Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

The Blending of the Two Natures
At times the Bible describes the Son of God in
terms of His human nature. God purchased His
church with His own blood (Acts. 20:28; cf. Col.
1:13, 14). At other instances it characterizes the
Son of Man in terms of His divine nature (cf. John
3:13; 6:62; Rom. 9:5)
When Christ came into the world, "a body" had
been prepared for Him (Heb. 10:5). When He took
upon Himself humanity, His divinity was clothed
with humanity. This was not accomplished by
changing humanity into divinity or divinity into
humanity. He did not go out of Himself to another
nature, but took humanity into Himself. Thus
divinity and humanity were combined.
When He became incarnate, Christ did not
cease to be God, nor was His divinity reduced to
the level of humanity. Each nature kept its
standing. "In Him," Paul says, "dwells all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9). At the
crucifixion His human nature died, not His deity,
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