as their own description would necessitate; and that is even more remote, more implausible. If, on the other hand, it was the human nature alone that spoke, then the divine nature was not the one addressing mankind, nor did God speak to people from the human nature as He spoke to Moses from the bush.
Moreover, on this view there would be no real distinction between the speech of the human nature and the speech of the divine nature. The Messiah’s explicit declarations that he is a created servant are numerous—and they themselves concede this—but they claim, “That was the speech of the human nature.”
It may then be said to them:
“Thus the one who addressed the people was the human nature, not the divine nature. Yet you have asserted that God addressed creation from the body of the Messiah just as He addressed Moses from the bush.
“The speech Moses heard from the bush was entirely the speech of the divine nature, whereas the words heard from the Messiah contain nothing peculiar to the divine nature; almost all of them plainly show that they are the words of the human nature.”
Eleventh Point:
When God spoke to Moses from the bush, He was