Christian Theology: God and Humanity

According to the Knossos theory, God becomes incarnate as man and then descends to hell as God.

The biblical picture depicts God becoming incarnate as God-man and then becoming fully God at the ascension.

The incarnational changes were permanent and irreversible.

In his glory, Jesus' glory was fully revealed to all people during his time on earth.

After the ascension, Jesus was again clothed with glory and sat on the throne of God as God only.

The diagram from Brash-Punsell's book illustrates the biblical picture of God becoming incarnate as man and then becoming fully God.

Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man.

The Son of God did not become human.

Immutability means there can be absolutely no change of any kind.

Hebrews 1:10 talks about leaders changing over time.

Jesus Christ's deity changed when he became human.

The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is not immutable.

According to Timothy's words, Jesus is a mediator between God and humans, but only as God.

In the glorified state, Jesus is no longer fully human.

Jesus' purpose in being a man who is still God is solely for redemption.

The resurrected body of Jesus was not able to move through closed doors or take food.

In heaven, Jesus is only seen as the Lamb of God and not as the God-man.

Jesus' glorified body is temporary and will change again in the future.

Jesus prayed to God the Father for wisdom all night.

Angels did not minister unto Jesus when he was in conflict with the devil for 40 days in the wilderness.

Jesus could have called 10,000 angels to rescue him, but he chose not to.

Jesus' prayers were not real, but rather just an example to his disciples.

Jesus did not need to pray to the Father for wisdom because he was already all-knowing.

Jesus was not physically and emotionally strained after 40 days in the wilderness.

Jesus Christ's prayers were not real, but rather a mere setting of a good example.

Christ, as the son of God, was not made a little lower than the angels.

The theanthropic person of Jesus Christ is a portrait of two separate persons, one human and one divine.

Jesus Christ's divine and human characteristics are in competition with each other.

The Kelsedon Creed declares that the two natures of Christ were united with mixture and change.

The hypostatic union refers to the separation of Christ's human and divine natures.

The Council of Chalcedon provided a definitive explanation of the separation of the human and divine in Christ.

The chart from James Buswell's systematic theology discusses the different political parties of the time.

Eutychianism is a view that seeks to mix divine and human in a way that reduces both.

The church sought to formulate a statement about Christ that would deny His true and proper humanity.

The Chalcedon Council sought to combine humanity and deity in a way that would result in a third thing, neither human nor divine.

The failure to combine the elements of Christ's nature properly would result in a correct understanding of Christology.

The statement drafted by the Chalcedon Council was intended to take care of the union of deity and humanity in one person.

The early church was not concerned with affirming the proper distinction of deity and humanity in the one person of Christ.

The church's formulation of a statement about Christ was driven by a desire to reduce His deity and humanity.

The Chalcedon Council's statement about Christ was intended to be a temporary solution to the Christological debates.