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On the Incarnation
Worldview
Just like king Thrushbeard, Christ humbled Himself to save His proud and arrogant wife.
Unlike Thrushbeard, Jesus was humiliated far more than him. He also not only experienced excruciating pain on the cross, but he felt the full wrath of God by taking the whole world's sins on His shoulders.
God
Athanasius see that the Trinity is continually loving One another and serving each other.
Athanasius affirms that God created all things and is present in all things, yet He is still separated from all things.
God the Son uniting with flesh did not breach His permanent distinction, or made Him less than God, or even separated Him from existing in the entire universe
Man
Man is made in God's image, yet has fallen in his whole being, and was thus corrupted, shattering its relationship with God, and consequently with himself, his neighbour and the creation.
Man left to himself was decieved, living in a world that was cursed because of him, and had no desire to submit to God's authority.
The divine dilemma was that man has sinned and cannot just simply be forgiven, yet they have to be saved from it but they cannot do it in and of themselves. It was brilliantly solve by Christ's Incarnation
Incarnation
Jesus's incarnations solved the "divine dilemma"
God could not simply just wave sin away and forgive us, a Price had to be paid first. God is just and holy.
If God just simply took the "let's just forget about this" approach, it would have left us worse off than we originally were. Sin needs to be punished, without the punishment of sin, criminals would walk of the streets free.
Author
Athanasius (A.D. 296-373)
Lived in Alexandria, Egypt.
Lived there for 45 years, 17 of them in exile
He lived during the time of the transition of the Roman empire from an officially pagan empire to an officially Christian empire.
He constantly fought against the teachings of Arius, and for it he was banished from his office five times by four different emperors.
Summary
1) Addresses the goodness of Christ's creation (Book 1)
2) The necessity of the Incarnation in response to the Divine Dilemma caused by man's sinful rebellion. (Books 2-3)
3) The triumph of Christ in destroying death, recreating man, and redeeming the world. (Books 4-5)
4) The refutation of the Jews and Gentiles who oppose the gospel
Significance
The greatest event that has ever happened was the incarnation of Jesus Christ
. It is the only true event that transformed the world forever.
Incarnation comes from
In
and
caro
- meaning "In the flesh". It refers to the second person in the Trinity becoming man.
The three main events in the world are
Creation, Incarnation and Final Judgement
The incarnation is the most important one of these three, because without it there would be no Christians, no cross, no resurrection, no new covenant, in short no hope.
Main Questions
What was the most important event in History and why?
What was the Incarnation
How did the Incarnation solve the divine dilemma?