Definitions: ''Incarnation''

The word incarnation comes from two Latin words (as do so many theological words!) which together mean "into flesh." When the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and she conceived in her womb the promised Savior (Luke 1:35), at that point the Second Person of the Holy Trinity came "into flesh" and into human history. God the Son visited this creation in a way that was unique, not to be repeated. In heaven, therefore, Jesus Christ has no mother; in the incarnation He had no (biological) father.

Salvation Accomplished by the Son – Christ's Incarnation

The subject of this chapter is how God became a man, i.e., the incarnation of the Son of God. Man’s salvation is not possible without it, for it is an essential prerequisite for Jesus’ death and resurrection. Peterson investigates the Old Testament, the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, and the Epistles, noting their witness to Christ’s birth.