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Col 2:9

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form
NIV

What great mystery lies within this verse of scripture? That the great creator of the entire universe, the God who formed man from the dust and breathed the very breathe of life into him, became that same kind of man, in the form of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Included in this mystery lies yet the other of the triune God, how one being can be three distinct different forms, and yet that is exactly what mankind is witness to. Seeing the Son, watching the Spirit descending upon him while hearing the Father Matt 3:16-17 Mark 1:10-11 Luke 3:21-22. Now I am faced here with the union between the divine and human. God in the form of a man, a man that he himself created. For what cause would God, the sovereign creator of all things, need to become the same as what he created? The greatest cause every! This cause was to restore the union which He intended from the beginning between Himself and His creation, which includes me, by becoming the one perfect man which could satisfy His own need for justice. Gods’ justice demands payment, a penalty for disobedience, sin, and this payment or penalty is death, which is opposite to eternal life. It was because of His great mercy and compassion for His creation, for me, that He needed to pay that penalty Himself, in the form of Jesus Christ taking upon Himself all the sin of mankind, all my sin, and experiencing that penalty of death. Jesus Christ, God who created all things, created within a young lady an embryo of his DNA thus being fully human yet also fully God. A mystery not one man may prove or disprove, but must by faith believe. It is beyond my complete comprehension of how this could happen, it does go beyond the realm of science as I know it, yet I believe it with all my heart. I know this because I have experienced firsthand the many mercies of God. He said it, and therefore it is true and I believe it. I am united with Him and I stand.