I don’t like the old Christian orthodoxy love of greek philosophical terms and inventions like “hypostatic union” used to explain the old traditional views about Christ which seem to me to muddy the waters of what is understood about Him.
Metaphor - say He is a heavenly police officer before being made flesh - chief of police would be a good metaphor - but heavenly police officers can include flesh and blood humans - so when He becomes flesh He might seem more lowly and He is fully flesh - yet still He is a police officer and really He retains that chief of police position and right yet He is a baby then a child the an adult and still a police officer and chief by rights - then He dies - and yet the chief title is not taken away because God raises Him and sets Him at the top rank in Heaven and He still keeps His position as chief of police.
I’m not saying He is chief of police but it is a metaphor - I just want to show that being in a position of authority and dignity and a kind of judge and governor does not mean you cannot change from heavenly being to human flesh while retaining that position - you do not need a greek philosophy tool like hypostatic whatever to understand Him - there was no two substances fighting it out - flesh and god like Greek philosophy made fashionable - this is just a matter of dignity and power throughout a move from heavenly being to flesh - then death and resurrection - but God maintaining for Him that status God had given Him since the beginning that He will have forever.
