Χριστολογία – Christology: The doctrine of Jesus Christ

His main name –
“Lord Jesus Christ”
Lord – He is God,
Jesus – He is man,
Christ – He is one hundred percent man and one hundred percent God.
Christ – Greek ἀρθυχάσκατίας
– ἀρθυχάσκατίας
– Hebrew ἀρθυχάς
meaning anointed one…. A person anointed or appointed by God….
We find anointing for three offices in the Old Testament.
 1. Prophet (1 Kings 19:16)
 2. High Priest (Aaron was anointed by Moses) Exodus 40:15, Numbers 3:3, Exodus 29:29
 3. King (Samuel anointed King Saul and David) (1 Kings 19:16, 1 Samuel 9:16, 10:1÷ 1 Kings 1:34,39).
 1 Chronicles 16:22, Psalm 105:15 – Do not rebel against the anointed one, that is why David did not rebel against Saul. … This is God’s protection.
 Christ is anointed for all three offices,….. David held only two offices, – king and prophet….
1. Jesus Christ was a prophet,….. which Moses says in Deuteronomy 18:15,… which we see fulfilled in Acts 3:22 and 23,… which is Jesus. Clearly,…..
a prophet proclaims the word of God. Jesus certainly proclaimed the word from God. Read John 12:49 verse 50 also
– We are also in Christ, – a very intimate word… 84 times in Ephesians… Now… we are ambassadors for Christ… 2 Corinthians 5:20.. We also proclaim the word of God, (we know the meaning of the prophet, which we will study a little later)… to believers and also to unbelievers… .. – we are also anointed. 1 John 2:20,26)
2. Jesus Christ is the King promised to David, … the King who rules over his people. 2 Samuel 7:10-16 along with 2 Chronicles 16:16-22…. That is why Jesus is called the Son of David,… (Luke 18:38, Mark 10:47) Matthew 1:1 – Other passages Romans 1:3,…. He is the King of kings. The King of our lives who reigns. Now as above, we are kings in Christ, and women are queens, (not queens)….
Revelation 1:6 – Let’s read a very good verse… We will also reign with Christ forever… .
3. Jesus Christ is the High Priest. Hebrews 5:5,6,10 and 7
 Now we are also declared priests in Christ,….
Let’s read Revelation 1:6 and 1 Peter 2:5 – We have a way with the sanctuary, or our direct relationship with God,.
 Prayer can be an important intercession.
(Now learn these three offices of Christ, too.)
In the Christian Scriptures we will study Jesus Christ through 7 important points…..
1. The eternal presence of God the Son… or the presence before taking on human form
– It is clear from both the New and Old Testaments that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Eternal God. Being the Son means that He is eternally devoted to the Father.
Jesus did not begin when he came into the womb of Mary 2000 years ago. The Bible makes it clear that He is the Eternal God.
The New Testament also makes it clear that
Christ, as the second person of the Trinity, is also eternal.
In John 1:1 – we read,
“1:14” – we can see that this is about Jesus Christ, and that He took on human form,…
John 1:3 – let’s read.. He created all things.
Colossians 1:16-17 – let’s read, we can see that it is made more clear here.
John 17:5 – 4BBM….
John 8:58 – Before Abraham was, I am
John 10:3&33 – 4BBM
 These passages make it clear that Jesus Christ is God, and make His eternal presence clear,…
The Old Testament also makes this clear,
Psalms 2:6-8&12
Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 7:14, 9:6,.. along with many other passages. Daniel 3:25÷ Daniel 7:13 गाकत 4BBM
We can also see Christ as the main messenger of John, which is called the theophanies or Christophany, – this means that Christ appeared before he took on human form or in the Old Testament, as he is called. Where we see him appearing as the “angel of the Lord (Yahweh)”,…
Here are some facts about this angel of the Lord.
