GeneZ
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Jesus was God. CHOOSING not to *enable* his humanity. That all his enabling was to come from the Father and Holy Spirit, just as a spiritually wise Christian should be. In that manner He was becoming the Pioneer of OUR faith. He was the proving ground designed by God, for man to walk in as to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
Before coming to earth he CHOSE to deny all enabling to his humanity directly from his Deity. It was the plan to provide a perfect humanity to take our place on the Cross and to suck up all our sins on his body.... and die. He stole away our sins, so to speak, and put them to death.
Philippians 2:6-8
Who, being eternally in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Who, being eternally in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
The Lord God of Israel as portrayed in the Torah was having TWO NATURES.
Keep in mind. God is not soul. And, soul is not God. Correct? Jesus said that God is "spirit." (John 4:23-24) Well.. the Lord God of Israel possessed two natures in union, but without a body. Here are some examples from the OT.
Here is the Lord Jehovah of the OT manifesting two natures in union!
And they began to remove the foreign gods from their midst and to serve Jehovah,
so that his soul became impatient because of the trouble of Israel. Jdges 10:16
Jehovah himself examines the righteous one as well as the wicked one, and anyone loving
violence his soul certainly hates." Ps 11:5
That was the Soul of Jesus that was to deny Himself his right to all the powers of God that are rightfully his to have... And, that soul entered the body provided by Mary to make himself as a man. His Deity simply went into a passive mode in regards to enabling the man Jesus. And, had all his power needed by Deity provided by the Holy Spirit, and all thinking and planning provided by the Father through prayer.
Keep in mind. Deity is NOT soul! The Lord God of Israel consisted of both Jehovah and Soul in union.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:23-24
God is 'spirit.' Not, soul. Two natures were being manifested in the Lord God of Israel!
That soul was the soul that became Jesus. That is why he could say the before Abraham was born that he eternally existed!
This is not supposed to be basic doctrine.
grace and peace .......
