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God, False Prophets & Teachers
The cross highlights, in the most graphic possible manner, the humanity of Jesus. It cannot be overstated that Jesus was not half God and half man. Jesus was fully God and fully man, and though we have no problem speaking of the God qualities of Jesus, I am convinced that we struggle to wrap our minds around the humanity of our Lord. He was not even some superhuman species that was somehow immune to all the human ills like splinters, sore muscles, fatigue, skin rash, swimmers’ ear, and sunburn. In fact, Isaiah would say of the Suffering Servant, “Like a root out of parched ground; he has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him” (Isaiah 53:2). Jesus was not some new and improved breed of man. He took on flesh like ours, and he suffered in the same ways as we do. It was essential that Christ take on human flesh to redeem all that had been lost. Anything less would fail to accomplish God’s purpose of redemption. God’s Creation The issue of Christ’s humanity is understood most fully only as it is traced back to the account of creation’s beginning in the garden. In Genesis 1 and 2, we are allowed a limited glimpse into the birth of God’s good world. The Creator spoke, and light dispelled darkness for the very first time. But this was just the beginning of our Maker’s masterpiece. He established time with the division of day and night and then separated the water from the land followed by the planting of the largest garden ever. Soon the vegetation sprouted forth fruit and the earth sprung to life. On the fifth day, as the Creator spoke and the vegetation was well established, the ocean waters began to churn with every imaginable fish and creature of the deep as overhead, newly created birds winged their way across the heavens. Then, as in a growing crescendo, the great beasts and livestock of the field began to run and roam, and as God looked on what he saw, he declared that it was good. This was not some fairy tale or ethereal fantasy land. This world was a real, physical world that could be experienced with all the human senses. This world was not restricted to the boundaries of earth alone but must be understood to include the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). This beautiful world, in which the spiritual and earthly lived in harmony, was the place God had designed where the human drama would unfold. It is noteworthy that this created realm, which fully satisfies what the Creator himself had envisioned, is not called heaven. When God originally shaped the space in which he intended humanity to inhabit forever, it is our very own physical world where the birds fly high, the sea creatures swim deep, the animals run free, and the stars shine bright. For a time, it was paradise in every sense of the word, but the utopia was threatened by the very man entrusted to guard it
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