Christ Jesus – God and man united in one

You might have heard the phrase: “Jesus is 100% God and 100% man”, but what does it mean? Following is a short summary:
Jesus is God’s initiative to reconcile and embrace humanity and He is man’s perfect response to that initiative. He is both God’s judgement and man’s perfect acceptance of that judgement. He simultaneously represents God’s demand for perfection and man’s perfect obedience to that demand – being obedient even unto death. He is both God’s act of salvation and man’s response of perfect faith.

When God became man in Christ, He became the man that God always had in mind. As such He does not represent just one single man, but all of humanity.

In Christ God dealt with the old Adamic race, having forgiven all their sin. In Christ, humanity shed its old sinful identity and received the blameless innocence provided by God. In Christ, God raised humanity to a new level of existence – seated at His right hand. In Christ, humanity responded by taking up this new position to reign and rule in life.

Jesus Christ is simultaneously God’s invitation, and man’s acceptance; He is God’s call and man’s answer; He is God’s revelation and man’s response of faith.

So what is left to do? Wake up! Shake of the slumber of what seems to be real around you and see your true self – your embraced-by-God-self.

Awake to the reality of your true identity:
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake in thy likeness. Ps 17:15

Awake to the reality of your new position:
Pursue with diligence the consequence of your co-inclusion in Christ. Relocate yourself mentally! His resurrection co-raised you to the same position of authority, seated in the strength of God’s right hand.
Becoming affectionately acquainted with Throne Room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly (soul-ruled) realm.
Your union with His death broke the association with that world; the secret of your life now is the fact that you are wrapped up with Christ in God. Col 3:1-3 Mirror Translation

Awake, awake – the nightmares and contradictions are part of a temporary slumber. There are eternal realities to be discovered! Awake!

The practical implications of this God-man union in Christ is overwhelming! It means that my relationship with God is not based on my obedience, but on the obedience of this one man. It means that even my ‘faith’ is not mine – the faith I present to the Father has its origin in Christ and its perfection in Christ (He is the Author and perfecter of my faith)