The Hypostatic Union is the teaching that the Word of God became flesh and we call Him Jesus. Therefore, Jesus is God in human flesh. He is not half God and half man. He is fully divine and fully man. That is, Jesus has two distinct natures: divine and human. As the SCripture says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...14and the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us..." (John 1:1,14). This means that in the divine word became flesh in the single person of Jesus who is, then, both human and divine in nature. The divine nature was not changed. It was not altered in this union. Rather, the divine holy nature of the Word remains as it is.
Furthermore, Jesus is not merely a man who "had God within Him" nor is he a man who "manifested the God principle." He is the second person of the Trinity. "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word," (Heb. 1:3, NIV). Jesus' two natures are not "mixed together," nor are they combined into a new God-man nature. They are separate yet act as a unit in the one person of Jesus. This is called the Hypostatic Union.
Also, in the incarnation, Jesus was made for a while lower than the angels (Heb. 2:9) and under the law (Gal. 4:4). This means that Jesus cooperated with the limitations of being a man (Phil. 2:5-8). In other words, He really was a man and as a man exhibited the proper restrictions of His humanity such as growing taller, eating, growing in wisdom, etc., which would be expected of a real human being.
2007-09-07
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Christ’s divinity is shown over and over again in the New Testament. For example, in John 5:18 we are told that Jesus’ opponents sought to kill him because he "called God his Father, making himself equal with God."
In John 8:58, when quizzed about how he has special knowledge of Abraham, Jesus replies, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am"—invoking and applying to himself the personal name of God—"I Am" (Ex. 3:14). His audience understood exactly what he was claiming about himself. "So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple" (John 8:59).
In John 20:28, Thomas falls at Jesus’ feet, exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" (Greek: Ho Kurios mou kai ho Theos mou—literally, "The Lord of me and the God of me!")
In Philippians 2:6, Paul tells us that Christ Jesus "[w]ho, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped" (New International Version). So Jesus chose to be born in humble, human form though he could have simply remained in equal glory with the Father for he was "in very nature God."
Also significant are passages that apply the title "the First and the Last" to Jesus. This is one of the Old Testament titles of Yahweh: "Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of armies: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god’" (Is. 44:6; cf. 41:4, 48:12).
This title is directly applied to Jesus three times in the book of Revelation: "When I saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the First and the Last’" (Rev. 1:17). "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the First and the Last, who died and came to life’" (Rev. 2:8). "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:12–13).
This last quote is especially significant since it applies to Jesus the parallel title "the Alpha and the Omega," which Revelation earlier applied to the Lord God: "‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8).
2007-09-07 01:39:42
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a million) there is in basic terms one real God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 40 5:5). 2) the father is the only real God (John 17:3; a million Corinthians 8:6). good judgment utilized to Jesus: 3) Jesus is God (Colossians 2:9; a million Timothy 3:sixteen; Isaiah 40 4:6 with Revelation a million:17-18). 4) for this reason, Jesus must be the father (John 14:9; John 10:28-30) good judgment utilized to the Holy Spirit 3) The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God (a million Corinthians 2:11,13; Matthew 3:sixteen with Luke 3:22). 4) for this reason, the Holy Spirit must be the Spirit of the father (Mark 13:11; Luke 12:12 with Matthew 10:20). the excellence isn't between "persons contained in the Godhead," neither is it between "persons" in any respect yet between God contemporary the two as a precise and finished man or woman with a particular human understanding and could and as God all-powerful persevering with to exist aside from humanity with a particular divine understanding and could. Apostolic Believer in one God, JESUS Does Genesis a million:26 tutor that God is a trinity of persons? Hmmm..... "permit's see".....
2016-10-04 03:38:55
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2014-09-26 22:57:08
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Jesus was NEVER God.
(John 5:19) Therefore, in answer, Jesus went on to say to them: “Most truly I say to YOU, The Son cannot do a single thing of his own initiative, but only what he beholds the Father doing. For whatever things that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
2007-09-07 02:06:22
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answered by pugjw9896 7
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Jesus is not God, he is the son of God. He is the second person in the Blessed Trinity. What you read in Hebrew is true the only word change there should be Son of the Living God. The second line of you second paragraph answered your question.
2007-09-07 01:43:02
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answered by trey98607 7
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Yeah...in Islam, Jesus (peace be upon him) was a prophet/messenger of God that God had sent, therefore he was a man.
Constantine in Rome had corrupted Bible for his political purposes.
All Jesus's face images that spread around the world is actually adopted from Zeus's face.
2007-09-07 02:06:02
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answered by Anonymous
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He was the fruit of Divine Sex Harassment to a human being (how could a mortal being refuse the Boss of her religion). So he is a hybrid.
2007-09-07 01:43:50
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answered by CiberNauta 5
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I like to add a few thoughts of my own to what you written. Christ became flesh. He was born of a women making Him man. Just like Christ was born of a women, we must become born of the Spirit. Only way is through faith in Jesus.
2007-09-07 01:39:31
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answered by turtle30c 6
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Easy.
He is fictional. There is absolutely no historic evidence for his existence.
How can Harry Potter be a child magician who does magic? Easy, he is fictional.
The explanation is not what people want to hear, its just right.
2007-09-07 01:48:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus(peace be upon him)cann't be God and Man.He is a Man.God made a miracle by creating Him without a father as created Adam(peace be upon him)without a father or mother.
2007-09-07 01:42:36
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answered by Ahmad 4
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