The Word (i.e. the Second Person of the Trinity) was always living. At the incarnation He did assume flesh. He did not then become a person; He was, and is, and always will be a Person, i.e. the Second Person of the Trinity. He became an enfleshed person at the annunciation, even though He has always been a living person. He became a *breathing* person on Christmas day, even though He has always been a living person.
Life and death are not on a par; the latter is a privation of the former. Christ assumed not life (which He already had, being Life itself), but flesh. In assuming flesh, he assumed mortality, i.e. the susceptibility to death. And in fact, He (the Second Person of the Trinity) died, through His human nature. But He remains Life itself, and death cannot defeat Him.
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Christ assumed not life (which He already had, being Life itself), but flesh. In assuming flesh, he assumed mortality, i.e. the susceptibility to death. You're not defending kosta's statement are you?
Are you two in the same boat on this one? Be warned, your boat is sinking.