1. The angel of John is John.
We know that “John” is the main name of God in the Old Testament,… It is clear from these two verses,…
Isaiah 45:18 and Exodus 6:2-3
Now we can find that the angel of the Lord is John,
as when Moses is seen in the burning bush,…
Exodus 3:2-14…
In verse 2 – the angel of the Lord appeared,…
In verse 4 at the burning bush it is clear that the angel of John is John,… meaning Jesus Christ,… He has shown Himself in this way in the Old Testament.
In verse 5 it is more clear,… we find that this angel John himself spoke, and let us read it all,… the angel did not necessarily speak like this,…
in verse 14 I am who I am,….
Another example is in Genesis chapter 18..
In verse 1 – The Lord appeared to Abraham,…
In verse 2 – It is said,.. 1 man is Christ, and two angels
In 18:22 – The two angels go to Sodom, but the Lord stays with Abraham,…
Let us read and explain another example – Joshua 5:13-14 (also verse 15),…
up to Genesis 32:22-32… we can also see Jacob wrestling with God, up to Joshua 13:3-8,…
Other passages – Zechariah 1:12-13
– Psalm 110:1 – Matthew 22:42-45,….
These facts show that Jesus Christ is the eternal God. And the second person of the Trinity.
2. The names of Jesus Christ More than 300 names are used for Jesus in the New Testament. These names further reveal the person He is and His works and His being.
 In previous classes, we have learned that God has revealed Himself through names and their meanings. The study of names can also help us learn more about Him and His character, attributes, and nature.
At the beginning, we said that.. His main or former name is,…
“Lord Jesus Christ”,…
 Lord – ἀλλανσ ίυχαμ – Greek: πέτως (kūrīos) – it refers to His divinity and authority.
 Jesus – Greek: ἀσχυθακακα (Yeshua) – This refers to the name of His humanity, and is His human name, and in the Old Testament refers to His redemptive sacrifice,
 Christ – Greek: ἀσχυθακατα (Hebrew: ἀσχυθακατα) – Which means the anointed one, and refers to the fact that He was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament, and also refers to His offices as prophet, priest, and king.
Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2,3, Ephesians 6:23, Philippians 1:2, Colossians 1:2,3,… We can find these passages as “Lord Jesus Christ”,..
 Son of God, Son of Man
 Son of Man – This name is used about 80 times in the Gospels,.. for Jesus
Matthew 11:19,
Luke 19:10,
Matthew 12:40-20:18-26:2 Matthew 24:37-44,
Luke 12:40,
John 1:51,
Matthew 10:6,
John 5:22-27

 This is certainly a name that refers to His humanity.
 It refers to the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies in Jesus Christ. Who is born of a woman, (Genesis 3:15, Galatians 4:4)
 Who is the Jewish Messiah, and the perfect sacrifice, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of all who trust in Him. It is used of His death and resurrection, and also of His second coming.
 Taken from Daniel 7:13,…
 Son of God – This refers to His deity.
Romans 1:1-4,
Matthew 28:18-20,
Luke 1:32-35,
Mark 14:61,
1 John 5:10.
– Taken from Daniel 3:25,
– We can find it in John 3:16,
– This does not mean that he was born physically,
– He is the eternal Son (verse), the role, of the Son,
– I mean that there is no one like Him, no one has the same rights as Him, it indicates His supremacy,….
Other names are 
the last class, we have started the Christology,.. and in today’s two classes we will continue this topic,. In today’s class we will look at the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 In this topic we will look at the “virgin conception”.
 We will look at the theophanic or hypostatic union.
 We will look at the kenosis.
About the eternity of Jesus or – and it is very important to know these topics,..
1. The teaching before the incarnation of Jesus Christ (we studied in the last class).
2. We will study the teaching of the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
(Khsl Abchalbatshyal)
The meaning and definition of the incarnation
 God (the second person of the Trinity) assumed human flesh, and He took on human nature, and was free from the old sin nature … because He is heavenly (God) and man at the same time. (1 Timothy 2:5)
 That is why according to prophecy His holy conception took place,.. or virgin conception,.. a very important topic.. which cannot be reconciled.
 In the apologetics class we defended it,..
