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Old 08-15-2008, 09:18 AM
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Re: Incarnation OR Indwelling?

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Originally Posted by Esther View Post
Didn't want to lose this discussion from another thread.

Posted by Mapleleaf

The Son was not a body in which God dwelt; the Son was God manifested in flesh, Emmanuel, God with us.


It is the difference between incarnation and indwelling.

In Christ, God did not indwell a man, God became a man.

The birth of Christ was a unique joining of absolute Deity with perfect humanity, and of this we say, great is the mystery of godliness."
Maple Leaf is correct 'the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.' The union of humanity and Deity. God and man becomng one yet distinct with BOTH natures.
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