The Mystery of the Incarnation

The podcast explores the mystery of the incarnation, specifically focusing on how the Word of God became incarnate. It discusses the challenges of explaining how the eternal Word, who is true God and creator of all things, became flesh. The podcast explores two inadequate explanations of the incarnation: kenoticism (which suggests a real change and loss on the part of the Son) and becoming man by addition (where it is assumed that the Son gained something in the incarnation). However, the podcast proposes a terminative assumption view, which suggests that the divine person terminated the human nature by assuming it to himself without subtraction or addition. This view maintains that Jesus is a true man and true God, with two whole, perfect, and distinct natures inseparably joined together in one person, who is the eternal Son of God.