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The God Who Became Human: A Biblical Theology of Incarnation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is incarnation an anomaly? Was incarnation part of the hope of Israel? Graham Cole addresses these questions. He begins by exploring the purpose of creation in terms of God fashioning a palace-temple for dwelling with the creature made in the divine image. He follows God’s acts in Israel’s history to redeem a people of His own among whom He can dwell. He examines theophanic language: God is...

Importantly divine transcendence allows no room for pantheism. The Creator-creature distinction is the most basic metaphysical one in Scripture. The divine immanence and concomitance leave no room for deism as though the Creator has lost interest in creation. Another significant question arises from reviewing the early chapters of Genesis. How are we to understand the language of speaking and seeing of Genesis 1, of resting, planting and commanding in Genesis 2 and walking in Genesis 3? The traditional
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