Although it was both unexpected by the Jews and unimaginable by man, the Incarnation appropriately reveals the attributes of goodness, omnipotence, justice, mercy, and wisdom. In His goodness, God created beings other than Himself in order to communicate His goodness. However, man sinned and cut himself off from the Creator. In order to counter man’s sin, God gave His only begotten Son a human nature, “that the world may be saved by Him.” The Incarnation is appropriate with respect to God’s omnipotence because the union of humanity and divinity manifests God’s almighty power better than any miracle. In the Hypostatic Union, the glory of divinity did not annihilate humanity, nor did the taking on of human nature destroy the divinity.
An angel appeared before a woman named Mary and stated to her that she would give birth to a son. She would name her son Jesus. Mary being a virgin gave birth to a child, conceived by God through his Spirit. Jesus being conceived in a supernatural manner became man and God in one creation. God became incarnate in this child who became known by the name of Jesus (Mathew 1:18-25) . Jesus was a Palestinian Jew, born in a town south of Jerusalem, raised in Nazareth in a small village in Galilee. Jesus was not any ordinary child. Jesus was the son of the living God. Not only was He the son of Mary, He was foremost the Son of God. He was incarnated sent to us for the redemption of all mankind. So how do we handle the incarnation of God?
I love the analogy between the Incarnation of Christ, and the spirit of every child, as it shows the true miracle that takes place from the time a child is born in the flesh, to the time he is spiritually born as a creation of his own making. This chapter also compares the instincts of animals to that of human beings, with humans having innate liberty and freedom which changes the process and differentiates in the final product - instead of a mass produced creature, every human being is a highly creative and handmade work of art, capable of becoming anything, and each individual and unique.
Incarnation is the term that is used to indicate that Jesus, the Son of God, became human. God wanted human kind to be made in his image and he wanted to change the relationship between himself and Christians. Therefore, during the incarnation, the Son of God came in human form so that he could be the Saviour of mankind. Our saviour came in the flesh, in human form and it was essential for him to shed His blood so that our sins could be forgiven. Our redemption entirely relies on Jesus coming to this world in the flesh. His love was exhibited when taking on human form and permitting this form to be demolished as a sacrifice on our behalf. Christians discovered a God throughout the incarnation, who loves us so much that He came to earth and
13. According to the lecture what three reasons are stated in Scripture for why God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ?
St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation was written to Marcarius. It is an apologetic work in which Athanasius considers “the Word’s becoming Man and His divine Appearing in our midst.” His work is not meant to be a doctrinal clarification of the incarnation, but instead a defense of it against its 4th century critics.
When exploring the concept of ‘God the Son’, the incarnation and attributes of God as seen in Christ enter the picture. In order for human sin to be covered, a human sacrifice is all that could meet the requirement ordained by God, yet, they had to be sinless. Only the incarnate God could fulfill this role, exhibiting qualities of God Himself, such as selflessness, unconditional love, and purity. Another core trait was humbleness, although Jesus held the highest status in all the world, which shone brightly in His ministry, as He also served the children of God. Paul captured the essence of Jesus as God and the reality of the incarnation in these verses, “let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God…made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5-7, NKJV).
Of all the debates that have developed in the Christian world over the centuries, the debate in regards to the infallibility and authority of scripture looms at the top of the list. This is not simply a trivial matter of belief, but this is a key issue; what an individual believes in this regard has the potential to either clarify or distort his or her view on the character, trustworthiness, and supremacy of God. A person’s stance on this issue, the infallibility and the authority of the written Word of God, will determine and establish many of the boundaries of their faith in God.
The new man, he affirms, is completely unlike the old man; he is a creature being transformed into something completely new. In order for people to better comprehend the Christian idea of a new man, the author says they should probably view it in connection with evolution. If we do this, however, he cautioned us that in this analogy the flow of evolution deviates tremendously from what we know it to be. Namely, unlike the “making” of man, the “begetting” of man comes from outside of nature rather than inside, and has nothing to do with sexual reproduction — it is voluntary. To the contrary, the Sons of God are “begotten” by what the author calls a good infection — everyone gets it by his personal contact with Christ. And, although the author spoke of this process as a future occurrence, he informs us here, that the “next step” of the Christian theme, which is a transformation from being creatures of God to being Sons of God, has already appeared. For example, the first instance of this process occurred about 2000 years ago in the form of Jesus
Also, there would not be Christianity without the incarnation, atonement, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and when God took human form through his Son, Jesus became fully human and God. He was the Messiah that Gods people longed for to save humanity from a sinful life (“Lecture 4”, 2017). Also, it is important to understand as a Christian that before Jesus Christ died humanity could not enter Gods Holy Kingdom after they passed because humanity was sinful. God sacrificing his son was a way to lay a path for humanity to follow if they choose to and if they follow Gods commandments can join God in his holy Kingdom after they pass away (“Lecture 4”, 2017). The truth of the Bible is the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Even though the incarnation was torturous Jesus knew it would be and God new how much torcher was needed to make clear that reconciliation accrued. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but he is also our Godhead or divine Trinity. He is humanity’s
Jesus Christ is the central figure of Christianity, the only way of salvation and the second person of the Trinity. (Funk & Wagnalls, 2015) The Gospels Matthew and Luke introduce the birth and childhood of God’s one and only Son, Jesus. His story began when the Angel Gabriel visited His virgin mother, announcing that she would give birth to a son, and that she was to call Him Jesus, for He would be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:30-35) The incarnation of the Messiah, was the Word
including the virgin birth and the bodily resurrection of Christ” ( Moran 191 ). This made
Mary was virgin, and gave birth to Jesus. This is the nativity story. The birth of the savior was the biggest moment in all of creation. Jesus grew up to become an activist for the poor, women, and for those who needed forgiveness.
To accomplish this, first the three incarnational truths noted in Thomas G Weinandy’s essay titled The Doctrinal Significance of The Councils of Nicea, Ephesus, and Chalcedon First Jesus is truly the Son of God needs summarizing. Accordingly, the councils affirm the full divinity, of God’s son, the son’s full and complete humanity, and finally an ontological union between the Son as God, and His humanity. In short, the council acknowledges Jesus’ reality as God’s son existing as a man. Thus, if you do not perceive the Divine Word made flesh, then you cannot recognize His work in deifying humanity, and creating a new people by transfiguring them into
the prime intercessor between Man and Christ. Since the Virgin's role had been denied by the