Key Verse: 'Although he was a Son, he (Jesus Christ) learned obedience through what he suffered' (Hebrews 5:8).
Jesus Christ as the Son of Man is the way, the truth and the life, for believers in all traditions, religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups, who choose to follow him in living the Paschal Mystery, in the mind of the spirit (John 14:6). As the Son of Man, through submission, humility and obedience, in the mind of the spirit, Jesus Christ experienced and manifested the full incarnation of the Godhead in human flesh, here on earth. In his life, passion, death, glorification, resurrection and ascension Jesus Christ as the Son of Man, passed over into a new and glorified life with the Godhead in Christ (Hebrews 5:8).
In Luke 2:49 Jesus Christ told Mary his mother and Joseph that his father is God. Throughout his life, Jesus Christ fully embraced God's divine call, to glorify the Godhead in his human flesh. He also fulfilled God's appointment to be mankind's high priest after the order of Melchizedek. Jesus did these things not to glorify himself, but to glorify God. As the full incarnation of the Godhead in Christ, the begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ is appointed by God, mankind high priest forever, both in heaven and on earth (Hebrews 5:5-6).
As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ was fully human. As the Son of God, Jesus Christ is the full incarnation of the Godhead in Christ (Logos, ADONAI, JEHOVAH). In his flesh, Jesus Christ offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who saved him from from death. Jesus' prayer were heard and answered, because of his submission to God's plan and will for his life (Hebrews 5:7).
Luke 2:51-52 declares, "Then he (Jesus) went down with them (Mary and Joseph) and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor". Holy scripture assures us that Jesus Christ was made perfect through submission, obedience and suffering the casting down, casting out and death of the mind of the flesh, while in his physical body (Mark 8:31-34, Hebrews 5:8-9).
Jesus Christ is the author and source of salvation unto all who believe, obey and follow him, in living the Paschal Mystery, in the mind of the spirit. Jesus Christ in forever appointed by God, to be mankind's High Priest. Jesus' high priesthood is after the order of Melchizedek who ministered bread and wine to Abram (Genesis 14:17-20, Hebrews 5:10).
Do you believe that Jesus Christ has been appointed by God, to be mankind's great high priest. Are you aware that Jesus' high priesthood is fully applicable in all traditions, religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups, where believers choose to live their lives in the mind of the spirit (John 3:16-18)? Have you embraced the fact that the death that Jesus Christ died, he died to sin, in the mind of the flesh, once and for all? As a believer, do you by faith consider yourself dead to sin, and alive to God in Christ Jesus, our Lord? Are you following Jesus Christ in living the Paschal Mystery in the mind of the spirit? Are you seeking and serving Christ in all persons and loving your neighbor as yourself?
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