148 The Incarnate God Is Both Human and Divine
Verse 1
The incarnation is God’s appearance in the flesh.
He works among mankind in a man’s body.
So God incarnate must be flesh
with normal humanity.
Incarnating means God lives and works in flesh.
In His very essence He becomes human.
Verse 2
There cannot be flesh without humanity.
And no one is human without it.
When God takes a body,
His humanity is intrinsic to Him.
Never say that when God becomes flesh,
He’s wholly divine and not at all human.
Pre-chorus
This is blasphemy, defies the truth of incarnation.
Chorus
Since God becomes flesh,
His essence is a combination
of humanity and divinity.
This combination is called God Himself,
God Himself on earth.
Verse 3
God’s work is done by the divinity
hidden in His humanity.
His flesh is the performer of His divine work
as both a man and God.
God becomes a man, inside a body
with essence of both, thus above all plain humans.
Bridge
Among those with a shell that’s human like His,
among all with humanity,
He and only He is the incarnate God Himself.
All others are just human.
Chorus
Since God becomes flesh,
His essence is a combination
of humanity and divinity.
This combination is called God Himself,
God Himself on earth.
Tag
All created humans have only humanity,
while only God incarnate
has bodily humanity
and also has divinity.
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Essence of the Flesh Inhabited by God