Heidelberg Catechism
Question 48. But if Christ’s human nature is not present wherever his divinity is, are not the two natures in Christ separated from one another? (See previous question and answer for the context of this question.)
Answer: Not at all, for since his divinity has no limits and is omnipresent, (a) it must follow that his divinity is beyond the limits of the human nature he assumed, (b) but nevertheless is within human nature, and remains personally united to it.
(Scriptural proofs after the fold.)
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?”
Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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