05-17-2007, 09:32 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Cant help, I must add some comments. :D
Quote:Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
1 Samuel 15:29
"And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he IS not a man, that he should have regret."
Hosea 11:9
"I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath."
This was the first declaration of God about Himself that He is not a man, therefore He can never become a man, otherwise he would contradict Himself.
The Incarnation had not yet taken place. When the Son of God became man He did not contardict Himself because God didn't cease to be. Also, Jesus Christ didn't lie, repent or break His promises.
I did not question you about the incarnation , I know very well that the above verses were written before Jesus’ birth but this is irrelevant matter, <b>my concern here is about God’s declaration that HE IS NOT A MAN, which indicates that HE WILL NEVER BE A MAN.</b>
Salam
Wael.