He did not come to the earth to live as god, but as a man.
Never prayed to a self, he always prayed to the father.
That he died as a man. God cannot die.
Philippians 2:7 New International Version (NIV)
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
first, thanks for the reply, second, scripture,
1 John 3:15 "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we
the love of God,
because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren".
there are two "deaths" 1. a natural death with loss of blood. and a natural death without loss of blood. which is a spiritual death, cut off from God, in fellowship, but yet physically alive, (with blood). 2. then there is the second Death, complete cut off from God, (destroyed, with or without blood).
as 1 John 3:16 states he laind down "his" life. so what is the Life he Laid down? the Natural Life with blood. supportive scripture,
Leviticus 17:11a "
For the life of the flesh is in the blood".
John 1:14a "And the Word was
made flesh". and the life of all flesh is in the blood.
so it was the BLOOD that he gave. for the Lord Jesus had the same nature of God who is Spirit, pers Phil 2:6. he took on flesh.
and this death is recorded,
Revelation 1:17 "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;
I am the first and the last:
Revelation 1:18 "
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
I'm very sure the "First and the Last is God .... and God said that
he died. I didn't say it, he, God, said it.