Christology

(Jesus Christ)

I believe that Jesus Christ is the “Monogenēs” — the Only Begotten Son of God. I believe that Christ, while on earth, was the physical manifestation of the One True and Only God. He was not a separate being, but rather an extension, a reflection, or a distinct “face” of God revealed within the bounds of physical creation.

To help illustrate this, imagine God as a six-sided cube. Each face is unique and distinct in appearance and function, yet all are part of the same unified whole. From our position within creation, we can only ever see one face clearly—Christ—but we may catch glimpses of the others through Scripture and spiritual revelation. The internal interactions between these “faces” are hidden from us, but they are all inseparably God. I do not hold to modalism, as I understand it, since these expressions are not masks worn in sequence, but relational facets of the eternal Godhead.

I am comfortable with the phrase “God in three persons”—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—but I would also venture to say the Universal Church represents another “face” of God in the world today. Not the institutions of men, but the spiritual Bride of Christ, in whom He dwells and through whom He is revealed. As Scripture says, “the two shall become one flesh.” This is not to deify the Church, but to recognize its intended union with Christ and role in manifesting God's presence.

I believe that God willingly allowed Himself to be persecuted and crucified in the form of Yeshua of Nazareth by His contemporaries—both Jews and Gentiles—in order to save humanity from the second death, which is the lake of fire. After this victory, He returned to that Holy Place where God dwells and now lives forevermore as the intercessor for all who come to Him in faith. I believe that Christ pre-existed creation, and that all things were created through Him. He is, as He declared, “I Am.”