Distress: ―He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, ̳My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.'" (Matt 26:37)
Joy: ―In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, ―I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes..." (Luke 10:21)
Anger: ―And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts"
(Mark 3:5)
Indignance: ―When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me,
and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." (Mark 10:14, NIV)
Y‘shua functioned in a true human function:
Y‘shua played by the rules we have to play by. ―But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth
His Son, born of a woman, born under the law." (Gal 4:4)
Though fully and truly Elohim, Y‘shua did not exercise His prerogatives as Elohim. He never ceased to be
who He was. He simply chose not to exercise His powers as Elohim. Instead, He functioned as the prototype
of the Spirit-filled man.
―Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to
be tightly grasped. Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by
becoming a man like other men. And being recognised as truly human, He humbled Himself and even
stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross." (Phil 2:6-8, Weymouth)
He accepted, for a while, limitations to which humans are subject. For example, He refused to exercise His
omniscience as Elohim. He chose to know only what the Father would reveal to Him. He did not know when
the second coming would take place. ―But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Mark 13:32). There were times when the Father revealed the
thoughts and secrets of those with whom He came in contact; but when speaking to the father of one boy
tormented by a demon, He did not know the answer and asked for information: ―So He asked his father,
'How long has this been happening to him?' And he said, ̳From childhood'" (Mark 9:21). Y‘shua, in His
incarnation, chose to be limited to one place at a time, refusing to exercise for a time, omni-presence. He
could have chosen to call in twelve legions of angels to rescue Himself from the crucifixion stake (Matt
26:53), but He chose to accept the limitations of humanity and suffering.
Y‘shua lived in complete dependence upon the Father, as mankind was designed to do:
He played by the same rules which we have to play by. He replied to the Father to lead Him in what to say,
―For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should
say and what I should speak" (John 12:49 Cp: John 7:17, 8:26, 12:50, 14:10, 24).
He relied on the Father's power to perform His signs and miracles. As Elohim, He could have done so in His
own power; but as Man, He relied on the Father. ―Then Jesus answered and said to them, ̳Most assuredly, I
say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the
Son also does in like manner'" (John 5:19). He answered His critics, stating that: ―If I cast out demons with
the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you" (Luke 11:20, see also John 4:34, 5:36).
The assumption, again, is that He relied on the Father for the power.
When Y‘shua selected His disciples, He relied on the Father for direction. ―Now it came to pass in those days
that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He
called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles". (Luke 6:12-
13)
Y‘shua lived in continuous fellowship with the Father, in continuous obedience to the Father, in continuous
dependence upon the Father, and thus experienced continuous empowerment from the Father. On earth, He
was the prototype of the Spirit-filled man.
The nature of His sufferings: Real wrath and alienationYHWH's attitude toward sin is one of wrath and fury: