But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Therefore you are no llonger a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galations 4: 4-7 NKJV
It is sometimes a difficult concept to grasp. That our Lord Jesus would somehow carry a dual nature with Him as both God and man. For some, it's difficult to reason that the almighty creator of the universe would also be as we are. However, as with everything that God does, there is a reason behind this. The scripture tells us that our Lords ways are not our ways, so at times it can be difficult to see His reasoning at first, but we trust that His reasons are for our own well being. That Jesus would be human as well as God, I believe, may not be as difficult to understand as we might think, if we let scripture guide us. We began at creation.
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 2:27 NKJV
So the very first question that one might ask is, "What does God look like?" Well, from scripture we can surmise that God looks...like us. What? God looks like we humans? Now, here's where we must think carefully. For what is it that we, as Gods creation, look like? Is it our physicality of our flesh and bones that define our appearance? Yes, if we are thinking in the terms of the world. However, if we are to see ourselves as being in the image of God, then there is more at stake here. For we know that our Lord is not flesh, but spirit. We are told this in Genesis 1:2 as we are told that the "Spirit of God hovered over the waters" of the still to be created earth. This reference mentions nothing of flesh and bone as we know it. Therefore, if we, as His creation, know that we are created in His own image, then we accept that we. as His creation, are spirit form? Well, there is yet another possibilty here, that being the "spirit nature" of God. Are we created in the spirit nature of our Lord? Is it Gods spirit that defines us? I beleive the answer is yes to both of these questions. Created in our lords spirit image, yet also carrying His spirit attributes. Yes, I said from the begining that this was a sometimes difficult concept to grab hold of.
So, where does this leave Jesus? Well, I also believe that Jesus carried with him both the spirit attributes of God as well as the physical attributes of His creation. Obviously, God needed to physically relate to His creation, so the human aspect of Jesus was neccessary. There is no doubt that Jesus became sin on our behalf in order to put it to death, that is written. However, I also believe that Jesus, as God, also showed to us the spirit nature of our creator.
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not donsider it Robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men. 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. Therefore God has also highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 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, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philipians 2: 5-10 NKJV
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