
Without
overstepping the bounds of propriety by saying more than is appropriate,
let us say this: God the Almighty; the Maker and Preserver and Upholder
of all things; the Omnipotent One; he by whom the sidereal heavens came
into being, who made the universe and all that therein is; God the Almighty,
who is infinite and eternal, elects, in his fathomless wisdom, to beget
a Son, an Only Son, the Only Begotten in the flesh... God, who is infinite
and immortal, condescends to step down from his throne, to join with
one who is finite and mortal in bringing forth, "after the manner
of the flesh," the Mortal Messiah.
(Bruce R. McConkie, Mortal Messiah 1:314-315) |