– let us remember that this is only one event… and the grounds
1. If God exists, then a virgin conception is possible.
2. The Bible is full of miracles, and this is one of the most important of them.
3. It is a prophecy and a gospel account.
We can turn to Matthew 1:16…
“who” – the word used… is the feminine pronoun for “whose”,… which means that Joseph was not involved.
– Now Joseph was not the physical father of Jesus but the legal, (spiritual) father.
– He wanted to leave, but accepted after a vision from the angel.
– He accepted Mary, and became the legal father,…
We can also find Paul clearly showing this in Galatians 4:4. Because Paul says “of a woman”,… he is trying to show that Jesus was born without the participation of any man, and God is fulfilling the promise of Genesis 3:15.
Now… let’s read Luke 1:35 carefully…
1. The Holy Spirit will come upon you, – This is the wonderful process of the eternal Son of God coming into the womb of the virgin Mary. By the power of the Holy Spirit.
2. And the power of the Most High will overshadow you. – Overshadow means to cover,… so that the womb in which the child is placed,.. is completely holy,… such a covering makes the child completely holy… prevents any contamination.
(That is why this verse explains the child well, that therefore the holy one who is born of you will be called “the Son of God”,…)
meaning a virgin girl whose womb God fills with the power of the Holy Spirit. ……… Most Holy Conception ……
Because .. all others came from the blood of Adam,… Acts 17:26… where it is said, “from one blood”…….
– We know,…. that blood is sinful, and those who have this blood also have a sinful nature, which we call the old sin nature ……
If Jesus had been born like other people, his blood would also have been contaminated,…. This is why the virgin conception is inevitable.
Because of this holy conception…. Now
 Jesus has a human body,…
 Jesus also has a human nature,….
 But He is without the old sin nature,…
Let’s remember… Luke 1:34 – Mary says, “I know no man.”
God used Mary’s womb, but God gave the blood,…
– Jesus’ blood is from heaven, and was given by God Himself.
– Adam’s blood is polluted, sinful and full of death, but in the blood of Jesus there is no death, but life,…
– No one could kill Jesus,… Let’s read John 10:17… and also verse 18
– Jesus gave,.. no one can take until he gives,…
– For us..because no one can touch, until he gives,..
we know that… “The source of the blood of the fetus is completely separate from the source of the mother’s blood”.
Mary’s blood had no effect…
– Mary’s blood had a different source, and Jesus’ blood had a different source, from God…
Therefore Jesus’ blood – 1 Peter 1:18-19 – innocent and precious blood – Hebrews 9:14 1 Peter 1:19 – precious blood… (Matthew 27:4 – Judas Iscariot also had innocent blood).
– Hebrews 12:24 – the best blood
, heavenly, incorruptible and innocent and precious blood…
Now the blood of Jesus has the power to redeem….
Matthew 26:28 – blood for the forgiveness of sins
Hebrews 9:22 – the blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins that cleanses the conscience.
1 John 1:7 – cleanses from all sin, by the blood of Jesus.
Ephesians 1:7 – There is redemption in the blood,.
Revelation 12:11 – There is victory in the blood.
Acts 20:28 – He purchased the church with his own blood.
Let’s read Luke 1:31: Now the reason for this holy conception.
 We are to bear a son, and his name will be Jesus,.. Humanity
– Jesus now
has a human nature – and a human body.
Verse 32 – He does not have the old sin nature,..
That is why Jesus is 100% man and 100% God.
– Two natures in one person but not two persons.
– He was God while he was man.
Which we – Hypostatic Union
(Kakiy Tzvabalatzchayusha Ebchakyal- Tzvayak – Nayam Balatzchayuyak – mbal Nayam – mbal)
 God and man at the same time
His humanity.
