Is Jesus still a Man?

Greetings joyful (meshak),
Acts 17:30–31 (KJV): 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Anyway, I discovered another forum, and you will be very pleased with me as I quoted your favourite passage Mark 12:28-34 to someone who was advocating the Trinity. Whoops, rather, you like to only quote Mark 12:29 and misapply this and ignore the rest of the passage. Have a nice day.

Kind regards
Trevor

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Thank you ResLight.

You make sense.

The "one God" of 1 Corinthians 8:6 prepared a body of flesh and blood for his firstborn son (Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 10:5) and made Jesus a little lower than the angels so that Jesus could offer that body of flesh with its blood to his God for our sins. -- Matthew 26:26-28; Luke 22:19; Romans 3:25; Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 2:9; 9:14; 10:10; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 1:5.

While in the days of his flesh (Hebrews 5:7), Jesus only had the glory of a sinless man, a glory that is a little lower than the angels. (Psalm 8:5; Hebrews 2:9) Unlike Adam, Jesus never fell short of that glory through sin. -- Romans 3:23; 5:12-19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 3:5.

If Jesus had been born into the world as a sinner as the rest of mankind, he would not have had anything to offer for our sins, and would himself have been in need of another man who was without sin to become his savior. -- Matthew 26:26-28; Luke 22:19; Romans 3:25; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; 39-41; Colossians 1:14; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 2:9; 9:14; 10:10,12; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 1:5.

Jesus' body of flesh was thus not "made crooked" as the rest of mankind, nor was Jesus born into this world under the curse that God has put upon all mankind through Adam and Eve. -- Genesis 3:16-19; Ecclesiastes 1:2-9; 7:13; Romans 5:12-19; 8:20-22.

Jesus was therefore without sin and, unlike Adam, remained obedient to his God until death, and he thus had the price necessary to give in sacrifice to his God to pay for the whole world condemned in Adam. It is due to that obedience that Jesus could pay the price, the wages of sin (Romans 5:6,8; 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 2:21-24; 3:18) for all mankind. That was the purpose of his coming in the flesh (1 John 4:2,3; 2 John 1:7), that is, that he would sacrifice that sinless flesh for the church and the whole world. (Luke 22:19; John 6:51; Hebrews 10:10; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 2:2; 4:9,10) Jesus thus offered his sinless flesh to his God as an offering for sin. -- Matthew 20:28; John 6:51; Luke 22:19; Romans 3:25; 5:8,12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; Ephesians 5:2; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 10:5,10; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 2:2; 4:10.

Jesus could not raise up his former body while he was the oblivious death condition in sheol/hades. (Psalm 16:9,10; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Acts 2:27-32) His God had to first save Jesus from death by raising Jesus up out of the death condition before Jesus could raise up his former body for various appearances.

If God had raised Jesus back into his body of flesh and he still is in that body of flesh to this day as many claim, then there has been no offering to God for sin. God sent his Son into this world to save sinners. Jesus did this by sacrificing his sinless body of flesh with its blood to pay the price of the condemnation that is in Adam. What was needed in such a savior sent by God was that he be human, without sin, and that he, in effect, takes Adam's place. Thus, he could take upon himself the condemnation that is upon Adam and all of Adam's descendants. As result, the condemnation would be lifted upon Adam and all of Adam's descendants. To do this, God prepared a body of flesh and blood for His Son, and made His Son a little lower than the angels so that His Son could offer that body of flesh with its blood to Jehovah for the sin of the world, thus becoming the savior of the world whom Jehovah sent. -- Luke 22:19; John 1:29; 6:51; 14:19; Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; 1 Timothy 2:5,6; Hebrews 2:9;10:5,10; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 1 John 4:9-14.

Thus, God did not raise Jesus in the flesh, but in the spirit. (2 Peter 3:13) Nevertheless, Jesus, before his ascension, did indeed raise up his former body for various appearances. After Jesus' God (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3) raised Jesus from the dead (Acts 2:24,32,26; 3:15; 4:10; 10:40; 13:30,33,37; 17:31; Romans 4:24; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 15:15; Galatians 1:1; Colossians 2:11,12; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10; 1 Peter 1:21; 3:18), Jesus did not immediately ascend to heaven, but he stayed on the earth for 40 days, during which time, as he had foretold (John 2:19-21), he raised up his former body for various appearances to his disciples. (Luke 24:39; John 20:20,25,27; Acts 1:3) It was not until after he ascended into heaven that Jesus became a priest who could offer to his God (Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 9:14) his body of flesh with its blood for our sins, after which he sat down at God's right hand (Hebrews 10:10,12), since as long as he was on earth he could not be a priest. (Hebrews 8:4) This does not mean that God raised Jesus in the flesh and not in the spirit. It would simply mean that Jesus was first raised from the oblivious condition of death with the heavenly, celestial bodily glory. Jesus then could raise up his body of flesh as needed for various appearances.

If we reason that Jesus was raised in the flesh, rather than in the spirit, then his resurrection would have simply been earthly, fleshly, and not heavenly, spiritual; he would, in effect, still have been a man, having a glory that is a little lower than the angels, and he would again be in the days of his flesh here on the earth. (1 Corinthians 15:39-41; Hebrews 2:7; 5:7) Jesus was put to death in the flesh for our sins, but he was not raised in the flesh, but in the spirit. -- 1 Peter 3:18.

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