#49: Is the Flesh of Jesus God?

Sometimes, in order to better elucidate a question that may be difficult for some One God Christians to answer, it is helpful to formulate the question and meditate on it in light of the scriptures. One way to answer this question is by reminding ourselves that we put on the same body of the Lord in baptism. “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27). We can reinforce this scripture with another one to drive home the point that we do indeed put on the literal body of the Lord with which we can enter heaven. “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” (Phil 3:21). Now, once it is clear that we will have the same body as the Lord Jesus had on this earth, and still has in heaven, it becomes easier to answer the question: is the flesh of Jesus God? Obviously, the answer is that the flesh of Jesus cannot be reduced to all that is God for that would mean we ourselves have put on “God-flesh”. This is why it is so important to employ precise biblical language, or we will be in danger of courting false doctrine. Let us explore this theme further.