‘Why Jesus (the Logos) had to be a human?’
Jesus as God had to become a man in order to fulfill the office of mediator, who should be true God and should become true man (Calvin, 2001).
1. Only Christ Jesus can bridge the gap betweem God and human. As in 1 Timothy 2:5 and Hebrew 4:15, Jesus described as same as human but had no sins.
2. Only He could be obedient in our stead, and fulfill the requirements of our reconciliation with God that only can be done by the single way of pay the penaties for sin, athough he is not sinner.
3. The main purpose of His incarnation is the atonement of us. As in Romans 8:3, Jesus was sent and delegated as Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering, by took the flesh rather than became a flesh. And finally, the flesh has condemned, it fulfill the covenant.
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Jesus (the Logos) is existed before the creation together with Father (the Theos). Jesus is God itself. He is begotten from God, the Father. While the Father is not begotten from whomever. The Father and The Son have a special relation and in fellowship with each other, the perfect love between them radiates The Holy Spirit. The three of them are not created, each of them is a person that united in a essence of God. It is embodied in the Athanasius Creed as we believe the doctrine of Trinity.
God had to be a human because it is necessary, He who was true God and true man could bridge the gulf between God and human. Only Jesus could be obedient in our stead or benefit and it is the sole purpose of Christ’s incarnation, which was for our