I think in the theophanies, he put on flesh. He truly was appearing as a human being, but it wasn't a difference in nature. It was, for lack of a better word, a costume. Yet, He wrestled with Jacob and ate with Abraham. He was a human in these appearances, though His person did not change in that He was ultimately God. The Hebrew indicates that He was a man during these times, though the effect was that it was a mere temporary manifestation.
In the incarnation, He BECAME God-Man. He had a transformation of nature as the 2nd person of the trinity. When He died on the cross, that which could die died. The heart stopped beating. The lungs stopped breathing. The blood stopped flowing. The body died. The spirit didn't die (defining die as ceasing to function). It continued in Paradise. When He arose, the flesh arose. The brain started working and caused the body to function. The heart beat. The legs moved. The mouth spoke. He ate. He could be touched. His wounds could be felt. Yet, He was glorified in the flesh as well since He walked through walls. He is our example of what the glorified human body will be like. We don't know what we will be like, other than that we will be like Him. We won't be God. He never ceased being God. Yet, at the incarnation, He physically became 100% man (while retaining His status as 100% God). It wasn't a costume. It was a transformation.
"I think in the theophanies, he put on flesh. He truly was appearing as a human being, but it wasn't a difference in nature. It was, for lack of a better word, a costume. Yet, He wrestled with Jacob and ate with Abraham. He was a human in these appearances, though His person did not change in that He was ultimately God. The Hebrew indicates that He was a man during these times, though the effect was that it was a mere temporary manifestation."
Exactly. Very good.
What you say in that post is 100% orthodox, Blogger. I still don't understand what the controversy wiith Kosta is all about.