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Incarnation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the reverse of the Greek god: the Greek god is powerless because he gives his power to the whole world; the incarnate one absorbs the fullness from all the rest.

Incarnation (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠happen only once; the pagan gods could do it often precisely because theirs was not a true incarnation.

The Incarnation (n.) meant ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Christ a torture of soul like a living man chained to a corpse: incorporated as man into the fallen race that would not be saved.

Incarnation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the acorn planted in a clay pot: the pot bursts — unless the god in frail human form becomes a new person and a new vessel.

Incarnation (n.) traps ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the god in his own decision: unlike the king, he cannot suddenly reveal his majesty — the king's ability to do so was only the feebleness of his decision.

The Incarnation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠news of the day — the god's appearance — yet for the learner the beginning of eternity: eternity swaddled in the day's news is a greater contradiction than a god born in an inn.