Section 5
nothing to do with divinity. As a divine person, Christ was the Son of God before His incarna tion, but the part of Him that was Jesus with the flesh, the human nature, born of Mary, was not the Son of God. That part of Him was human. By His resurrection Christ sanctified and up lifted His human nature, His humanity; and He was designated out of this resurrection as the Son of God with this human nature. So, in this sense, the Bible says that He was begotten as the Son of God in His resurrection (Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5).
Let us consider the example of a small carna tion seed. When this seed is sown into the earth, it grows and blossoms, a process that we may label its designation. When we behold a little car nation seed before it is sown into the ground, we may be unable to determine what kind of seed it is. However, once it has been sown, has grown, and has blossomed, it is designated. Its blossom ing is its designation. Both the seed and the blos som are the carnation, but the blossom is very different in form from the seed. If the seed re mains as a seed without blossoming, it will be difficult for most people to realize that it is a car nation. But after it has grown and blossomed, it is designated a carnation for all to see.