Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. – (Matthew 28:18)
Matthew 28:18 is often presented as proof that Jesus is God Almighty. Many make the claim that Jesus is wholly and fully God, and at the same time he is wholly and fully a man. This concept is usally referred to as the "dual natures" of Christ, or "hypostatic union."
Matthew 28:18 is often presented as proof that Jesus is God Almighty. Many make the claim that Jesus is wholly and fully God, and at the same time he is wholly and fully a man. This concept is usally referred to as the "dual natures" of Christ, or "hypostatic union."
Based on the concept (which is nowhere found in the Bible), the claim is being made that when Jesus spoke, at times it was GOD speaking and at times the flesh speaking, evidently applying the alleged “dual natures” philosophy. Jesus' words spoken in Matthew 28:18 are given as evidence of this, since Jesus stated that all power in heaven and earth had been given to him. The person making this claim asks how this could be, and the answer is supplied that this was God (incarnated in Jesus) who was speaking.
Other trinitarians claim that in Matthew 28:18, it is not "God" Jesus who is speaking, but rather that it is the man, Christ Jesus, who is speaking. The claim apparently is that God Almighty gave to the man, Christ Jesus, all authority. This application would claim that Jesus receives this authority in his "human nature," even though he already possesses all authority eternally in his "divine nature.
We will first note that some translations put “power” here instead of “authority”; we believe that the correct rendering, however, is "authority."
It should be evident that “all authority” that is given to Jesus has been given to him from someone else. Other scriptures show that Jesus receives this authority from the “one God” that Paul wrote about, He who is the source of all. (1 Corinthians 8:6; Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Psalm 2:6-8; 45:7; 110:1,2; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11:2; 42:1; 61:1-3; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 34:23,24; 37:24; Daniel 7:13,14; Micah 5:4; Matthew 12:28; 28:18; Luke 1:32; 4:14,18; 5:17; John 3:34; 5:19,27,30; 10:18,36-38; Acts 2:22,36; 3:13-26; 10:38; Romans 1:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:27; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Colossians 1:15,16; 2:10; Ephesians 1:3,17-23; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:2,4,6,9; 1 Peter 3:22.) The idea that Jesus is two separate beings (natures) at the same time is nowhere found in the Bible. Such an idea has to be added to and read into the scriptures in order to accommodate the added-on concept that Jesus is God Almighty. We do not find any evidence that it was the alleged “God Jesus” who spoke these words or that Jesus spoke these words only as being the man Christ Jesus. Actually, the truth is that what Jesus stated shows that he was NOT speaking as the Most High, since the Most High, being the source of all power and authority (1 Corinthians 8:6), has no need to be given any authority from someone else.
What Jesus stated as recorded in Matthew 28:18 is in harmony with 1 Corinthians 8:6, as well as Ephesians 1:3, 17-23, where we find that the God and Father of Jesus subjected the all to Jesus, but as Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 15:27, it is evident that He who subjected the all to Jesus is excepted.
Since the Bible is fully in harmony with itself without imagining, adding, and reading the assumption of “dual natures” of Jesus into the scriptures, I have no scriptural reason to add the assumption to any scripture.
See my study related to the “all power” that the only true God has given to Jesus.
It should be evident that “all authority” that is given to Jesus has been given to him from someone else. Other scriptures show that Jesus receives this authority from the “one God” that Paul wrote about, He who is the source of all. (1 Corinthians 8:6; Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Psalm 2:6-8; 45:7; 110:1,2; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11:2; 42:1; 61:1-3; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 34:23,24; 37:24; Daniel 7:13,14; Micah 5:4; Matthew 12:28; 28:18; Luke 1:32; 4:14,18; 5:17; John 3:34; 5:19,27,30; 10:18,36-38; Acts 2:22,36; 3:13-26; 10:38; Romans 1:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:27; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Colossians 1:15,16; 2:10; Ephesians 1:3,17-23; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:2,4,6,9; 1 Peter 3:22.) The idea that Jesus is two separate beings (natures) at the same time is nowhere found in the Bible. Such an idea has to be added to and read into the scriptures in order to accommodate the added-on concept that Jesus is God Almighty. We do not find any evidence that it was the alleged “God Jesus” who spoke these words or that Jesus spoke these words only as being the man Christ Jesus. Actually, the truth is that what Jesus stated shows that he was NOT speaking as the Most High, since the Most High, being the source of all power and authority (1 Corinthians 8:6), has no need to be given any authority from someone else.
What Jesus stated as recorded in Matthew 28:18 is in harmony with 1 Corinthians 8:6, as well as Ephesians 1:3, 17-23, where we find that the God and Father of Jesus subjected the all to Jesus, but as Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 15:27, it is evident that He who subjected the all to Jesus is excepted.
Since the Bible is fully in harmony with itself without imagining, adding, and reading the assumption of “dual natures” of Jesus into the scriptures, I have no scriptural reason to add the assumption to any scripture.
See my study related to the “all power” that the only true God has given to Jesus.
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