– It’s a great mystery:
1Tm 3,16 : Yes, it is so sublime – we unanimously proclaim it the mystery of divine goodness.
– Incarnation is a theological word that indicates that, in the human person of Christ, God took on our mortal human flesh:
Mt 1,18-25 : Before they lived together, it happened that she conceived by virtue of the Holy Spirit.
Lc 1,25-38 : Therefore, the holy thing that will be born of you will be called Son of God.
Lk 2,6-7 : And she gave birth to her firstborn son.
– Participation of the Eternal Father in the incarnation:
John 3:16 : He gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life.
Rom 8:3 : Sending his own Son on account of sin in the likeness of sin.
2Cor 5:21 : God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us.
Gal 4 :4 : But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, who was born of a woman.
– Participation of God the Son:
Jn 1:14 : And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that the only Son receives.
Heb 2,14-18 : Since the children partake of the same nature, of the same flesh and blood, he also partook of it.
Heb 10,5ss : Behold, I come (because it is written of me in the roll of the book) , I come, O God, to do your will (Ps 39,7ss).
1Jn 4:2 : Every spirit that proclaims that Jesus Christ has become incarnate is from God.
– Participation of the Holy Spirit:
Is 7:14 : Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son.
Mt 1,18 : Before they lived together, it happened that she conceived by virtue of the Holy Spirit.
Lk 1:35 : The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Rom 1 :4 : Who, according to the Spirit of holiness, was established as the Son of God in power by his resurrection.
Col 2 :9 : For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
– Becoming Christ like us in all things except sin:
Rom 8:3-4 : What was impossible for the Law, since the flesh made it impotent, God did.
2Cor 5:21 : God made him to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Heb 4:15 : On the contrary, he went through the same trials as us, with the exception of sin.
– Recognizing the Word coming in the flesh is essential for faith and comes from God:
1Jn 4,2-3 : By this the Spirit of God is recognized: every spirit that proclaims that Jesus Christ has become incarnate is from God.
– Jesus is true God and true man:
Jo 6,38-39.62 : For I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Jn 8:58 : Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Gal 4 :4 : But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, who was born of a woman.
Phil 2,7-8 : But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave and making himself like men.
Titus 2:13 : The glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Heb 1,3.6 : After having accomplished purification of sins, he is seated at the right hand of the Majesty.
Heb 2:11.14 : So that the sanctifier and the sanctified may form one whole.
– It is the Son of God eternal like the Father, who came to redeem us:
John 3:16 : God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish.
Phil 2,6-7 : Being of divine status, he did not take advantage of his equality with God.
– Inserting oneself in the history of men:
Lc 3,15.23-38 : When Jesus began his ministry, he was about thirty years old.
– The incarnation is like a new creation:
2Cor 5,17 : Everyone who is in Christ is a new creature. He passed what was old; behold, everything is done again!
