Jesus Human or Divin Case
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In the modern Christian religion we are taught about a God that took on human form, and that he did this through a virgin birth. Then we are later taught that his son Jesus Christ died on a cross for each of our sins, and then he came back to life on the third day. In this paper, we will be looking at how Jesus could be both human and divine, and then why the resurrection was necessary in regards to the work of Christ being sufficient.
The first aspect we will tackle is how Christ can be both human and divine. This has to be one of the hardest things for the Christian of today to grasp, and truly understand although I do not think even the best or most educated Christian has a true full understanding. The most important council about this in the history of the church, whose decision has stood for centuries as the model of Christian orthodoxy and is embraced by Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Baptists — virtually every branch of Christendom — is the Council of Chalcedon. It was held in the year 451, in which the church confessed its belief about Jesus in this way: They said that we believe that Jesus is verus homus, verus Deus -truly man, truly God How Could Jesus Be Both Divine and Human. by R. C. Sproul”. We see in Philippians an example of Jesus being both “5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (NKJV). I guess the best proof that Jesus is both human and divine is found in Luke ” 34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” 35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.” (NKJV). Therefore, since Jesus was not conceived in the normal fashion by a man and woman coming together, but instead the Holy Spirit gave her child then Jesus could not help but be both human and divine. Jesus was human because of his mother and divine because of God his father. I guess an easy we to look at this is when breading dogs. If you bread a German Sheppard with a Poodle then you have an animal that is both German Sheppard and Poodle. Although it may look like only one of the breeds, you cannot deny that the dog is both.
So now, let us look at why was the resurrection necessary in regard to the work of Christ being sufficient. My person view on this as I figure many other Christians have the same vies or would agree is that there are many gods people worship such as Buddha, Allah, and Ganesha, but none of these have came back from the dead. If Jesus Christ had stayed in the grave then he would be no different from any of the other gods of the other religions. Since Jesus did rise from the dead, and was seen by many people then this sets him above all the others. This also shows that what was prophesied in the Old Testament was true, and what Jesus said was true. The resurrection of