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So the existence of the Word did not begin with Jesus’s incarnation. There are hundreds of references to the divine word in Scripture, in both testaments, as the means by which God reveals himself. Moreover, God reveals himself to himself, each Trinitarian person to the other two, and his revelation extends beyond his own being.
- Stephen Wellum
- The person or active subject of the incarnation is the eternal Son. John 1:14 is clear: “The Word became flesh.” In other words, it was the Son from eternity who became incarnate, not the divine nature.
- As the eternal Son, the second person of the triune Godhead, he is the full image and expression of the Father and is thus fully God. Along with the Father and Spirit, the Son fully and equally shares the divine nature.
- As God the Son, he has always existed in an eternally ordered relation to the Father and Spirit, which now is gloriously displayed in the incarnation.
- The incarnation is an act of addition, not subtraction. In the incarnation, the eternal Son who has always possessed the divine nature has not changed or set aside his deity.
- The Incarnation Was Not the Divine Son’s Beginning. The virgin conception and birth in Bethlehem does not mark the beginning of the Son of God. Rather, it marks the eternal Son entering physically into our world and becoming one of us.
- The Incarnation Shows Jesus’s Humility. Jesus is no typical king. Jesus didn’t come to be served. Instead, Jesus came to serve (Mark 10:45). His humility was on full display from the beginning to the end, from Bethlehem to Golgotha.
- The Incarnation Fulfills Prophecy. The incarnation wasn’t random or accidental. It was predicted in the Old Testament and in accordance with God’s eternal plan.
- The Incarnation Is Mysterious. The Scriptures do not give us answers to all of our questions. Some things remain mysterious. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God,” Moses wrote, “but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever” (Deuteronomy 29:29).
The word “incarnation” means “the act of being made flesh.”. It comes from the Latin here in John 1:14. In John 1:1-3 we learned that Jesus is God, the divine Creator of the universe. Simply put, the incarnation means that the eternal God took on human flesh and became a man. Let’s take a look at another passage on the incarnation.
Jun 6, 2023 · The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God (John 1:1, 14), and we know that God is omniscient. So it seems strange that Jesus would say that He did not know when He would return. The key to understanding Jesus’ seeming lack of knowledge in this matter lies in the nature of the Incarnation. When the Son of God became a man, He remained fully ...
Oct 26, 2023 · The Incarnation is a concept that lies at the very heart of the Christian faith. It refers to the belief that the eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ, willingly took on human nature and became fully God and fully human at the same time. This theological mystery is encapsulated in the opening verses of the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the ...
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Incarnation is the term used to convey this essential Christian doctrine, which has at its core the fact that God so loves us that He condescended to become one of us so He could do for us what we could not do for ourselves. Scripture teaches that God purposed and planned the incarnation before the foundation of the world (1 Pet.1:20; Heb.10:5).
