tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post4929793810975799128..comments2023-11-02T01:43:20.189-07:00Comments on At Wisdom's End: Catena Aurea: The Curse of JeconiahSamuel C Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13931395216787784171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post-75965456336801961042017-01-01T13:17:20.641-08:002017-01-01T13:17:20.641-08:00That's an interesting argument. It could be p...That's an interesting argument. It could be persuasive to someone who already agrees for other reasons that Christ had a divine nature. I think that the difficulty in making that argument to a Jewish audience would be that it presupposes the Jesus of Nazareth had a divine nature, and that's likely to be an extremely dubious claim to a devout Jew.Samuel C Bunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931395216787784171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204664686568393114.post-63491734497353882602016-12-31T09:07:06.585-08:002016-12-31T09:07:06.585-08:00There could also be some Christological questions ...There could also be some Christological questions inherent in this matter as well. I have spent the past 24 hours reading the first 7 ecumenical councils, which laid the foundation of an orthodox theology and Christology for Catholic and Orthodox Christians (and for the Protestants who assent to them). Romans 1:3-4 (which was quoted at one of the councils, I forget which), says that Christ the Son "...was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead..." Since Christ had two different natures, a human and a divine nature (as defined at the 2nd council of Constantinople), one could argue that Christ, because He also possessed a divine nature, was able to transcend the curse on Jeconiah's descendants, even as He has taken away the curse on Adam's descendants by sacrificing Himself on the Cross. Any thoughts?Jack DisPennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999955744311475772noreply@blogger.com