Jesus is fully God and fully man. He is the Son of God, and the Son of man, the great I AM. In John’s gospel, we read “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1 NKJV) Jesus is the Word, the preexistent one, who was “before all things” (Colossians 1:17 NKJV). He is the great I AM (John 8:58 NKJV) who appeared to Moses in the burning bush, the creator and sustainer of all things. He is God incarnate, As John says, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” He was fully man, born of a virgin (Matthew 1:23 NKJV) The Word declares Jesus is the “only begotten Son”, (John 3:16 NKJV) meaning the only one who comes from God or is of the same essence, we are all created by God, but Jesus comes from God He is of the same eternal, all powerful, infinite essence of the Father, and the Holy Spirit. He is also fully man, “the last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45 NKJV). Jesus, though fully God, was also fully man, without sin or blemish. (See 2 Corinthians 5:23, John 19:6, Heb 4:15, NKJV) He is “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NKJV), the redeemer of mankind, and the only way of salvation. ( 1 Peter 1:18, John 14:6, NKJV) Jesus is; “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” (Colossians 1:15 NKJV) Arnold Fruchtenbaum states; “Yeshua is called the very image, it means He is the exact impression of the divine nature. Since the Father is fully God, the Son is also fully God. Everything that is true of the divinity of the Father is also true of the divinity of the Son.”1 In conclusion, Jesus is fully God and fully man, without sin or blemish, and He alone is the Savior of the World.
- Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, The Messianic Bible Study Collection, vol. 63 (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 1983), 7.