God has changed his dwelling place over time, being in the Garden of Eden, tabernacle, temple, and ultimately becoming human through Jesus. The document discusses key aspects of Jesus' incarnation as the Word becoming flesh, his humility by emptying himself of divine attributes to live as a human, and how his resurrection allows for unity and reconciliation between God and humanity. Ultimately, the incarnation allows humans to partake of God's divine nature through Jesus.

2. GOD CHANGING HIS ADDRESS
• First and foremost, God was and will always be in His heavenly temple
• That has never changed and will never change
• Here on earth, God has changed his address quite a bit
• Garden of Eden walking with Adam and Eve
• Tabernacle in the Wilderness
• David’s Tabernacle
• Temple in Jerusalem
• The Incarnation changes everything regarding God relating to humanity

3. THE WORD BECAME FLESH
John 1:14
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, glory as
of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
• This verse tells us two primary things
• Jesus, as the very word of God, came as a man
• There is glory surrounding the incarnation

4. GLORY IN HUMILITY
Philippians 2:6-7
“although [Christ] existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to
be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in
the likeness of men.”
• Out of humility, Christ emptied himself of many of his divine attributes in order to be able
to take on our form.
• For example, Omnipresence is kind of hard to have when you’re in a physical body
• There’s a certain weight and glory in the fact that God would want to send Himself in the
form He created

5. FULLNESS OF DEITY IN BODILY FORM
Colossians 1:19-20a
“For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through
Him to reconcile all things to Himself”
• Reconciliation was at the heart of the Incarnation
• God dispels any notion of Him being a grouchy old man in the sky by the simple act of
becoming what He created in His own likeness
• John stresses the Word becoming flesh for that reason
• I think that John got a clearer picture of that than any other apostle because Jesus
said to him “behold your mother” regarding Mary.

6. UNITY IN RESURRECTION
• I know it’s only Christmas, but let’s flash forward to Easter and the other half of the
Incarnation
• In resurrecting Christ, God resurrected the intimate fellowship he had with Adam and
Eve in the Garden
• There is no longer anything that can separate Him from His family.
• God looks at us now and sees a whole bunch of little Jesuses!
• Paul wasn’t kidding when he said that Christ was the firstborn of many brethren!
• For all of eternity, there will be a resurrected human frame seated at the right hand of
the Father!
• Ultimately, the Incarnation is what opened the door for God to let us partake of Himself and
His divine nature through His Son!
• We would do well to heed the words of David and taste and see that God is good!