Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus , neither God nor Man

[Taylor]

Hebrews 2.11-18.   (11) For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,   Dean, when I read this, I understand the writer to be saying that Christ and us are all physical descendants of the same person, the same "one," and that that is why he can call us brothers without being ashamed of us in our physical state. How do you read it?   (12) Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. (13) And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.   (14) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;   Dean, I read this to be saying that Jesus shared the same flesh and blood as we have, and not that his flesh and blood was a special kind, unlike ours. How do you read it?   And this he did for us so "that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (15) And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."   (16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.   Dean, when I read this, I understand it to be saying that his human nature was the same as that of Abraham, Christ being the Seed of Abraham. How do you read it?   (17) Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren,   And Dean, I read this to be saying that his human nature had to be exactly (i.e., "in all things") like ours, too; we being his brothers. How do you read it?   And this so "that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. (18) For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted."