The Incarnation of the Son of God

Jesus Christ the God Man

By: Don Pirozok

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The doctrine of the Incarnation stands at the very heart of the Christian faith. It is not a secondary teaching, a seasonal theme, or a theological abstraction, but the central revelation by which God makes Himself known and accomplishes redemption. The Incarnation declares that the eternal Son of God entered human history by taking on real human nature, without ceasing to be fully divine. Scripture summarizes this staggering truth with unmatched simplicity and depth: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). In this single statement, heaven and earth meet, eternity enters time, and God draws near to humanity in a way never before seen.
From the opening verses of Scripture, God reveals Himself as a Creator who desires relationship with His creation. Humanity is made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26–27), designed for fellowship, stewardship, and communion with Him. Yet Scripture also records humanity’s fall into sin, resulting in separation, corruption, and death (Genesis 3; Romans 5:12). From that moment onward, the biblical narrative moves toward restoration. The Incarnation is God’s decisive answer to the problem of sin and separation—not merely by instruction, law, or prophetic word, but by God Himself entering the human condition. Redemption is accomplished not at a distance, but from within humanity.
The Old Testament prepares the way for the Incarnation through promise, prophecy, and pattern. God reveals that salvation will come through a human deliverer, born of the woman (Genesis 3:15), descended from Abraham (Genesis 12:3), from the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10), and from the line of David (2 Samuel 7:12–16). These promises establish that God’s redemptive plan is inseparably tied to humanity. At the same time, Scripture hints that this deliverer will be more than a mere man. Isaiah prophesies a child who will be called “Mighty God” and “Everlasting Father” (Isaiah 9:6), and later declares that a virgin will conceive and bear a son called Immanuel, meaning “God with us” (Isaiah 7:14). The tension between divine identity and human birth points unmistakably toward the Incarnation.
The New Testament opens by declaring that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of these ancient promises. John’s Gospel reaches back before creation itself, declaring, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). This establishes the preexistence and deity of the Son. The Incarnation does not mark the beginning of Christ’s existence, but the beginning of His earthly mission. The eternal Word, who created all things (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16), enters the world He made, not as a visitor passing through, but as one who truly becomes flesh.
The Incarnation is therefore not God disguising Himself as human, nor a divine spirit temporarily inhabiting a body. Scripture insists on the full reality of Christ’s humanity. He is born of a woman (Galatians 4:4), grows in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52), experiences hunger, thirst, fatigue, sorrow, and temptation (Matthew 4:2; John 4:6; John 11:35; Hebrews 4:15). At the same time, He exercises divine authority—forgiving sins (Mark 2:5–7), calming storms (Mark 4:39), raising the dead (John 11:43–44), and receiving worship (Matthew 14:33). The Incarnation unites these realities without confusion or contradiction: one Person, two natures—fully God and fully man.