The verse before explains it. He is the Word, which is God, but He emptied Himself to become human to set us free from sin and death. He became the sacrifice for our freedom from death.
Hebrews 2:17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
@MasterMaliq Paul showed how Jesus fulfilled the Mosaic and Abrahamic covenantal laws on our behalf, and became the once and for all sacrifice for sin, to save all who will call him Lord, from sin and death.
Old Testament is the history of the world as told through the people God chose to bring the messiah into the world through
New Testament is the Gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ coming to earth to offer salvation from sin and death, for those who believe
Old Covenant is the set of laws, rules, feasts and sacrifices God required of Israel to set themselves apart. Important note, keeping those laws and rules do not make you eternally righteous and free you from death
New Covenant is offered to rescue people from sin and death. This new covenant is between Jesus the son, and God the Father. Those who trust in Christ’s work on the cross are regenerated from spiritual death to life, where we are given eternal life, and the right to be sons of God, in his perfect kingdom of light, because of what Christ accomplished.
Old Testament is the history of the world as told through the people God chose to bring the messiah into the world through
New Testament is the Gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ coming to earth to offer salvation from sin and death, for those who believe
Old Covenant is the set of laws, rules, feasts and sacrifices God required of Israel to set themselves apart. Important note, keeping those laws and rules do not make you eternally righteous and free you from death
New Covenant is offered to rescue people from sin and death. This new covenant is between Jesus the son, and God the Father. Those who trust in Christ’s work on the cross are regenerated from spiritual death to life, where we are given eternal life, and the right to be sons of God, in his perfect kingdom of light, because of what Christ accomplished.
When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.
But later I realized something:
That question was not exposing Christianity.
It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.
Because the real question is not:
“Why would God become weak?”
The real question is:
“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”
Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.
But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.
Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.
That changed everything for me.
Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.
Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
@packingtape07@tyromper It’s not about what makes you feel better, it’s about what’s biblical, and you can’t prove that we overcome death, and attain righteousness and eternal life through works. Working out your salvation is to live well within the salvation you’ve been given, not work to keep it.
@___TheGOOdWitch Doesn’t add up that we’d have 6 million year old fossils and then millions of years “gap” in the record, it’s not a very scientific perspective