1. He had a human mother. (Matthew 1:23)
2. He was born in a human way. (Luke 1:42-44÷2:5-7)
3. He had a human condition. (Luke 2:21-22,51-52)
4. He grew physically, learning like a good child. (Luke 2:52)
5. He had human maturity. Where
– He was hungry. (Matthew 4:2)
– He was thirsty. (John 2:2, Luke 7:34,36)
6. He was also tempted by Satan. (Matthew 4:1, Hebrews 4:15)
7. He was also tired of seeing the crowds. (Mark 6:31)
8. Wept over the death of a friend. (John 11:35)
9. He had relatives: including a biological father, a real mother, and brothers and sisters. (Matthew 1:24-Mark 6:3)
10. He also had a human profession. – Carpenter, (Mark 6:3)
11. He had human friends, such as Mary, Matthew, and Lazarus. (John 11:3)
12. He had human emotions, including anger (righteous). Luke 19:45-46
13. He suffered human death. (John 19:28-34)
Despite being fully human, Jesus was different from other men in that he was sinless,…..
 Hebrews 4:15 – Sinless.
 1 Peter 1:19 – The Lamb without blemish.
 1 Peter 2:22 – He committed no sin and there was no fault in his mouth.
 1 Peter 3:18 – The righteous Jesus. (1 John 2:29)
 1 John 3:3 – He is pure.
 2 Corinthians 5:21 – He knows no sin.
John 8:46 – He is God. Hebrews 7:26, 9:14 And in the last class we studied that He is God.
He could have sinned in His humanity
. First of all, He never sinned and remained perfect and holy. But could He have sinned or could He not have sinned?
– Bible scholars are divided on this issue,…
1. Some say He could not have?
2. Some say He could have?
Both views seem correct, but both cannot be correct.

– He did not have the old sinful nature and did not sin.
– Adam and Eve did not have a sinful nature, but of course the issue of Adam and Christ was different,.. (and also the issue of angels)
– If Jesus could, then.. only from the perspective of freedom..
– But He did not sin but is holy and perfect, was and will be..
Now.. when the Lord Jesus became human, did His divinity decrease or compromise???? Did He become less God??
We have come to the teaching of “Phlekkk”… …..
Did He become any less in Godhead?..
For this we will study the famous Philippians 2:5-8…
In verse 5 – Paul encourages believers to have the same mind and nature as Christ, and from verse 8 he explains what the mind of Christ was, that is, ….. Let’s read verse 6….
In verse 7… The word empty is from the Greek word
“Phlekkk” which is the origin of the word kinosis, which simply means – to make empty…….
Now regarding this word, some say that Jesus was fully man when he was human, but fully God,…
But that is not true…
Because… In verse 6
1. In the form of God
2. Equal to God…. (No one else can say that)
But in verse 7 – He put on and took on…..
This makes it clear that there was no compromise in His divinity when He took on humanity… But
what He did was
that He did not exercise all the attributes of God at all times.
 While He laid aside those rights.
 He laid aside the right to exercise the attributes of God, meaning He had one in Himself, but did not exercise it).
 But He never laid aside His divinity…
Verses like Colossians 1:19 and 2:9 show that His divinity
was not compromised.
 It was not corrupted. And
 He was never less than God….
He simply added humanity to His divinity… 2 Corinthians 5:21 At the end of the teaching on the incarnation….
Incarnation is – to be found in the flesh or in the perishable. It is the act of assuming a body.
– It is the gracious and voluntary act of the Son of God and it is to take on a human body and human nature.
So far we have studied “two” of the “seven” points of the Christian Scriptures…….

1. The state, presence, and manifestation of Jesus before His incarnation.
2. The incarnation of the Son of God…
1 Timothy 3:16 – “God was manifest in the flesh.”
That is why Jesus Christ is given five titles related to the Son.
A. Son of God – We learned in the last class that this title refers to His divinity.
B. Son of Man – This means that He became part of the human race, and was promised to Eve. (Genesis 3:16)
C. Son of Mary – He is also a human being, and is the fulfillment of the promise made to Eve.
D. Son of David – The promised Messiah, the son of David, the King who reigns forever.
E. Son of Abraham – The Savior is here.
Now we should have studied His ministry, but since we are studying the Gospels this semester and that class was so wonderful, we can participate in that, and of course we will not repeat it in this class…. But in short
1. His baptism – this refers to His being a holy priest and ministry, which He has been for all time, and now He has also interceded for us.
