Note: A SOUND BITES subscriber replied to yesterday's quote (in bold below) wondering what parts of it meant. I have inserted Scripture (in dark red) to help explain what I thought the authors were referring to. Hope this helps. -- DW
Jesus is sheer, absolute gift of God. ["For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son…" (John 3:16)] He is not a mere product of human history; ["In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God." (John 1:1-2)] He is the humanity of the God who graciously identifies with us and shares our human condition. ["But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law…" (Galatians 4:4)] No less human for that, for God's solidarity with us requires His full humanity. ["For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily…" (Colossians 2:9)] But human as God's self-gift to humanity, as "Immanuel." ["'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel' -- which means, 'God with us.' " (Matthew 1:23)]
-- Richard Bauckham and R. D. Williams in Jesus--God with Us
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