“Without overstepping the bounds of propriety by saying more than is appropriate, let us say this: God the Almighty, the Maker and Preserver and Upholder of all things; … God the Almighty, who is infinite and eternal, elects, in his fathomless wisdom, to beget a Son, an Only Son, the Only Begotten in the flesh. God, who is infinite and immortal, condescends to step down from his throne, to join with one who is finite and mortal in bringing forth, ‘after the manner of the flesh,’ the Mortal Messiah” (McConkie, Mortal Messiah, 1:314–15).