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NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION PROF. M. M. NINAN CHAPTER TWO CHRISTOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF INCARNATION "The most profound difference of belief manifests itself in the face of the strong connecting links between Christians and Jews. The Christian belief in Jesus Christ who as a consequence of his 9
NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION PROF. M. M. NINAN crucifixion and resurrection is affirmed and proclaimed, not only as the promised Messiah, but also as the Son of God who is co-substantial with God Himself , appears to many Jews as something radically 'un-Jewish': they see him as an absolute contradiction, if not a blasphemy, to the strict monotheism as it is understood by the Jewish tradition proclaimed by every Jew every day, in the 'Shema Israel‘. This is understood and translated as: “Hear O Israel, YHVH your God YHVH is One God” Jesus as incarnation of God or “the Word became flesh” is a totally alien thought within the extreme monotheistic group of the children of Israel. The greatest opposition to Christianity everywhere came from the Abrahamic children around the world which included Judaism (children of Sarah), Islam (childrenof Hagar) and the Dravidians of India (children of Keturah). Since Christianity is an outgrowth of Judaism, the concept of incarnation nor God coming as human to meet people were totally alien to it. Though theophanies in the form of Angel of the Lord is found common within the OT stories, God as such remained a Spirit without any form. Jesus himself was accepted as the long expected Mesiah and Christ during his life time, especially at him entry into Jerusalem on the donkey. He was received as such with pomp and style, but then He did not perform what the Jews expected from their messiah - Victory over Rome and freedom from slavery. Hence to them Jesus turned out to be another failed messiah of history. There was a mystical tradition within Judaism alongside of the written books of law and the prophets, an oral tradition starting from Adam, through Abraham and culminating in the handing of the secrets by God directly to Moses. But since they were kept secret within a few elites of the 10
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