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jyjan(ICorinthians15:39-50;John1:1-18). Isaiahprovesthiswhenhestates
that Christ is born from the seedless virgin Mary, "...as a root out of a dry
ground" (Isaiah 53:2). Also Christ said, "I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world..." (John 16:28), and "Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world" Qohn 8:23). He also revealed that the Father is in Him, and that He is in the Father Qohn
14:11). TheonlySonofGodisChrist,theeternalWordofGodmadeflesh, or God the Father manifested in the flesh as the Father incarnate and not as asonincarnate. ThereisnobetterwaytoexplainHisuniquenessanddis-
tinctivenessthantousetheBible. ThatiswhyJohntheApostlespeaksofthe "only begotten of the Father." John 3:16 declares, "For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son...." This is God the Father man ifested in the flesh.
"Fhs Trinitarian belief leaves us with two sons. One is the eternal God the Son, and the second is the incomplete human son taken from the nature of Mary and incarnated with God the Son. Other Trinitarians and Tritheists say the eternal God the Son which was sent to the world was born from Mary for the second time, partaking flesh from her flesh, soul from her soul, and became both man and God, when the fullness of time was come (Genesis 3:15).
However, according to the Bible writers' theology. His miraculous birth is unique in its redemptive Messianic purpose. The Bible says that, "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" 3:16). Indeed Christ is the gift of God and the Word of life that came from the inner being of God (John 1:1-18;John 4:10; I John 1:1-3).
In an attempt to explain the confusion of the two sons, at the council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, a creed was adopted which has become the accepted standard of Trinitarians as relating to the "two natures" ofChrist. The coun cil declared that the "Deity" and "Humanity" ofChrist exist, "Without con fusion, without change, without division, without separation." The "hvo natures"coalescedinonepersonandonesubstance. Whatconfusionthisis indeed! It is clearly defined in the scriptures that two separate natures can notbeunitedinthesameperson. TheBiblesaysthateverythingreproduces after its kind. Two different substances can never becomeonesubstance; unless it is the same substance, it cannot be one. "... Flesh and blood (dust) can not inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incor- niption" (I Corinthians 15:50).
Christ did not come to partake of our earthly clay, but came instead that wemaypartakeofHisdivinenature. IPeter1:23states,"Beingbornagain, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. HPeter
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