以賽亞書52:7-15

52:7 那報佳音，傳平安，報好信，傳救恩的，對錫安說：你的上帝作王了！這人的腳登山何等佳美！
52:8 聽啊，你守望之人的聲音，他們揚起聲來，一同歌唱；因為耶和華歸回錫安的時候，他們必親眼看見。
52:9 耶路撒冷的荒場啊，要發起歡聲，一同歌唱；因為耶和華安慰了他的百姓，救贖了耶路撒冷。
52:10 耶和華在萬國眼前露出聖臂；地極的人都看見我們上帝的救恩了。
52:11 你們離開吧！離開吧！從巴比倫出來。不要沾不潔淨的物；要從其中出來。你們扛抬耶和華器皿的人哪，務要自潔。
52:12 你們出來必不致急忙，也不致奔逃。因為，耶和華必在你們前頭行；以色列的上帝必作你們的後盾。
52:13 我的僕人行事必有智慧（或譯：行事通達），必被高舉上升，且成為至高。
52:14 許多人因他（原文是你）驚奇；他的面貌比別人憔悴；他的形容比世人枯槁。
52:15 這樣，他必洗淨（或譯：鼓動）許多國民；君王要向他閉口。因所未曾傳與他們的，他們必看見；未曾聽見的，他們要明白。

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How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,

who brings good news,

who announces salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

8

Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices,

together they sing for joy;

for in plain sight they see

the return of the Lord to Zion.

9

Break forth together into singing,

you ruins of Jerusalem;

for the Lord has comforted his people,

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10

The Lord has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations;

and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

11

Depart, depart, go out from there!

Touch no unclean thing;

go out from the midst of it, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

12

For you shall not go out in haste,

and you shall not go in flight;

for the Lord will go before you,

and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

13

See, my servant shall prosper;

he shall be exalted and lifted up,

and shall be very high.

14

Just as there were many who were astonished at him

—so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of mortals—

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so he shall startle many nations;

kings shall shut their mouths because of him;

for that which had not been told them they shall see,

and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.

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    上帝的確來到人的中間，還取了人的樣式來到人的中間！為甚麼用「取了」呢？因為「道成肉身」不是說「道」變成了肉身，照正確的說法是取了人身，正如亞他那修信經的描述：「彼為一，非由於變上帝為血肉，乃由於使其人性進入於上帝。」

    也因為這樣，上帝的神性和受造的人性，在基督裡成為一個位格。若基督是上帝變成人，就失去了上帝的位格，沒有神性。所以我們要駁斥「道（上帝）變成肉身」之說，這不但無法說明基督對世人的愛，更是抹煞上帝拯救人的有效作為。因為基督若沒有神性，就沒有拯救的功效，只是一個人死去，沒有甚麼意義！然而基督的死，是代表上帝為愛世人所做的犧牲。

    而基督更是以受苦的僕人，向人顯明上帝是如何的愛！因為基督是神人二性，所以基督所做的，就是上帝所做的。也因此，上帝的拯救是透過耶穌基督臨到我們，我們也要在基督裡尊上帝為大！