We might, therefore, reasonably hypothesize that Christ saw His own incarnation as progression, rather than regression. He knew only the body and soul, “inseparably connected, receive a fullness of joy.” Some early church fathers saw His incarnation as ennobling the body, rather than degrading the Divine. Gregory Nazianzen wrote of a day in Christ’s mortal life, “Perhaps He goes to sleep, in order that He may bless sleep . . . ; perhaps He is tired that He may hallow weariness also; perhaps He weeps that He may make tears blessed.”
