On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 01:43:08 -0700 "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
BT:
The Son was eternally begotten of the Father. But the Son was not always
Jesus; i.e., he was not always Incarnate. The Word became flesh (Jn
1.14). He became something which he was not before, which he was not from
eternity: He became flesh. Do you agree with me?
I agree with the part about Him not always having been incarnate,
but we could probably split a few hairs over His not always having been
Jesus. Jesus is a corruption of Yaweh Shua, "I am salvation." It combines
God's name, "I am," with "salvation." In the bible, especially the ot,
names come from function. Jesus is God, and he's our savior, thus we have
"Jesus," "I am salvation." Was He our savior before He incarnated, or did
He become our savior at the moment of death on the cross, or some other
time?
Well, I guess I've more than split that hair; I've squished it into
dust which doesn't much resemble a hair at all any more. :)
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