Some church fathers reckoned Jesus as a “God-man,” and Christians have been doing so ever since. Emil Brunner repeatedly does so in his classic defence of traditional Christology, The Mediator: A Study of the Central Doctrine of the Christian Faith.
Those who call Jesus “the God-man” mean that God literally came down to earth and became the man, Jesus Christ, which they also call “the incarnation,” and they often cite 1 Timothy 2:5 as their sole means of biblical support. Paul writes therein, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
Many scholars think that in 1 Timothy 2:5, Paul cites a liturgy that is commonly used in churches of that time just as he does in 1 Corinthians 8:6, in which he says “there is but one God, the Father.” If 1 Timothy 2:5 is a liturgy, it explains why Paul did not consider it necessary to explain what he meant since it would have been familiar to Timothy.
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Author: Kermit Zarley
Keywords: Trinity, Triunity, Trinitarianism, Trinitarian, Arianism, Arian, Three in one, Three gods, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Athanasius, Father son holy spirit, Father son holy ghost, Triune, Three persons in one God, Jesus God, God the Son, Mediator, Jesus as mediator, one mediator, one mediator between God and man, God made flesh, word made flesh, word became flesh, God incarnate, incarnate, incarnation, God incarnation, Jesus incarnation, God manifest in the flesh
Bible reference(s): 1 Timothy 2:5
Source: “Is Jesus a God-Man in 1 Timothy 2:5?” The Restitution of Jesus Christ, 2008.
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