THE THREE INCARNATIONS

Incarnation in the Bible is defined as Jesus Christ the Son of God taking on human flesh and becoming human while also remaining fully God. John, an apostle, wrote: “And the Word (Word is Logos= Jesus Christ) became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
Maximus the Confessor (580- 662) a Christian monk, theologian and scholar described ‘the three incarnations’ as multiple ways God manifests in the world with Jesus Christ as the historical incarnation, as Jesus (the Logos) as the creator of all things and the Scriptures as God’s Word, or God’s Logos, the story of Jesus Christ.
Paul, an apostle, wrote: “…making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him” (Ephesians 1:9-10).
With this definition, God becomes flesh in three ways:
Jesus became flesh through his human birth with Mary, Jesus gave all creation a real-life substance: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:15-17), and he is the Logos embodied in Scripture.
Maximus says: “God is ‘fully present’ in all created things.
“…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.” Jesus