In the Oneness view, the Word, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, was joined with an ovum of Mary in her womb, producing a genuine, human life. But this was no ordinary human life. God himself, through his divine image or Word, was forever joined with this human Son. God had added humanity to his deity. The Word had become flesh, and the glory of the Word was beheld “as of the only begotten of the Fatherâ€, as described in John 1:14. It is here that the real distinction between the Father and Son from a Oneness perspective can be explained, thus dispelling common misconceptions that the Oneness Doctrine teaches Jesus was praying to himself in the Garden of Gethsemane. The Oneness view affirms that there was genuine communication and relationship between the man Christ Jesus and He who begat him. But this relationship was not brought about to placate any loneliness in God or a need on his part for offspring. This relationship was essential for the salvation of mankind. The Kenosis of Christ also necessitated limited, human means of communication with God on his part. He had to pray as any man would. At a certain point not recorded in scripture, this genuine human being understood his real identity. The glory that he would one day enter into already resided in him and three disciples would get a glimpse of it on the Mount of Transfiguration. Yet, Jesus as a man was distinct from his Father. He had a will of his own. At any time, he could have chosen not to drink of the bitter cup that awaited him and instead ascended to the throne. Had he done so, mankind would have remained estranged and unreconciled to God. While he could have been worshipped as God by the angels and saints who had already gone to Heaven, he would not have been our
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