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According to John 1:1-5, 10-14, Jesus pre-existed his incarnation as God. When he came to earth, his identity as God did not change, however he took on the form of a man. In that sense he was fully human, and could experience the full range of humanity. He could eat, feel emotions, go through pain, and experience death. However, this did not change his identity as God. A similar example could be found in a TV show called Undercover Boss. In this show, the CEO of a company secretly takes a lower position within the company (like a delivery driver, or a custodian). This is not known to the employees, so during this time the CEO experiences the company from that position. During this time, he/she is fully employed in that lower position, but he/she is still the CEO. In a sense, this is similar to Jesus Christ. When he came to earth his identity as God did not change, but he also held the identity as the human son of Mary and Joseph. For Paul, he wants his Philippian readers to imitate this humility of Jesus. They are not to pursue glory and status in the eyes of others, but rather like Jesus serve others in order to make them great. I hope that helps to clarify. Blessings!
@@TheBibleEffect Comparing the Greek in Philippians with the Hebrew and the Greek LXX of the 1st creation story, what I was pointing out to you was your explanation is very one-sided, Jesus is divine, not human. Greek gods could come to earth and do the same things you are defining about Jesus. It is a nice high Christology, but for many it is just another Greek myth. Start with a low Christology and see if you can come up with something with a better explanation.
Doesn’t the Bible states that the Holy Ghost over shadow Mary and states that what was going to be born of her it was from the Holy Ghost. And there’s only one that is Holy and that’s God. So for Jesus didn’t have no Jewish blood. It was God’s blood.
The Bible does state that the Holy Spirit was the one who impregnated Mary, not Joseph (Matt 1:18; Luke 1:35). This suggests that Jesus was genetically Mary's child, and thus he was still Jewish by blood. Jesus was not only divine in nature, but also human in nature, as Paul says here in Philippians 2:7, and is attested in other places in Scripture including Galatians 4:4 and Hebrews 2:17. Blessings!
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this helped with sermon prep! Thank you.
Great to hear! Blessings in your sermon!
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So Jesus is divine and only appears to be a human, not really a man.
According to John 1:1-5, 10-14, Jesus pre-existed his incarnation as God. When he came to earth, his identity as God did not change, however he took on the form of a man. In that sense he was fully human, and could experience the full range of humanity. He could eat, feel emotions, go through pain, and experience death. However, this did not change his identity as God. A similar example could be found in a TV show called Undercover Boss. In this show, the CEO of a company secretly takes a lower position within the company (like a delivery driver, or a custodian). This is not known to the employees, so during this time the CEO experiences the company from that position. During this time, he/she is fully employed in that lower position, but he/she is still the CEO. In a sense, this is similar to Jesus Christ. When he came to earth his identity as God did not change, but he also held the identity as the human son of Mary and Joseph. For Paul, he wants his Philippian readers to imitate this humility of Jesus. They are not to pursue glory and status in the eyes of others, but rather like Jesus serve others in order to make them great.
I hope that helps to clarify. Blessings!
@@TheBibleEffect Comparing the Greek in Philippians with the Hebrew and the Greek LXX of the 1st creation story, what I was pointing out to you was your explanation is very one-sided, Jesus is divine, not human. Greek gods could come to earth and do the same things you are defining about Jesus. It is a nice high Christology, but for many it is just another Greek myth. Start with a low Christology and see if you can come up with something with a better explanation.
Doesn’t the Bible states that the Holy Ghost over shadow Mary and states that what was going to be born of her it was from the Holy Ghost. And there’s only one that is Holy and that’s God. So for Jesus didn’t have no Jewish blood. It was God’s blood.
The Bible does state that the Holy Spirit was the one who impregnated Mary, not Joseph (Matt 1:18; Luke 1:35). This suggests that Jesus was genetically Mary's child, and thus he was still Jewish by blood. Jesus was not only divine in nature, but also human in nature, as Paul says here in Philippians 2:7, and is attested in other places in Scripture including Galatians 4:4 and Hebrews 2:17. Blessings!