Incarnation

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The assuming by God of human nature in the person of Jesus Christ. The incarnation is the fixed and permanent physical dwelling of God in his world, as opposed to the temporary manifestation of the divine presence and power in a theophany.

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God the Son assumed human nature

John 1:14 NRSV
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
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Jesus Christ’s incarnation involved a supernatural conception

Luke 1:35 NRSV
The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.
See also ; ; The incarnation was such that the Son was the exact representation of the Father; ; ; ;

Jesus Christ Chist’s incarnation involved a virgin birth

Matthew 1:22–23 NRSV
All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.”
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The cost of the incarnation

Philippians 2:6–7 NRSV
who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form,
See also ; The incarnation involved Jesus Christ’s suffering.

The necessity of the incarnation

Romans 8:3 NRSV
For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
See also ; ; ; Only a person who is fully human and fully divine can be the effective mediator between God and humanity; ;
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