How can God become human?

The question behind this study

An unlimited God cannot become a limited human being without ceasing to be God.

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Raw answer

The direct Christian answer

Christianity does not teach that the divine nature changed into a human nature or that all of God was confined inside a body. It teaches that the eternal Son assumed a real human nature while remaining divine. Jesus' hunger, growth, suffering, and human life are therefore part of the claim, not facts Christianity needs to deny. The one person is fully divine and fully human, not a mixture that is half of each.

Core conclusions

The Son becomes human; the Father is not incarnate.
Assuming humanity is not ceasing to be divine.
One person, not two independent Jesuses.
Real humanity includes a human mind and body.

Bring it back to Christ

The Christian confession is that God the Son truly entered human life to reconcile and restore human beings.

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Primary sources & further study

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