In Luke 1:35, does the Power of God overshadowing Mary describe the incarnation—the Son of God merging into Mary to become the Son of Man?
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Does the Power of the Most High overshadowing or enveloping Mary describe the incarnation of the Son of God, his transformation from divinity to mortality?
Luke 1:35 ESV
> And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and
> **the power of the Most High will overshadow you**; therefore the child to
> be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
The Son is identified as the "Power of God" and the Wisdom of God in 1 Corinthians 1:24
> but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, **Christ the power
> of God** and *the wisdom* of God.
The Wisdom of God existed with God from the beginning according to Proverbs 8:30
> Then **I was a skilled craftsman at his side**, and his delight day by
> day, rejoicing always in his presence.
The Wisdom of God is also the Word of God according to John 1:1
> **In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God**, and the Word
> was divine.
The Son became flesh according to John 1:14
> And **the Word became flesh and dwelt among us**, and we have seen his
> glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and
> truth.
The Son was at the Father's side during creation, and the Son became flesh at his conception by the Holy Spirit.
Again my question is,
Does Luke 1:35 imply that the Son pre-existed his human incarnation as a divine personage, and did this personage overshadow Mary at the spiritual conception of Jesus to undergo the kenosis and incarnate into flesh as described in Philippians 2:6?
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