A Godhead Question

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by TheLayman

Mizpeh:

Are you suggesting Jesus became a man twice? You see, you claim He was a man in verse 6 where it actually says He has eternal existence in the form of God. Notwithstanding, in verse 7 Jesus "takes" (2aor/act/part) the form of a servant and was made (begins to exist 2aor/midD/part) in the "likeness" of human beings.

So if Jesus was a man in verse 6, what was he doing beginning to exist in the likness of human beings in verse 7?

TheLayman

Verse 7 is a replay of verse 6.

Phi 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Phi 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Phi 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phi 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

I just want to add I don't see these verses as a SERIES of events that happened before the birth of Christ then continued after the birth of Christ. I understand these verses to take place after the birth of Christ and not necessarily in a series of steps.