The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

A Brief Review of the 1888
Concept of Christ's Humanity
Christ is God in the fullest sense, eternally preexistent,
equal with the Father, possessing life in
Himself, the Creator of all things.
In order to save the human race He entered the
corporate stream of our humanity, becoming one of
us, the second or "last Adam." In order to be our
sinless Substitute, He had to identify with us
completely. He could not fail to assume that which
He came to redeem. Thus He took upon His sinless
nature our fallen, sinful nature, coming so close to
us that no other human being can be wedged in
closer. His long arm reaches down to the lowest
level to lift up and to save the most hopeless sinner
who will look to Him with an intelligent faith.
In His incarnation He endured all of our
temptations, "yet without sin." His righteousness is
perfect because He condemned sin in the likeness,
not the unlikeness, of our sinful flesh. No one of us
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