• HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uk
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            16 hours ago

            Nope, Jesus is YHWH incarnate as a Human. He isn’t a demigod as per greek mythology (a demigod is partially human, partially divine), Jesus has two natures, a human nature and a divine one. Thus, He is fully human and fully divine.

            The “God the Son” part is due to Him being conceived by the Holy Spirit, thus God is literally His biological Father in terms of His human nature. Also due to His human nature, he is subject to God The Father for the 33~ years of His life.

            Essentially the Christian narrative of the Incarnation which I have described above, is how God became a man to bear the punishment of sin.

            It solves a contradiction with God’s positive attributes - that one could be perfectly merciful, yet also perfect in justice.

            The reason I listed “Jesus of Nazareth” as God is because Jesus is fully God and is the incarnate person of the Triune God, so thus saying “There is no other God but Jesus Christ” is a correct statement. I could have used Yahweh/Jehovah, but modern day Judaism has some model of recognition. I could have also just said “The Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”. But Jesus was probably the most direct and understandable answer.