Subject: Must Christ have had a human nature? |
Bible Note: Hi Emmaus, Adam and Eve were created and declared good. They were made in the image and likeness of God. We know that God is good. Genesis 5:2, "He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man [Literally, Adam] in the day when they were created." We don't see the word "human" in the Scriptures until Leviticus 5:3, "Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty." Adam and Eve did not become guilty until they knew good and evil. They were created good, but as you say, they had now have fallen. The point I wish to make is that when Christ came He came as the second Adam [Man] not as the fallen man of the first Adam's condition. So my question continues to be, must we portray Christ as just a man or can we simply know Him as the perfect Man. Can we not be satisfied that He came in the likeness of men, flesh and bones, etc. etc. But He came in the likeness of the first created Adam [Man]. From the heart, Ray |