Stope
Puritan Board Sophomore
Yesterday I read this from Keller "Calvin on “He descended into Hell”"
Today his views were validated by the author of the post "Calvin, Keller and the Westminster Assembly"
They are saying that "Jesus suffered not just bodily pain but all the torments that a soul in hell, cut off from God's presence, would experience".
Then they say "Keller deals with the question of how Christ could have experienced forsakenness on the cross while never actually having lost the love of the Father", and is spoken of this way"
Finally they say "when we say that Christ experienced a true sense of separation and dereliction by the Father, this was only true of his human nature. This feeling in Jesus' body--and particularly in his soul--was generated by the full weight of God's wrath coming upon him"
So, my question is this: If im understanding correct they are saying his human nature suffered the torments of hell and not his divine nature. But, if this is the case, then how could a mere mortal experience an INFINITE punishment for just a portion of time??
Please respond in laymen terms
Today his views were validated by the author of the post "Calvin, Keller and the Westminster Assembly"
They are saying that "Jesus suffered not just bodily pain but all the torments that a soul in hell, cut off from God's presence, would experience".
Then they say "Keller deals with the question of how Christ could have experienced forsakenness on the cross while never actually having lost the love of the Father", and is spoken of this way"
Finally they say "when we say that Christ experienced a true sense of separation and dereliction by the Father, this was only true of his human nature. This feeling in Jesus' body--and particularly in his soul--was generated by the full weight of God's wrath coming upon him"
So, my question is this: If im understanding correct they are saying his human nature suffered the torments of hell and not his divine nature. But, if this is the case, then how could a mere mortal experience an INFINITE punishment for just a portion of time??
Please respond in laymen terms