Just as tea is mingled with water, so also God is mingled with humanity in Christ. Once tea is mingled with water, wherever the water is, the tea is also. Even today, He is both a genuine man and the very God. When He was on this earth, He was both man and God-He was the God-man. ![]() Jesus Christ is the mingling of God with man. JESUS CHRIST BEING THE MINGLING OF GOD WITH MAN ![]() Hence, in Leviticus 2:4 we see the mingling of the Holy Spirit with the human nature. This term was adopted from Leviticus 2:4, which says, “And when you present an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened cakes mingled with oil or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.” In the Scriptures oil signifies the Holy Spirit of God, and fine flour signifies the human nature-particularly that of Christ. Among Christians today the term mingling, particularly as it relates to the mingling of God with man, is rarely used. This mystery, which is revealed to us throughout the entire Bible, is the mingling of God with man. There is a mystery revealed in the Scriptures that we can never comprehend fully. THE MINGLING AS TYPES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT These two essences mingle together to produce a beverage, but they do not produce a third nature, something which is neither tea nor water. When tea is mingled with water to make a beverage, neither the essence of tea nor the essence of water is lost. ![]() However, we wish to make it clear that this is not our understanding of the word “mingle.” We agree with the first definition of this word given in Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: mingle-“to combine or join (one thing with another, or two or more things together), especially so that the original elements are distinguishable in the combination.” According to this definition, when two or more things are mingled together, their original natures are not lost but remain distinguishable.We may use tea as an illustration of mingling. To say that with respect to the Lord Jesus the mingling of the divine essence and the human essence produced a third nature, a nature that is neither fully human nor divine, is heretical. Some who misunderstood this mingling said that it caused a third nature to be produced, something which is neither divine nor human. In ancient times there was a debate regarding the mingling of the divine essence and the human essence in the Person of the Lord Jesus. Some Bible students and even some Bible teachers have failed to understand the matter of mingling.
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