eating and drinking, being subordinate to his Father, and doing nothing but carrying out his Father’s will, which finally included dying an excruciating and fully human death, all undoubtedly are included to combat this theological error. On the other hand, by the end of the first century the separation between church and synagogue was largely complete, and that largely because the Jewish leaders had excommunicated their own people who professed belief in Jesus as Messiah. So a high percentage of
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