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Christology ♦ 175 ^ ^tation of the Holy One of Israel who had declared of old, "that ye
and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there no God formed neither shall there be after me" (Isaiah 43:10).
^ ^ e n men saw the Son of Man, they should have recognized in Him,
the Father incarnate, the very God called mighty man in the Old
®stament (Isaiah 42:13; Exodus 15:3), but they did not. The Pharisees asked
"WhereisthyFather?" Jesusanswered,"Yeneitherknowme,nor TMy athen if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also"
Oohn 8:19, Luke 10:21-22).
It must be understood that there is a great difference between God-Man and nian-God. God-Man is the Word that became flesh to fulfill the promise of I^ah that he would come as a mighty man of war (Ishi), to destroy the wo^ of the enemy. Therefore, God-Man means God is Spirit, blood, and
cs These three are inseparable for eternity. For the Bible declares, "For in
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dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Colossians 2:9). The
n(fleshandblood)livesbytheFather(Spirit). ForChristtestifies,"...Ilive oy t e Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me" (John 6:57).
Even though Christ was the son of the mighty God (Eshi) (Isaiah 42:13), He appeared in the likeness of "enowsh", "anashh", or "enash"; which means mortal, feeble, wicked, woeful man (Daniel 7:13; Romans 8:3f; Fhilippians 2:8) (See also Strong's Concordance, Hebrew 582, 605, 603). However, the earthly physical, spiritual and moral attributes of "anash (feeble, wicked, woeful man) were obviously not inherent to Christ's nature. For indeed, it is one of the dominant themes of the New Testament, that the
nature of Christ was fully efficacious to bring about the salvation of mankind through the Atonement.
Flesh and blood is of God and not corruptible, for even by His death. He swallowed death for eternity and took the keys of hell and of death (Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 1:17,18; Acts 20:28). He came from heaven to become flesh and change us to His nature and we are commanded to put on the new man which is created after God in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians
4:22-24; Colossians 2:11-14; Romans 8:29-30; Romans 6:3-5; Galatians 3:27: Colossians 3:9-10; Ephesiansl:4-12; Colossians 1:15-22).
Some theologians teach that Jesus is a second God, and in doing so, they make him man-God just as Moses was made man-God to Pharaoh. Suchaman-Godhasnodivine poweratall.Thisman-Godisnotsupported in the scriptures. Among the many that make Christ a man-God are the
JehovahWitnessesandBennyHinn. BennyHinnteachesthreeGodheads and nine persons, making Christ a second God with three persons
(Hanegraaff, 123-124).