Incarnation
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· 7 viewsThe 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
God the Son assumed human nature
14 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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Jesus Christ’s incarnation involved a supernatural conception
Jesus Christ’s incarnation involved a supernatural conception
35 And the angel answered 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 called holy—the 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
Jesus Christ Chist’s incarnation involved a virgin birth
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
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The cost of the incarnation
The cost of the incarnation
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
See also ; The incarnation involved Jesus Christ’s suffering.
The necessity of the incarnation
The necessity of the incarnation
3 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 for 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; ;