Originally posted by ZeroDeep
God cannnot manifest himself into human form.
Deep
Yes He did !!!
Man has two natures....Body and Soul!
God has three....Father ,Son and Holy Spirit!
Explanation below ~
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~The Christian Creed ~in which Christianity is based on....an explanation below...Orthodox Russian/Greek/Armenian,Ethiopian,Romanian etc...still use
the original Creed......Roman Catholic have added to it.........
We believe in One God, a God that has always existed and who created all things.
We worship One God in the Holy Trinity.
The Trinity is God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit: one in essence and undivided.
The mystery of the Trinity is revealed to us by God throughout Holy Scripture.
God is referred to in the plural as in the case of creation in Genesis 12: 6;
the angels who appeared to Abraham in Genesis 18: 1 - 6; the Thrice Holy Hymn sung by the angels in Isaiah 6: 1 - 4; the commission of Jesus to the
Apostles to baptise all people in the Trinity in Matthew 28: 19; and at Jesus' baptism in Matthew 3: 3 - 17.
These references along with countless others all suggest one God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe that Our Lord Jesus Christ is truly God.
He is both Savior and the Lord's Anointed One, who was born of the Virgin Mary, taking on human flesh and yet remaining as God.
He became man in every respect except sin, giving His Life for us as a sacrifice, so that we could be reunited with God.
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
A Sermon on the Nativity of Christ (John 1, 14)
The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human --- having become incarnate of
the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary.
O, wondrous, awesome and salvific mystery!
The One Who had no beginning took on a beginning according to humanity; the One without flesh assumed flesh. God became man --- without ceasing to be
God. The Unapproachable One became approachable to all, in the aspect of a servant.
Why, and for what reason, was there such a condescension [shown] on the part of the Creator toward His transgressing creatures --- toward humanity
which, through an act of its own will had fallen away from God, its Creator?
It was by reason of a supreme, inexpressible mercy toward His creation on the part of the Master, Who could not bear to see the entire race of mankind
--- which, He, in creating, had endowed with wondrous gifts --- enslaved by the devil and thus destined for eternal suffering and torment.
And the Word became flesh!...in order to make us earthly beings into heavenly ones, in order to make sinners into saints; in order to raise us up from
corruption into incorruption, from earth to heaven; from enslavement to sin and the devil --- into the glorious freedom of children of God; from death
--- into immortality, in order to make us sons of God and to seat us together with Him upon the Throne as His royal children.
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The truth of the Tri-unity of God is only expressed in a veiled way in the Old Testament,
only half-revealed. The Old Testament testimonies of the Trinity are revealed and explained in
the light of Christian faith, as the Apostle Paul wrote concerning the Jews: �But even unto this
day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the
Lord, the veil shall be taken away . . .It is taken away in Christ� (2 Cor. 3:15-16, 14).
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In the New Testament Scriptures there are expressions concerning the Triune God; and
these in a most condensed but at the same time precise form express the truth of the Trinity:
Matthew 28:19: �Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.� Of this, St. Ambrose of Milan notes: �The Lord
said, `In the name' and not `in the names,' because God is One. There are not many names; therefore
there are not two gods, and not three gods.�
2 Corinthians 13:14: �The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.�
John 15:26: �But when the Comforter is come, Whom I will send unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me.�
1 John 5:7: �For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the
Holy Spirit: and these three are one.�
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The name of the Second Person � the Word.
Often in the Holy Fathers and in the Divine service texts the Son of God is called the Word
or Logos. This has its foundation in the first chapter of the Gospel of John the Theologian.
The concept or name �Word� we find in its exalted significance many times in the books of
the Old Testament. Such are the expressions of the Psalter: �Forever, O Lord, Thy Word abideth
in heaven� (Ps. 118:89); �He sent forth His Word and He healed them� (Ps. 106:20) � a verse
which refers to the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; �By the Word of the Lord were the heavens
established� (Ps. 32:6). The author of the Wisdom of Solomon writes: �Thy all-powerful
Word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne, into the midst of the land that was doomed, a
stern warrior carrying the sharp sword of thy authentic command, and stood and filled all things
with death, and touched heaven while standing on the earth� (Wis. 18:15-16).
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