2. His temptation – to present His humanity and to show that He is always standing in the will of the Father.
3. His transfiguration – Jesus shows His glory to Peter, James and John on a mountain. They were expecting His coming kingdom and glorious reign. To encourage them for His coming death. Which they did not understand but later understood He gave them a glimpse of the glory of His coming 1000 year kingdom where He will reign.
4. His teaching: This was a very important aspect of his ministry, and it is still relevant today.
5. His miracles: One of the main reasons was to show that He was the promised Messiah and that His message was from the Father,… When John the Baptist doubted, Jesus said, “See these signs and wonders.”
Now we are entering into the 3 points of the Christian Scriptures,… and that is,
3. His suffering, death and burial…… (We will also look at this briefly)

Christian Scriptures
In the previous classes, we have been studying the Christian Scriptures. And we have been studying about seven points… and we have already studied two of them…
1. The eternity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2. The incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ…. and…. Today
3. Death, burial and
4. We will first study the subject of resurrection..
The Lord Jesus Christ died in Troy, was buried and rose again on the third day,
let’s read Revelation 1:18… First of all,
one of the most important purposes of Jesus Christ coming to this world
is to die in Troy for the sins of all people….
This was the main mission of Jesus coming to this earth…
John 3:16 – The only (begotten Son)… In Greek it is called “sylyanavalvaka”.
Meaning – tells about the uniqueness of Christ.
– It refers to the fact that He is the eternal Son of God, (not at one time)
– meaning that there is no one else like Him…
Colossians 1:18-15… Also Revelation 1:5
– It is called “the firstborn” in Nepali, and “the firstborn” in Bulgarian and “the firstborn” in Greek
– It refers to the supremacy of Jesus Christ and the position of the only one chosen by God.
– It does not mean that He is a created being, but that He is above all things.
Romans 11:26 – Another name for Him is Redeemer…
– Or Savior… The only Savior
 In the flesh, Jesus Christ took our sins on Himself.
– Paid the price for us.
– He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our place so that we might be saved..
– So that we might be forgiven and restored to a right relationship with God..
His death was – voluntary or voluntary, (John 10)
– sacrificially complete.
– Substituted… In our place
– Atoning.
– Sufficient forever…
1 Peter 2:24
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 5:6-11
Hebrews 7:27
1 John 2:2
Whoever believes in Him will be saved forever.
We can find it clearly in the Bible that His death was real. (Luke 23:26-56, Mark 14)
1. The death of Jesus Christ secures our relationship with God. (Romans 5:8; 1 John 3:16; 1 John 4:9)
2. The death of Jesus Christ establishes the redemption or ransom price of God for sinners and the redemption of sinners from their penalty. 1 Timothy 2:6; Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45… forever… once for all… forever. A
ransom price – in someone’s place means
paying the ransom price for someone else – in our place. 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 1:4 and 3:1; 1 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28
3. Because of Christ’s death, the world is reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:19-20
4. Christ died in their place, taking the punishment of sinners. John 10:11÷ Isaiah 55:6
(We are looking at it briefly, okay… You will find it in detail in the Gospel class, maybe)
Jesus was buried…. He was killed on Friday and buried in the evening
. …. He remained in the tomb on Saturday, …. He rose on Sunday morning….
 Jesus Christ is risen
– Virgin conception
– Jesus’ words and signs
– Death, burial and resurrection
are not negotiable.

 These things make the Christian faith very unique and powerful….
 The Christian faith is Christ and the center of everything is and should be Him.
 He is and should be the center of the church.
 In every thing and activity… What is He?? You have to see.
 Word-centered .. Christ-centered John 1:1, Revelation 19:13
 In fellowship, in prayer … in everything
 In personal life too…. Christ should be the first place
 In decisions
 In thoughts
 In family and members should also be led
 In all aspects of my life
Let’s read an important passage – 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
– In verse 14 – Without the resurrection of Jesus, everything or the gospel is in vain…..
– In verse 14 – Preaching and faith are in vain.
