The Two Natures of Jesus The Christ
The Bible plainly teaches that Jesus has two (2) natures (Divine and human) This is referred to in Theology as The Hypostatic Union. This is the union of the two naturesin The Man Jesus. Jesus is God in flesh (John 1:1&14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8). He is fully God and fully man (Col. 2:9); therefore, He has two natures; human &divine. He is not half God and half man. He is(Notice the Present tense here) 100% God and 100% man. He never lost his divinity when He assumed the human nature. He continued to exist as God when He added human nature to Himself ( Jn. 1:14; Phil. 2:5-11). Therefore, there is a "union in one person of a full human nature and a full divine nature. Right now in heaven there is The Man Jesus, who is our Mediator between us and God The Father. ( Rom. 8:34; I Tim. 2:5).
Jesus as God | Jesus as Man |
| He worshiped the Father (John 17). | |
| He is prayed to (Acts 7:59). | He prayed to the Father (John 17). |
| He is sinless (1 Pet. 2:22; Heb. 4:15). | He was tempted (Matt. 4:1). |
| He knows all things (John 21:17). | He grew in wisdom and statue (Luke 2:52). He humbled Himself to live within the limits of the human nature. (Phil. 2:5-8) |
| He gives eternal life (John 10:28). | He died (Rom. 5:8). He rose from the dead (Luke 24:1-5) |
| All the fullness of deity dwells in Him (Col. 2:9). | He now has a body of flesh and bones (Luke 24:39). |
The addition of the human nature to the divine nature is Jesus, the God-man.
It started at the birth of Jesus (Jn.1:14) and continues to exist in Heaven Right Now. (1 Tim. 2:5)
The teaching that the attributes of both the divine and human natures are ascribed to the one person of Jesus. This means that the man Jesus could lay claim to the glory He had with the Father before the world was made (John 17:5), claim that He descended from heaven, (John 3:13), and also claim *Omnipresence, (Matt. 28:20). All of these are divine qualities that are laid claim to by Jesus; therefore, the attributes of the divine properties were claimed by the man named Jesus.
*His Omnipresence is only thru the divine spirit part of Him that took affect after the resurrection and Ascension via The Holy Spirit dwelling in all believers. (Jn. 14:26 that says; “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” And (I Cor. 3:16) that says; “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” And (Jn. 14:23 that says; “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him”. The human part could not do this. He limited Himself to the limits of the human nature while on earth.(Phil. 2:5-7) that says; “ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:”
Final reference on omnipresence; the Holy Spirit is omnipresent, and so Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, ( which was His representative.(Jn 14:16) Became omnipresent because they are one in The Godhead along with The Father
Additional Truth:
Jesus has a divine nature and a human nature as one joint substance that is unable to be parted into one nature or the other.
He is fully God and fully man with one unified personality that is not swayed by one nature or the other because both natures are united as one
The Latin term Communicatio idiomatum explodes this in more detail. It explains and clarifies the 'communication of properties'
Note: All fancy sounding words or terms have a common one that means the same thing. In this case it is Incarnation
Researched and compiled by.
Rev. George Pryor Th.M.
Pastor Emeritus.
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