Bible Study - divinity among men

[quodlibet]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Quodlibet</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Of course Jesus, the Christ came to earth as man and would be expected to face common challenges of the ordinary man...but this we must remember, that in his &quot;human state&quot; He was still endowed with supernatural powers to overcome anything and everything that the world presented if He so chose..
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That is a contradiction - <span style="font-weight: bold">facing common challenges with uncommon abilities</span> does not equate to facing those same challenges AS an ordinary man.
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This thread is not intended to be a debate on the divinity of Jesus while on earth, but rather on the process behind placing a demigod among men in order to absolve them of sin.

Can anyone give me some biblical reference that helps to explain why a demigod would be a suitable substitution for the sins of man?

[jah_yout]

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it is but one theory or conception...

there are countless others...jesus is but one such god...
albeit the most popular in this time, but there were others before him and others after him which men have ascribed divinity to...

[Emperah]

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yeh all a dem born on dec 25th and had 12 deciples, changed wata to wine, and fed de mulititude wid de fish an bread.

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Quodlibet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can anyone give me some biblical reference that helps to explain why a demigod would be a suitable substitution for the sins of man? </div></div>

I'm not an expert, so bear with me here. There are a few references in the Bible's New Testament, notably:
1 Peter 2:24 &quot;He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

The apostle Paul wrote about the substitionary work of Christ. He wrote that God &quot;made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him&quot; (2 Cor. 5:21) and that &quot;Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us&quot; (Gal. 3:13).

Also, I'm not so sure the Bible explains that a 'demigod' substituted for man's sin. I rather understand it as <span style="font-weight: bold">God himself</span> (in Jesus) substituted himself for man's sin.

[quodlibet]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Quodlibet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can anyone give me some biblical reference that helps to explain why a demigod would be a suitable substitution for the sins of man? </div></div>

I'm not an expert, so bear with me here. There are a few references in the Bible's New Testament, notably:
1 Peter 2:24 &quot;He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

The apostle Paul wrote about the substitionary work of Christ. He wrote that God &quot;made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him&quot; (2 Cor. 5:21) and that &quot;Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us&quot; (Gal. 3:13).

Also, I'm not so sure the Bible explains that a 'demigod' substituted for man's sin. I rather understand it as <span style="font-weight: bold">God himself</span> (in Jesus) substituted himself for man's sin. </div></div>
I used the term demigod because if we accept God to be omnipotent, omnicient and omnipresent, then he could not be killed in a single human form. It also seems like a circular discussion to me to say that God sent himself to save mankind from His (God) wrath.

[Dyoll_73]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Quodlibet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I used the term demigod because if we accept God to be omnipotent, omnicient and omnipresent, then he could not be killed in a single human form. It also seems like a circular discussion to me to say that God sent himself to save mankind from His (God) wrath. </div></div>

It is question-begging, indeed. Or, put another way, that God sacrificed himself to himself to appease himself for things - given his omniscience and omnipotence - he could have prevented in the first place. Also, the fact that one should have to bear the punishment for others raises serious moral questions.