If mankind has not sinned, would God still have become a man?

We have already concluded that becoming a human is not inherently humiliating, so this objection to God’s becoming man is not an issue.

In fact, after the creation of Adam, the climax of each perfect day was apparently an evening stroll in the garden of man with God (Genesis 3:8), no doubt a preincarnate form of Christ. Ever since he lost that intimate fellowship, regenerate man has craved a visible, tangible manifestation of God with whom to fellowship.

For instance, Job wanted an arbitrator to mediate between him and God, because God “is not a man like me that I might answer him” (Job 9:32–33).

Philip’s only request of Jesus was to “show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

In fact the climax of all human history is when God will “dwell among us, and be our God, and we his people” (Exod 6:7, Rev 21:3). We may logically conclude that, since Jesus is the best and greatest revelation of God, God still would have become a man to reveal himself to us, live with us, and receive the greatest possible glory from us.