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==120:4. THE INCARNATION—MAKING TWO ONE==   

==120:4. THE INCARNATION—MAKING TWO ONE==   

120:4.1 And so certain unworthy children of Michael, who had accused their Creator-father of selfishly seeking rulership and indulged the insinuation that the Creator Son was arbitrarily and autocratically upheld in power by virtue of the unreasoning loyalty of a deluded universe of subservient creatures, were to be silenced forever and left confounded and disillusioned by the life of self-forgetful service which the Son of God now entered upon as the Son of Man—all the while subject to "the will of the Paradise Father."

120:4.1 And so certain unworthy [[children]] of [[Michael]], who had accused their [[Creator]]-[[father]] of [[selfish]]ly seeking rulership and indulged the insinuation that the [[Creator Son]] was [[arbitrarily]] and [[autocratically]] upheld in [[power]] by [[virtue]] of the unreasoning [[loyalty]] of a [[deluded]] [[universe]] of subservient [[creatures]], were to be [[silenced]] forever and left confounded and [[disillusioned]] by the life of self-forgetful [[service]] which the [[Son of God]] now entered upon as the Son of Man—all the while subject to "the will of the [[Paradise Father]]."

120:4.2 But make no mistake; Christ Michael, while truly a dual-origin being, was not a double personality. He was not God in association with man but, rather, God incarnate in man. And he was always just that combined being. The only progressive factor in such a nonunderstandable relationship was the progressive self-conscious realization and recognition (by the human mind) of this fact of being God and man.

120:4.2 But make no mistake; [[Christ]] [[Michael]], while truly a [[dual]]-[[origin]] [[being]], was not a double [[personality]]. He was not [[God]] in [[association]] with man but, rather, God [[incarnate]] in man. And he was always just that combined [[being]]. The only [[progressive]] [[factor]] in such a nonunderstandable [[relationship]] was the [[progressive]] [[self-conscious]] [[realization]] and [[recognition]] (by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind) of this [[fact]] of being [[God]] and [[man]].

120:4.3 Christ Michael did not progressively become God. God did not, at some vital moment in the earth life of Jesus, become man. Jesus was God and man—always and even forevermore. And this God and this man were, and now are, one, even as the Paradise Trinity of three beings is in reality one Deity.

120:4.3 [[Christ]] [[Michael]] did not [[progressive]]ly become [[God]]. God did not, at some [[vital]] [[moment]] in the [[earth]] life of [[Jesus]], become man. [[Jesus]] was [[God]] and [[man]]—always and even forevermore. And this God and this man were, and now are, one, even as the [[Paradise Trinity]] of [[three]] [[beings]] is in [[reality]] one [[Deity]].

120:4.4 Never lose sight of the fact that the supreme spiritual purpose of the Michael bestowal was to enhance the revelation of God

120:4.4 Never lose [[sight]] of the [[fact]] that the [[supreme]] [[spiritual]] [[purpose]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL Michael bestowal] was to enhance the [[revelation]] of [[God]]

120:4.5 Urantia mortals have varying concepts of the miraculous, but to us who live as citizens of the local universe there are few miracles, and of these by far the most intriguing are the incarnational bestowals of the Paradise Sons. The appearance in and on your world, by apparently natural processes, of a divine Son, we regard as a miracle—the operation of universal laws beyond our understanding. Jesus of Nazareth was a miraculous person.

120:4.5 [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] have varying [[concepts]] of the [[miraculous]], but to us who live as [[citizens]] of the [[local universe]] there are few miracles, and of these by far the most [[intriguing]] are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD incarnational bestowals] of the [[Paradise Sons]]. The [[appearance]] in and on your world, by apparently [[natural]] [[process]]es, of a divine Son, we regard as a [[miracle]]—the operation of [[universal]] [[laws]] beyond our [[understanding]]. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was a miraculous [[person]].

120:4.6 In and through all this extraordinary experience, God the Father chose to manifest himself as he always does—in the usual way—in the normal, natural, and dependable way of divine acting.

120:4.6 In and through all this extraordinary [[experience]], [[God]] [[the Father]] [[chose]] to [[manifest]] himself as he always does—in the usual way—in the [[normal]], [[natural]], and dependable way of [[divine]] [[acting]].

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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]

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