Incarnation means to personify or take on bodily form.
The words incarnate and incarnation are not found in the Bible, but the concept is; it refers to Jesus. Jesus, as God, became human through his incarnation.
As such, Jesus is fully God and fully human (a difficult but profound paradox to grasp).
Key verse about Incarnation: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14, NIV).
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