Section 7
have been damaged. For example, the virtue of love has been damaged. A brother may love his wife very much one day, and the next day he may be unhappy with her and even think of divorc ing her. This is a strong sign that his human love has been damaged.
The Man-Savior's incarnation was not only to rescue our virtues from the fall; His incarna tion was also to restore and recover our virtues from the damage of the fall. Something may be rescued without being restored, or may be restored without being recovered. Our human virtues need to be rescued, restored, and recov ered.
UPLIFTING THE HUMAN VIRTUES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD
Furthermore, the Man-Savior was incarnated in order to uplift the human virtues to the high est standard, to the standard that matches God's attributes for the expression of God. Because our virtues were damaged and deformed, they could not match God's attributes. But the uplifted human virtues can match God's attributes. The Man-Savior was born of the human essence with the human virtues in order to uplift these virtues