>>11213433Chris is the Word, Wisdom of God - He is present all through the OT. The 'personality difference' is Christ is God made manifest in the flesh to save humanity, not to condemn until the final judgement. Christ was also present when commanding to destroy babylonian god worshippers, and inscribed the Law.
From an orthodox daily study:
And the Word was made flesh (John 1:14).
Here, brethren, is a new, blessed and salvific beginning for us--the beginning of our salvation.
Adam was in the flesh when he fell under the authority of sin and death. Now the Creator of Adam has appeared in the flesh, to deliver Adam and Adam's posterity from the power of sin and death.
The Son of God--the Word, Wisdom, Light and Life--descended among men in human flesh and with a human soul. He was incarnate but not divided from His Divinity. He descended without being separated from His Father. He retained all that He had been and would be for all eternity, and yet He received something new: human nature.
His eternal attributes were not diminished by the Incarnation, neither was His relationship to the Father and the Spirit changed. Lo, the Father testified to this, both on the Jordan and on Mount Tabor: This is my beloved Son! He did not say: "This was my Son,'' but "This is my Son.'' The Holy Spirit was with Him at His bodily conception and throughout His mission on earth.
The divine and human nature were united in Him, but not intermingled. How? Do not ask, you who do not even know how to explain yourself to yourself, and cannot say how your soul and body are united in you.
Only know this: God came to visit the earth, bringing unspeakably rich treasures for mankind--royal gifts, incorruptible, eternal, priceless and irreplaceable gifts. Know this and let your heart dance for joy. Strive to cleanse your hands, purify your senses, wash your soul, whiten your heart, and set your mind straight, that you may receive the royal gifts. For they are not given to the unclean.
