Thread: No Pre-existing Son... Before Christ's Birth?
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Old 04-02-2009, 10:36 PM
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Re: No Pre-existing Son... Before Christ's Birth?
I agree with this illustration from Dulle - showing the Father/Son distinction is EXTERNAL to Jesus Christ.



I should add, the diagram comes with this disclaimer from Dulle

This diagram of the Son should not be understood to mean that God merely dwelt in Christ like a person dwells in a house. While God was in Christ, the union of the divine and human natures surpasses that of mere indwelling. There was a metaphysical union of the divine and human natures to form one theandric existence; a union that preserved the properties of each nature, yet united them into one person. The metaphysical union is expressed in the diagram by the absence of the black line around the yellow circle (God).
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