**Just wondering; you state that the Word is not flesh. How do you reconcile that with John 1:14, which states, depending on the version, that the Word was made flesh, or the Word became flesh, or the Word became human, or the Word came in the flesh?**
The Word of God is the testimony of God; anything about God, be it his power, wisdom, love, etc. It wasn’t enough to speak through the fathers and prophets. So, he chose to speak face to face. And to do so, he had to have his own body. This body couldn’t just be a shell with no human mind and soul. No, God wasn’t going to cut any corners; this would be a man in every aspect, even able to die.
That is why the flesh is not God. God cannot die.
**Just wondering; you state that the Word is not flesh. How do you reconcile that with John 1:14, which states, depending on the version, that the Word was made flesh, or the Word became flesh, or the Word became human, or the Word came in the flesh?**
The Word of God is the testimony of God; anything about God, be it his power, wisdom, love, etc. It wasn’t enough to speak through the fathers and prophets. So, he chose to speak face to face. And to do so, he had to have his own body. This body couldn’t just be a shell with no human mind and soul. No, God wasn’t going to cut any corners; this would be a man in every aspect, even able to die.
That is why the flesh is not God. God cannot die.
There is still the question; how do you reconcile your statement that the Word is not flesh with what is written in Holy Scripture, that the Word became flesh?