Sozo proposes Hebrews 1:3, Romans 1:20, and Acts 14:14-15 as verses that support his view that the Incarnate Christ is fully God in the flesh, with no human soul, that is, Sozo rejects any hypostatic union between the fully divine and the fully human.
I will address AMR's points in separate posts, in the hopes that people will actually read it.
The hypostatic union
theory was created at the Council of Chalcedon. This ecumenical council was recognized as infallible by the Roman Catholic church, and it was there where they designed the Chalcedonian Creed which not only approved the
hypostatic union theory, but also the
ecclesiastical influence of the emperor, and the
supremacy of the Roman Pope. (It also affirms that Mary is the Mother of God)
It is obvious to any true Christian, that they not only rejected the Bible as the source of truth, but their intention was to not only bring Christ down to their level, but to exalt man to His.
The Chalcedonian Creed...
We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood;
truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body;
consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood;
in all things like unto us, without sin;
begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood;
one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably;
the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ;
as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.
Retrieved from
Here
I hold to the Chalcedonian Definition of the Incarnation
Yes, I know you do.
Sozo’s reliance upon Hebrews 1:3 has been called into serious question by the arguments presented
here.
"God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things,
through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the
exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high"
The Bible specifically states that Jesus (the Son of God) is the
exact representation of the
nature of God. In order to be the
exact nature of God, you cannot have two natures, but one, as God has
one nature.
Jesus had a body prepared for Him. Hebrews 10:5
God sent His Son in the "likeness" of sinful flesh Romans 8:3
He was found in the "appearance" of a man Philippians 2:8
God is manifest in the flesh. 1 Timothy 3:16
He is the exact representation of the nature of God Hebrews 1:3
One nature in a human body, that died on the cross for our sins, was buried in a tomb, was raised because of our justification and is seated in the heavenlies at the right hand of God.