– In verse 15 – All false witnesses are called. (Paul Mahit)
– In verse 17 – Without the resurrection there is no forgiveness of sins…
– (It is clear in the Bible that Jesus Christ was resurrected and as the study is done in detail in the letters of Paul and the gospels).
– We are convinced that Jesus Christ rose from the dead….
 Now… Let’s turn to Romans 6 and study an important truth…
 Now.. We also died, were buried, and rose with Jesus Christ
– this is our most important textual truth… and it is necessary to understand.
Which we – Co-crucification – We were also crucified with Him (Galatians 2:20)
– Death and burial – We also died and were buried with Him.
– Resurrected with Him…
We can find this truth explained very well in Romans 6….. where the picture of baptism is used…
Baptism is a good picture…
Verse 3 – We died with Him.
Verse 4 – We were buried with Him.
Verse 5 – We were raised with Him.
Verse 6 – We were crucified with Him.
Let’s read verse 8 carefully…..
5. Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, (gave us the great commission).
The current ministry of Jesus Christ (intercessor and head),
6. The second coming of Jesus Christ for himself, the rapture – the second coming with him,
7. His eternal reign and kingdom.
5. Jesus Christ ascended to heaven,…. Acts 1:7-11 (read)
 After the resurrection, he remained in this world for 40 days. (Acts 1:3)
 Gave the great commission,
the great commandment – love. (John 11:34) The great commission – Matthew 28:18-20 ÷ Read Acts 1:7-8 (also in 3 other places).
 He is at the right hand of God in heaven, (Acts 2:33/Hebrews 10:11-14/Luke 22:29/Colossians 3:1)
– meaning: all authority has been given to Him, (Matthew 28:18-20)
– He alone does all judgment and work, (Philippians 2)
– there is no one else like Him.
 The High Priest is interceding for us.
Read Romans 8:34 also Hebrews 7:25
– For this reason the believer does not lose salvation..
 He is our advocate,…
1 John 2:2..
– He stays with us and fights for us, and when He conquers,…
 Where the ascension.. declares that He has won,.. Ephesians 4:8-10 to…
 Confirms that His work of redemption is complete. Hebrews 1:3, 12:2
 He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in the world where believers live,… (Holy Spirit, Church and Gifted Offices)
 He has prepared a place for us. (John 14:1-3)
 He is the head. – Ephesians 1:19-23, Hebrews 13:20
 He guides the church. – Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 5:26 and that too by the Word of God,
 He is sanctifying and preparing His bride. Ephesians 5:25-27
(You can read from 138 to 142),… very
good things,…
6. The second coming of Jesus Christ… Read Acts 1:11
Adam, Eve……Abraham…..Christ ….. Rapture…. Second Coming..
-2000 – 2000 Today 2021 7-year Great Tribulation
A. We call the rapture of the church, which is different from the second coming…. (It is necessary to know the difference between the rapture and the second coming).
– The rapture…. Now we are waiting… It can happen at any time.
– The event that will happen now…. And then the great tribulation and the second coming are discussed in these
passages. – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
– 1 Corinthians 15:51-54
– John 14:1-6
– Revelation 4:1-4.
B. After the Rapture… there will be a 7 year Tribulation, (Daniel 12:9) (Revelation 6-18) and after the 7 year Tribulation Jesus will come again.
– The Rapture will come for Himself, (believers only and the reward) and the world will not see Christ,
– He will come with Himself at the Second Coming, (Jude 14).
 Matthew 24:27-31
 Revelation 19:11-16 …….and other passages too
 And then He will establish His 1000 year reign.
 All things… all creation was made by Him and for Him… Let’s read Colossians 1:15-18
 The Old Testament lays the foundation for Jesus.
 The New Testament also speaks only about Him.
 The essence of all things is Christ,………
7. His eternal reign and kingdom……
 1000 year reign after the second coming… Revelation 20 Chapter
 Judgment and hell for all unbelievers (before Satan’s final rebellion)
 And after that we will live with Him forever and ever…
He is Christ, the Lord.