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==What does "to empty" mean== | ==What does "to empty" mean== | ||
This passage teaches that Jesus Christ became a real human because he did not cling to his divinity. He was willing to “empty himself” in order to take upon himself “the form of a slave” and be “born in human likeness.” If Jesus Christ continued to use his divine attributes, as classical Christology holds, what did Jesus empty himself of? | |||
Gregory A. Boyd and Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009), 119. | |||
=How William Branham interpreted it= | =How William Branham interpreted it= | ||