Lactantius,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes…
(1885)
“ Also Moses himself in the book of Numbers: [8] “There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a man shall arise out of Israel.” For this cause, therefore, being God, He took upon Him flesh, that, becoming a mediator [9] between God and man, having overcome death, He might by His guidance lead man to God. ”
