Is Jesus the Christ a human Person?

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Neglecting context-as usual.

Isaiah 28:15 is a rebuke directed at the leaders of Judah, particularly in Jerusalem, who placed their trust in falsehood rather than in God. The verse is part of a broader passage (Isaiah 28:14–22) where the prophet condemns their arrogance, deception, and misplaced security.

Verse Breakdown:
"Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement"

This phrase signifies Judah’s political and spiritual rebellion, where they sought protection through alliances (possibly Egypt, Isaiah 30:1-3) rather than trusting in Yahweh.
The metaphor of a "covenant with death" indicates a false sense of security, believing they could escape divine judgment through human means.
"Hell" (שְׁאוֹל, Sheol) represents the realm of the dead, meaning they aligned themselves with destruction rather than with life in God.
"When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us"

The “overflowing scourge” represents impending judgment, possibly the Assyrian invasion (Isaiah 8:7–8).
The leaders falsely assumed that their political alliances or deceitful schemes would shield them from disaster.
"For we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves"

Their supposed security was built on deception—whether it was reliance on foreign powers, religious hypocrisy, or corrupt leadership.
The contrast between truth (God’s Word, Isaiah 28:16) and lies (human schemes) highlights their spiritual blindness.
Recipients and Historical Context:

Primary Audience: The rulers and leaders of Judah, particularly in Jerusalem, who rejected Isaiah’s warnings.

Historical Background: The late 8th century B.C., when the Assyrian Empire was expanding, threatening both Israel (Northern Kingdom) and Judah (Southern Kingdom).
Fulfillment: Judah’s trust in foreign alliances failed, leading to the Babylonian exile (586 B.C.), though a near-term judgment came through the Assyrian attack under Sennacherib (701 B.C.).
Messianic Contrast: Isaiah 28:16 follows with the prophecy of the "cornerstone," referring to Christ (1 Peter 2:6-8), the true refuge in contrast to their lies.

Cross-References:
+ Isaiah 30:1-3 – Judah’s false trust in Egypt instead of God.
+ Isaiah 8:7-8 – The Assyrian flood as divine judgment.
+ 1 Peter 2:6-8 – Christ as the true cornerstone and refuge.
+ Matthew 21:42-44 – Jesus contrasts Himself with the rejected stone.

J.

all them nar prophets and the liberal realm of christendom have all put their trust
into a covenant of death . much sin is being celebrated and honored
and now the decieved of Christendom merge with even the false religoins
And the leaders have lied , saying we all serveth the same God in different ways .
And they cry to the peoples of all tribes come and enter into our lie and by this we shall attain world peace n safety .
YES johann these leaders DO cause this people to err and hold now the banner of inclusivity , diversity
OH its happening all right . Only most want to call it love and loving .

 

[Red Baker]

“I asked that question of so many of my friends recently, and almost all, save for only one, gave me the wrong answer. Some even became indignant for my even asking the question. Why they became indignant, I have no clue. Nevertheless it is an important question about the person of Jesus the Christ.

1. Is Jesus the Christ a human person?
2. Is Jesus the Christ a Divine person?
3. Is He both?
4. Is He neither?

What answer do you have for each of those four simple questions? … “

1. Is Jesus the Christ a human person? Indeed he was made in all point like as we are, yet separate from sinners. He came in the likeness of sinful flesh. He was indeed a male child born to Mary and his supposed father, Joseph.

Hebrews 4:15~"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

2. Is Jesus the Christ a Divine person? The Word which from the beginning, that was God, was manifest in the flesh~ John 1:1,14; 1st Timothy 3:16 etc. So, Jesus Christ was a complex person, fully God, and fully man.

#3, 4 are already answered by 1, and 2.

 

[civic]

1. Is Jesus the Christ a human person? Indeed he was made in all point like as we are, yet separate from sinners. He came in the likeness of sinful flesh. He was indeed a male child born to Mary and his supposed father, Joseph.

Hebrews 4:15~"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

2. Is Jesus the Christ a Divine person? The Word which from the beginning, that was God, was manifest in the flesh~ John 1:1,14; 1st Timothy 3:16 etc. So, Jesus Christ was a complex person, fully God, and fully man.

#3, 4 are already answered by 1, and 2.

The orthodox view of the 2 natures of Christ known as the Hypostatic Union, the Incarnation is that Jesus Person is Divine and taking on a human nature, not a second person, a human person.

Anything said of either of Christ's two natures applies to the one Person of Christ, so that is how it is said that Christ died on the cross. The term "hypostatic union" refers to the two natures united in the one Person, so anything said of those two natures in the one Person applies to the whole Person. So we see that the Person of Christ is both God and man. The phrase hypostatic union was adopted by the general council at Chalcedon 451 AD. That council declared that the union of two natures is real (against Arius), not a mere indwelling of God in a man (against Nestorius), with a rational soul (against Apollinaris), and that in Christ’s Divine nature remains unchanged (against Eutyches).

We need to look to the Monothelite Controversy which had to deal with whether there was one or two wills/minds in the person of Christ. The outcome was that there were two; one human and one divine with the human subjected to the divine. The eternal Son of God did not assume a part of a human nature without a mind, without a will, without human activity, but He assumed all the things that were planted in our nature by God.

Now then, to act (or in this case, speak) is the work of a person, but the form or nature is the cause of this action; for each person acts in accord with the form or nature which it has. A difference in causes (natures) produces a difference in effects (actions). Therefore, where there are different natures, there are also different activities. So in the one Person of Christ there are two natural actions, the divine and the human, each of which has its own essential attributes, functions, and actions. Jesus was thirty years old according to His human nature (Luke 3:23); according to His divine nature He could say: "Before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58). The question is did both natures know this and communicate it to the Person. The answer is yes because the divine nature with its corresponding divine will willed the human nature to respond in such a fashion in keeping with Christ's office and ministry. In the text regarding Mark 13:32, we have a slightly different situation here. Christ is acting (speaking) from His human nature, but, this time, the divine will does not allow the human will access to this knowledge. For this information is not to be published on earth. Therefore, as man, Christ cannot answer the question. In the works pertaining to the office of Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King both natures act in conjunction with each other, each nature doing what is peculiar to the same. The book of Hebrews goes into great detail with these offices.


Anhypostasia is essential to a trinitarian understanding of the person of the God-man. It is impossible to be a trinitarian without a confession of it. Classical Christology has described the relationship of the two natures of Christ by using the rather arcane-sounding terms anhypostasis and enhypostasis. What does this mean? Well, firstly, the human nature of Jesus has no hypostasis, or "person", of its own, but subsists only as the human nature of the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity. His human nature is anhypostatic in that it has no personhood, or independent reality of its own (the word 'subsists' is used rather than 'exists’' to indicate this dependence): rather it is hypostatized in union with, in (so, enhypostasis), the person of the Logos. This is how Chalcedon is explained: we have in Jesus one person in two natures. The subject of this human nature is divine. Thus Jesus is a divine person and not a human person! Here's Louis Berkhof, A Summary of Christian Doctrine, The Banner of Truth Trust, 1938, p. 87:

 

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a man, in the sense of in the Original Eden reality
is certainly NOT an APE human
such as the current horrible sin nature we all are in
because of adam.

Christ certainly took a horrible step down to save us...
even enduring this animal body we are imprisoned in
which was such a step down he took for us