Did God become man? (Philippians 2:5-11)
Does Philippians 2:5-11 describe an eternal pre-incarnate God the Son humbling himself to become man? Short answer: No. These are notes for two episodes of the One God Report podcast, the first one here , and the second here , in which we explain some problems and contradictions with the "deity of Christ" interpretation of Philippians 2, and suggest a better way to understand this portion of Scripture: 1. When Christ Jesus "emptied" and "humbled" himself, he was a human being, not a pre-human deity. The acts of emptying and humbling himself relate to his obedience to God as a human being on planet earth, to be a servant of God and to die on the cross, not "to become a human being". 2. It is very, very, very unlikely that Paul would discuss what would be an essential feature of Christianity, “God becoming man”, in a by-the-way manner when he is describing the necessary unity through...