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Originally Posted by awareness
For 17 centuries it has been stated that, Jesus was one hundred percent human and one hundred percent God.
And ever since it's been, God God God, that Christians have been obsessed with concerning Jesus. The human half -- or whole, they say - get that, Jesus was wholly human -- has been cast aside. Some early Christians completely denied the human side of Jesus altogether (Thus 1 John 4:2). So despite 1 John 4:2, the human side of Jesus has been ignored not only for 17 centuries, but even beginning in the first century, when the New Testament was written.
I think, in the end, we're just going to have to embrace the mystery. We can't even fathom a flower, how can we ever hope to fathom God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit ; it's -- they're -- unfathomable.
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I never had the perception that the human side of Jesus was largely ignored! I always, at least as an adult, accepted that He was fully God come in the flesh, as a man. He had to do it that way - having the limitations of a man, and took on the "assignment" as a man. He usually referred to Himself as the Son of Man too. He was all about being a man, as He needed to live as a man and die as a man, in order for man to be made the righteousness of God in Christ.
My favorite potrayal of Jesus is here:
The Visual Bible: Matthew I like it because the actor (Bruce Marchiano, a believer) portrays Jesus as a man, who is passionate, laughs and even cuts-up with His disciples, and really acts like He loves others above all. A Man, who for the joy set before Him is getting ready to endure the cross. (plus this movie is only scripture - no added or subtracted words) BTW - Part way through this clip of Jesus speaking, it cuts away to someone else speaking. This is Matthew, who is giving an account of Jesus' speaking so that it could be written down.