Will you explain the temptations of Christ?
He was also man, and as he represented redeemed humanity, it was necessary he should reach that redemption through the same means by which (wo)man was to reach it. The first represented that which comes to (hu)mankind in its infancy when it has only physical wants, you remember he was tempted to change a stone into bread to satisfy his hunger—the second appealed to a higher part of the nature of (wo)man, his desire for dominion—he was promised all the kingdoms of the earth, and the last to his spiritual nature, that is, he was tempted to worship a god of his own creation.
Did Christ suffer physical pain when on the cross like an ordinary mortal?
Christ was during his life on earth a man in the highest sense, and as the more delicate the organisation, the keener the pain, he suffered even more than an ordinary man.
He represented humanity, as in some cases (wo)man feels forsaken, it was necessary that Christ should experience every emotion of which humanity is capable to make the parallel perfect.
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