The concept that God was fully human is a difficult one for mere mortals to grasp. Even the phrase “God incarnate” does not give the full impact. According to Dictionary.com the word incarnate means “embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form”. The idea of “God fully human” definitely takes embodiment a few steps further.
How Scripture answers "Was God fully human?"
Scripture is clear that God was fully human1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. Specifically, Jesus Christ – God’s Son – was born naturally1,11,13 in the flesh3,4,6,8,12 and exhibited fully human characteristics like hunger2,5, temptation10, and death9. God became a man7,11 and many others testified to his humanity3,4,8.
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