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 of Himself; thus one who is Self-existent, Uncreated, and Eternal.

How Can the Inﬁnite manifest Himself?

We have already replied that He has manifested Himself in creation, and creation is limitation; that is to say, created things are limited as to quality and expression. In another sense—a larger one—when we think of creation as the self-realization of God we cannot place any bounds upon it; yet in its existence in its units it is in every way limited. And God has expressed or manifested Himself in these limitations.

We thus see in a general way that God can manifest Himself in limitation.

But the question before us is, How can God manifest Himself in limitation, as, for example, a concrete human being, and that human being—limited—finite—be the Inﬁnite God?

The reply is that this human being, as perceived by men in its limitations, cannot be all of God; yet it might be the manifestation of God in a special, exceptional, unique, unparalleled manner, so that it would be God manifest in the flesh.

Let us approach this question from another angle.