Since the men had become unreasonable and deception of the demons cast its shadow on every side, hiding the knowledge of the true God, God what to do? Silent about this situation? Accept that people are bewildered and not know God? ... Maybe God will spare his creatures to stray away from him and not be subjected to, especially if this loss becomes the reason for their downfall and loss and the beings who participated in the image of God (Gen 1.26 ) should not perish? What it was necessary for God to do? What to do if not to renew its image in them, so that people could recognize him again?
How could this happen, except by the presence of the image of God (Col 1:15), our Savior Jesus Christ? This was not achievable by men, because they are not the image but were created in the image, not even the angels could be made that are not images. For this person came to the Word of God, who is the image of the Father, to be able to restore the image of being in the bottom of men. On the other hand, this could not happen until the death and corruption that goes with it had not been annihilated. For this he took a mortal body, in order to destroy death and restore the men made in the image of God the Father's image, then, his most holy Son, came to us to renew the man-made its resemblance to find it again, while he was lost, through the forgiveness of sins, as he himself says: "I came to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke 19:10).
meditation of St. Athanasius (295-373),
bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church
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