Many people struggle with Christianity, and especially with the deity of Christ, not because the doctrine lacks coherence, but because they do not understand order and structure. Where order is not respected, structure feels restrictive. And where structure is resisted, divine logic appears impossible.
God is a God of order. Creation itself was not accidental or chaotic. It was structured, delegated, and governed by design. When God created the earth, He did not retain direct rulership over it. He entrusted dominion to humanity. Man was placed as steward, governor, and legal authority within the created order.
This transfer of authority is crucial. God did not lose power by giving man dominion. He exercised power by establishing a system. And once God establishes a system, He does not violate it. Disorder within a system is not proof of flexibility. It is proof of aberration.
Because man was given rulership on earth, earthly realities require human agency. Nothing becomes operational in the earth realm without man’s involvement. This is not weakness on God’s part. It is fidelity to His word. God binds Himself to His own structure.
This is where many misunderstand the incarnation.
People ask how God could become man. The better question is how God could legally intervene in a world governed by man without becoming one. If authority on earth resides with humanity, then redemption could not occur through angelic force or divine intrusion. It required lawful entry.
The incarnation was not God breaking His system. It was God honoring it.
God did not bypass humanity to redeem humanity. He entered humanity. The Word became flesh because flesh held jurisdiction. Christ did not come as a visitor. He came as a man with legal standing, authority, and obedience within the system God Himself established.
This explains why salvation is not imposed. It is received. Why prayer matters. Why agreement matters. Why faith matters. Heaven moves through earth by human consent, because God chose to govern that way.
When order is understood, the incarnation stops being offensive. It becomes inevitable. God did not become man because He was constrained. He became man because He is faithful to His structure.
And once that structure is understood, Christ is no longer a contradiction. He is the only solution that makes sense.
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