Originally Posted by
alanmolstad
I tend to disagree.
But the truth is that the Bible simply does not tell us clearly the answer to the "how?" question.
yet if I were to make a guess, then I have to say that I do not think we can hold too tight to the idea that the "Father gave Jesus part of his humanity"
I think it would be more correct in saying that Jesus got ALL of his humanity from his mother,
Let us keep in mind that Jesus was fully 100% human just as we are,
And fully 100% God as is the father.
If the Father had to supply Jesus with half his humanity then regardless of how closely it looked or acted to my humanity, it still would be different.
And if I knew that the humanity of Christ was different than my own then I could never trust that the Resurrection of the humanity of Christ was the same as my own, ,,,,and so there would always be some doubt in my resurrection.
On the other hand,
If the humanity of Christ was the very same as my own, then I could trust that as God raised Jesus and his humanity from the grave so to could he raise my own humanity from the grave...for Jesus and i would be truly "brothers"
So I think that the answer to this question has to be that Jesus had 2 natures...
One fully God
the other fully human.
and it was his full humanity that Jesus got from his mother...even if we don't understand the "how?" question.