Kenotic Heresy is what theological liberals engage in when confronted with the fact that the "Christ" they claim to believe in believed the stories of the Old Testament were real but theological liberal doesn't.
Kenotic Heresy simply believes that Christ, in His human form, made mistakes.
But Christ believed in ------
Adam & Eve:
So where does this Kenotic Heresy NONESENSE stem from?
It comes from twisting the word "Kenosis" (translated "emptied") in Philippians 2:5-8
Listing the key phrases in the light of Christ's two natures will help show the context of the kenosis. (Verses are from the NASB.) Verse 6a: "who, although He existed in the form of God" - This is clearly a statement regarding Christ's divine nature. Christ was and is God. Verse 6b: "did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped" - This is clearly a statement regarding Christ's human nature. Would it make any sense for Paul to state that Christ, as God, did not regard equality with God as a thing to be grasped since He was already God? Is the idea of God regarding equality with God a thing to be grasped a sensible issue to raise? It is only as man that Christ did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped. This alone makes sense. Verse 7a: "but emptied Himself" - ekenesen - As man Christ emptied himself. Verse 7b: "taking the form of a bond-servant" - A clear statement of Christ's humanity. Verse 7c: "and being made in the likeness of men" - A clear statement of Christ's humanity. Verse 8a: "Being found in appearance as a man" - Obvious reference to Christ's humanity. Verse 8b: "He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." - Christ humanity.
Referring to the kenosis in Philippians 2:5-7, John Calvin writes: "In order to exhort us to submission by His example, he shows, that when as God he might have displayed to the world the brightness of His glory, he gave up His right, and voluntarily emptied Himself; that he assumed the form of a servant, and, contented with that humble condition, suffered His divinity to be concealed under a veil of flesh."
The "veil of flesh" is an illusion to Hebrews 10:19-20: "Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh".
Neither Christ's divinity, nor His Divine attributes, nor the use of those attributes, nor His glory, was in any way emptied. Rather, these were "concealed under a veil of flesh." There is a distinct difference between emptying and concealing." DanMusik
Kenotic Heresy simply believes that Christ, in His human form, made mistakes.
But Christ believed in ------
Adam & Eve:
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Mark 10:6
Abel:
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias,
which perished between the altar and the temple:
Luke 11:51
Abraham:
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day:
John 8:56
Noah & the Flood:
They did eat, they drank, they married wives,
they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:2
Sodom & Gomorrah:
And thou, Capernaum,... for if the mighty works,
which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
Matthew 11:23
Jonah:
It comes from twisting the word "Kenosis" (translated "emptied") in Philippians 2:5-8
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, although He existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant,
and being made in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross Philippians 2:5-8 NAS
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"The kenoticist violates one of the fundamental rules of exegesis. He reads the text: "Who being in the form of God, emptied Himself," and ascribes the emptying to the divine nature.
The immediate context for "ekenosen," however, is Christ's human nature.Listing the key phrases in the light of Christ's two natures will help show the context of the kenosis. (Verses are from the NASB.) Verse 6a: "who, although He existed in the form of God" - This is clearly a statement regarding Christ's divine nature. Christ was and is God. Verse 6b: "did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped" - This is clearly a statement regarding Christ's human nature. Would it make any sense for Paul to state that Christ, as God, did not regard equality with God as a thing to be grasped since He was already God? Is the idea of God regarding equality with God a thing to be grasped a sensible issue to raise? It is only as man that Christ did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped. This alone makes sense. Verse 7a: "but emptied Himself" - ekenesen - As man Christ emptied himself. Verse 7b: "taking the form of a bond-servant" - A clear statement of Christ's humanity. Verse 7c: "and being made in the likeness of men" - A clear statement of Christ's humanity. Verse 8a: "Being found in appearance as a man" - Obvious reference to Christ's humanity. Verse 8b: "He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." - Christ humanity.
Referring to the kenosis in Philippians 2:5-7, John Calvin writes: "In order to exhort us to submission by His example, he shows, that when as God he might have displayed to the world the brightness of His glory, he gave up His right, and voluntarily emptied Himself; that he assumed the form of a servant, and, contented with that humble condition, suffered His divinity to be concealed under a veil of flesh."
The "veil of flesh" is an illusion to Hebrews 10:19-20: "Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh".
Neither Christ's divinity, nor His Divine attributes, nor the use of those attributes, nor His glory, was in any way emptied. Rather, these were "concealed under a veil of flesh." There is a distinct difference between emptying and concealing." DanMusik
