Linked Together: Two Questions on the Two Natures

It’s the season when we celebrate the incarnation, when the second person of the Trinity took on a human nature. Here are two questions, along with good answers, to help you think accurately about the incarnate second person. Start with the first question, because if you understand it’s answer, you’ll find the answer to the second easier to grasp.

Does Jesus Have One Nature, or Two?
“[T]he Council of Chalcedon declared that Christ was vere homo, vere Deus, that is, ‘truly man and truly God,’ having two natures in one person.”—R. C. Sproul.

How Can Jesus Not Know, But Still Be Divine?
“[D]uring Jesus’ earthly ministry his divinity was “in repose,” or, as the Latin version of Calvin’s commentary puts it, “the divine nature was kept, as it were, concealed; that is, did not display its power.” But the divine nature was not lost or even turned off, so to speak, during Jesus’ earthly ministry. Instead it was hidden, or concealed.”—Luke Stamps.