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Incarnation
- Incarnation, which literally means enfleshment,
refers to the conception, and live birth of a sentient
creature (generally human) who is the material manifestation
of an entity or force whose original nature is immaterial.
(wikipedia)
The
concept that God became a man and dwelt among other
humans. This was rejected by the Gnostic Christians,
the Ebionites and other Jewish Christians, but accepted
by Pauline Christians. (religious
tolerance)
"In
the flesh," that is, Christ has come in the flesh,
as a genuine human being (John 1:1,14; Romans 8:3;
I Timothy 3:16; I John 4:2). This term also indicates
that he did not begin to exist at his birth, for John
1:1 states his eternal pre-existence. He was the only
one who existed before being born into this world
(John 8:58). His coming was historical; it occurred
in space-time, on the earth (Matthew 1:18-25; Galatians
4:4) (Answering
Islam)
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