The significance of the Incarnation According to Athanasius

The significance of the Incarnation According to Athanasius

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Significance of the Incarnation according to Athanasius

As defined, the incarnation is the central argument by Christian theologies that God became flesh through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Second in the Trinity (McGrath, 2013). According to Germanous, Human beings represent God, the physical God, not the invisible, and he states that God’s presence is in human flesh and blood.

The significance of the Incarnation is believed to be the center of faith. This faith shows God continues to have a relationship and bond with the human being that is clarified to a covenant. Additionally, the argument is that using icons has different perceptions of different people. The act of Jesus Christ dying on the wooden cross reflects the use of material objects to show that they were implicated in the salvation process. These materials are significant as devotional aids that allow human beings, specifically Christians, to depict God.

My view stands that Incarnation speaks about God’s purpose and promises made. Believers believe that Incarnation speaks of God being a man in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. I see the importance of the Incarnation as a validation of material creation and human life. God’s relationship with man is evidenced that God is supernatural and Sent Jesus to bond with man to triune Sovereign and gracious to save Humankind from sin and death as a mark of Christian Faith. Quoting the defined significance of the Incarnation in the Bible, John states in his book, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (John 17:3).

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McGrath, A. E. (2013). Theology: The Basics. John Wiley & Sons.

New Testament Bible. Bible Society in New Zealand, 2006.