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The goal of the incarnation of the Son of God and its importance for the human being
Dariusz Gardocki
Abstract
The central truth of the Christian faith is the truth about Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God who, when the fullness of time came, became a man. This truth has its own reference and support in a specific event, which is the incarnation of the Son of God, who is Jesus Christ. Therefore, in Jesus Christ, who is the true God and a true man, God meets the human being and the human being meets God. There is an exchange between the divine and the human, the purpose of which is to divinise the human being and make him/her an adopted son of God and to include him in the life of God Himself. This encounter at the same time reveals the truth about the constitutive direction of God towards humans as well as humans towards God. This orientation is related to the fact that there is a word in God that has the capacity for humanity, i.e. to become a human being. This ability results from the very existence of the Word and what It is in God, namely, that It is God’s immanent self-expression
in His eternal Trinitarian life and is therefore also the self-expression of God outside. Therefore, when God declares Himself outside, which takes place in the act of creation, a human being is created to whom God offers Himself as a fullness. In the first part of this article, the purpose and theme of the incarnation of the Son of God is shown. It is shown that since the incarnation of the Son of God is at the centre of God’s plan and is eternally intended by God, who when creating a human being thought about the incarnation of His Son, means that incarnation should not be seen and understood as an event forced by human being’s sin. The latter, however, influenced only the way in which God’s original purpose of human creation was accomplished which was his/her deification and the adoption and giving him/her participation in the life of God. In the second part in turn is shown what the Incarnation of the Son of God brings to humanity and the fact that it is on the one hand the revelation of the deepest mystery about the human being and his/her vocation, and on the other hand their implementation. Hence the incarnation of the Son of God is an event that reveals the truth that the greatness of God and His glory is not realised at the expense of diminishing the greatness and glory of the human being, because it is the elevation of humanity to the height of its possibilities and is the promotion of the human being by God
Keywords
creation ; incarnation ; Son of God ; Jesus Christ ; humanity of God ; deification ; domination stworzenie ; wcielenie ; Syn Boży ; Jezus Chrystus ; człowieczeństwo Boga ; przebóstwienie ; usynowienie
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