Hebrews 217
Definition
Arius understood salvation as imitation of Christ, who Himself had learned to be like God; thus Christ had to be created like us to be a genuine example.
Episodes
- 023 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 3
- 089 — Old Testament — Topic 13
- 098 — Old Testament — Topic 22
Related Concepts
- Deificationtheosis Through Imitation
- Goel Kinsman-Redeemer
Biblical References
- Malachi 4:2 — *But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall. *
- Revelation 1:10 — *I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, *
- Luke 2:52 — *And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and with people. *
- Proverbs 8:22 (LXX) — The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
- John 1:14 — *Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. *
- John 3:16 — *For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. *