implications of the Incarnation

Moving right along.... Jesus returns to heaven; with or without
his body? Okay, with his body. But it's served its "purpose". So
he leaves it at the gate, right? No? Well, then, when does he put
it aside? I'm reminded of a preacher I heard, who spoke of God
putting on his "man suit"! Ah, sola Scriptura! When does Jesus
stop being a "man"- when does he stop being human? And when does
he stop being God? Or, when does God stop being human? If, as you
do, quote Phil.2:6-8, that Jesus "made himself nothing" ("emptied
himself") you can do one of two things. First you make it say any-
thing you want to; that's your privilege as a Protestant- and no
one is "allowed" to say you're wrong. Or you can follow the church's
traditional interpretation. And that is that God HIMSELF "humbled
himself". You say "Christ took on flesh". If that doesn't mean he
became a human being, we have nothing more to talk about. This is
The Sovereign, Almighty God- becoming a human being! If you try at
this point to SEPARATE God (the Father) from the Son in the work of
redemption you have left the Christian Faith- along with "your"
Bible. I don't mean this harshly at all; just being Biblically
consistent to hit home the truth. You say, "I'd rather be biblical".
Good. I'm trying to keep it that way. God is human. That's not the
problem. The problem, for us, is then to undestand why, and what
does it all mean? That's the major implication we have failed to
care enough to pursue. We have assumed, on the powerful influence of
Rome and the Reformation, that the only issue of the Bible is the
fact of the Fall and salvation. But the early church, long before
the Roman and Reformation conflict and distortions, realized there's
much more to Christianity than just that.