this point. 

Many times I could have worshipped him, and had I been Greek instead of Persian, this would have been the case, but conversant with the prophecies about him, I was prepared to receive him as indeed He was—the great Deliverer sent from God. 

How his disciples should come to entertain any other idea, I do not know.

Hafed, Prince of Persia—His Experiences in Earth Life and Spirit Life