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It’s a very interesting question. The Bible implies Jesus was of God in an image we could connect to as the son of the trinity , and did not have sin . But Jesus was born a baby to the Virgin Mary and was at first a child. As a child was Jesus like other children or was Jesus of adult capacity to make adult decisions?
And do we have any accounts of what Jesus was like at the childhood ages and if his encounters with other children were recorded in some form?
I no longer believe in the trinity, so Jesus was never part of God / an extension of him. Everything lines up with him being created by God, with a youth similar to other infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, etc. except being perfect and free of sin.
We don't see in the Gospels, for example, the baby Jesus talking. Or toddler Jesus performing miracles, etc. We was allowed to grow up like other humans, to be able to understand us as much as possible, for his/our ministry.
The church on the other hand - biggest spreader of the trinity - will have you believing all types of things that aren't in the Bible.
Last edited by Thoreau424; 08-16-2021 at 06:49 PM..
It’s a very interesting question. The Bible implies Jesus was of God in an image we could connect to as the son of the trinity , and did not have sin . But Jesus was born a baby to the Virgin Mary and was at first a child. As a child was Jesus like other children or was Jesus of adult capacity to make adult decisions?
And do we have any accounts of what Jesus was like at the childhood ages and if his encounters with other children were recorded in some form?
We know that when Jesus was twelve years old he amazed the teachers in the temple with his understanding and his answers as per Luke 2:46-47. But we don't really know anything more about his childhood, so anything said about his childhood would be speculating. I think however that he played with the other kids.
Oh, and just ignore the Infancy Gospel of Thomas which is a later apocryphal writer that has the young Jesus doing some very un-Jesus like things.
It’s a very interesting question. The Bible implies Jesus was of God in an image we could connect to as the son of the trinity , and did not have sin . But Jesus was born a baby to the Virgin Mary and was at first a child. As a child was Jesus like other children or was Jesus of adult capacity to make adult decisions?
And do we have any accounts of what Jesus was like at the childhood ages and if his encounters with other children were recorded in some form?
Most of Jesus' life prior to his baptism is unrecorded. What happened when he was 12 shows his spiritual advancement, however not as an adult. We can discern that he was basically a normal child, by the way Jesus was overwhelmed at his baptism, so much so that he had to escape to the wilderness for 40 days. His brothers did not accept him as the Messiah right away either, indicating that he was not really extraordinary during his childhood. No doubt you understand the whole family was extraordinary in their devotion to God, or He would have chosen them to bear His son.
Jesus was entirely human, so He had to go through every stage of human development that we all go through to reach adulthood. His advantage was His direct spiritual connection with His spiritual Father. That is something I would have loved to have when growing up.
Jesus accumulated spiritual wisdom from previous incarnations. So, i think his childhood was very brief.
Jesus did not have previous incarnations. He incarnated once. The eternal Word who is the second person of the Trinity incarnated for the purpose of going to the cross to die for our sins.
It’s a very interesting question. The Bible implies Jesus was of God in an image we could connect to as the son of the trinity , and did not have sin . But Jesus was born a baby to the Virgin Mary and was at first a child. As a child was Jesus like other children or was Jesus of adult capacity to make adult decisions?
And do we have any accounts of what Jesus was like at the childhood ages and if his encounters with other children were recorded in some form?
He filled John with The Holy Spirit, while yet in-utero ( Luke 1:44 + Luke 1:15 ) .
It’s a very interesting question. The Bible implies Jesus was of God in an image we could connect to as the son of the trinity , and did not have sin . But Jesus was born a baby to the Virgin Mary and was at first a child. As a child was Jesus like other children or was Jesus of adult capacity to make adult decisions?
And do we have any accounts of what Jesus was like at the childhood ages and if his encounters with other children were recorded in some form?
He was fully human, as well as fully God. The Bible says he grew in knowledge. So that tells us that he did not rely on his Divine attributes at times. It's reasonable to believe that he was subject to the restrictions of the average baby and child.
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