The Two Natures Of Jesus

In my book, to believe in the Trinity is also to believe in the two natures of Christ in one person. A hypostatic union, a presence of both the divine and human natures of Jesus in one person is a difficult concept to understand as once again the divine nature comes up against human thoughts and words. To go further, you can explore enhypostasis in which the human nature of Jesus is sustained by His divine nature; or anhypostasis in which the human nature of Jesus would not exist without His divine nature.

Even in the Old Testament, Jesus is clearly seen:

⁶For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 9:6-7 (NASB)

To put it another way, there is no Jesus the man without God in the person of Jesus. Another mystery along the lines of one God, three Persons, distinct yet inseparable. It gets even more difficult to grasp:

⁵Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

⁶who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁷but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

Philippians 2:5-7 (NASB)

This passage describes what is referred to as kenosis, the voluntary, self-emptying act by Jesus in assuming human nature. Yet He is still God. For even in His human form, Jesus in His public ministry did not always suppress His deity. He raised the dead, healed the blind, the deaf, the sick. He did things that clearly proclaim Him as God.

There has never been anyone as incredibly complex as Jesus, because God has never walked the earth as man other than through Jesus.

I often wonder if it is the teachings of Jesus that so offend so many; or is it many cannot countenance the fact that a man lived who was so much better than they could ever be because He was God.

I would love to hear what you think.