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| In considering the Incarnation, we must remember that Jesus existed before his conception. In fact, we believe “through him all things were made.” Through Jesus, God freely chose to share in the human experience, shrinking back from nothing and participating in our world as one of us. He bore the limits of human communication, and struggled to reveal the kingdom of God in human words and actions. He endured the same politics among his followers that we suffer today, and he paid his taxes. Being both God and man, inseparably joined, Jesus carried this intimacy in his own body. He showed a perfect union between the divine and the human in every moment of his life. Some scholars challenge the credibility of the word Shekinah in the Bible, believing that the word came from post-biblical scholars. However, the concept of a physical manifestation of God’s localized dwelling is nonetheless scriptural, and the idea of simply “Gods presence with us” is what many take from the word today. WORKS CITED: Miller, Fred. “Zechariah and Jewish Renewal” The Moellerhaus. Mar. 08 2006. <http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/shekinah.htm> NRSV Harper Study Bible. Lindsell, Harold. Grand Rapids:Zondervan,1989. “Tabernacle” Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. Mar. 08 2006 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernacle> Tasker, R.V.G. The Gospel according to John: An Introduction and Commentary. Grand Rapids: WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1960. |
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