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John 1:10-11
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He was in the world, and the
world came into being through Him, yet the world did not
know Him.
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He came to His own, yet
those who were His own did not receive Him.
1Pet 1:18-20
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Knowing that it
was not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, that
you were redeemed...
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But with
precious blood as of a Lamb without blemish and without
spot, the blood of Christ;
20
Who was
foreknown before the foundation of the world but has been
manifested in the last of times for your sake.
We need to realize that the One
being examined in Luke 20 was the God-man. Yes, in that
situation the Man-Savior was a man, but He was also God. This
means that as God He was surrounded by opposers who were
examining Him. How blind, foolish, and ignorant they were!
They did not realize that the One they were examining was God
Himself. If we have this understanding, we shall see what
patience the God-man exercised when He was examined by the chief
priests, scribes, elders, Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees.
Although He was frank, straightforward, and wise, He was not
angry with them.
He was God, but He was willing to be examined by His creatures.
After being questioned by His examiners, He tried to help them.
His creatures, to realize that He was both man and God, both a
human son and the Lord God. His question concerning Christ
silenced them.
The One examined here was the God-man as the Passover Lamb. As
such a One, the Lord had a triple status - the status of God,
man, and the Passover Lamb. He was the Lamb ordained by God
and provided by Him for both the Jewish family and the
Gentile family. He was the unique Lamb ordained from the
foundation of the world. Hence, He was examined not only by the
Pharisees, the religious party, but also by the Herodians, the
political party. Further-more, before He died,
He was tried not only by the Jewish Sanhedrin, but also by
Pilate, the Roman governor, and by Herod, the king. This means
that the Passover Lamb was examined by both Jews and Gentiles.
As the God-man, the Lord Jesus is
unique. He has both the divine essence and the human essence.
The divine essence is in His humanity. God is actually an
essential element of the Lord's being. Hence, as the Passover
Lamb, He was composed essentially of two elements, the divine
element and the human element.
As the One who is both human and
divine, He is the God-man.
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