My view is that the Lord humbled Himself even before incarnation - IN HIS MIND! He did not count His equality with God as something to be grasped, and this not counting was humbling even before His incarnation. Notice that this portion from Philippians asks us to have the same MIND. We are not equal with God, we cannot empty oursleves of the form of God, but we can have the same mind to humble ourselves.
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