Christians confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh (1 Jn. 4:2); but, what kind of flesh? At incarnation did God’s Son assume fallen flesh like ours? Or was his human nature unfallen, like Adam in Eden? All agree Jesus never sinned; but, was his human nature fallen or not? Historically the latter view prevailed. To ‘save Jesus from the Fall,’ Roman Catholics rely on Mary’s ‘immaculate conception;’ Reformed invoke the Spirit’s sanctification. And doctrinal dogma asserts Jesus’ ‘impeccability’–he was incapable of ever sinning. Such tenets insulate Christ, distancing the Savior from us; being immune to temptation, he sails effortlessly through trials. But Scripture says Christ came in the ‘likeness of our sinful flesh,’ he’s ‘like us in every way, except sin.’ Some contemporary theologians affirm God’s Son took our fallen human nature, yet his person never sinned. Rather, through a lifelong struggle–from the manger to the cross–sin was condemned in his flesh & he sanctified that nature aligning it with God’s will. Today, as we struggle, he’s our great High Priest.