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Originally Posted by mizpeh
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 NAS
Just wanted to put that version out there because it says, the Word became flesh.
Bro Blume, I'm a little confused about what you are saying. Are you saying something similar to what we read about ourselves in 2 Cor 5:1-11? In which Paul states that we live within the tents of our physical bodies. That is kind of like an indwelling.
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Let me say it this way:
John did not stop with simply saying the word was made flesh. Hew knew he had to say more than just that the Word was made flesh. He had to explain what he meant. He ADDED the thought with something that QUALIFIED what he meant by saying
"HE DWELT among us. DWELT means TABERNACLED. The Word no more became flesh in the way some think than God became the TEMPLE in the Old Testament. Humanity was the temple. God did not BECOME humanity. He indwelt it.
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But aren't you in effect saying that Jesus Christ is not God when you say that God did not die?
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No. Jesus is GOD as per His person. AS A MAN, He died alone. Not as God. He was both, but the human was not God and God was not human. I believe the bible teaches TWO NATURES. HUMAN NATURE alone died.
Not divine nature.
God did not become a man any more than a man can become God. I personally think it is idolatry to say God BECAME A MAN - like in transmutation. Nothing personal against anyone, btw.
