Ps91:1 tells us that God has a shadow this shadow is the Lord's image that can pass for His brightness immortality in unapproacheable light 1timo 6:16 this brightness and image appeared to us as a Son heb 1:3 if life is light john 1:4 the light of the father is life that came to us 1jn1:2.Therefore Christ is shadow light and life of the soul of God remain intact apart from the shadow as a man's shadow abide whth the soul and body and spirit

You have asked a very important question. The understanding of which will put an end to all arguments on the identity of Jesus.

I Tim. 3: 16
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory. - 1 Timothy 3:16 (WEB)
Let us examine the drama that happened in Garden of Eden. The real thing that transpired between Adam, Eve, and Satan are clear ONLY to God and Devil alone. I am not sure whether Adam and Eve really understood only that they discovered that their nature had undergone a change. The thing angered God that He cursed man, and all that were created for him and serpent the devil used.
To correct this error is all the story of the Bible is all about.
In a simple way God wanted a correction that will justify man, fair to the devil in judgement and also reconstruct man, He made a rescue plan fo man by a way of covenant. One of the characteristics of covenant is it is never done by proxy. God has to put Abraham to sleep to make a covenant with him. Gen 15, He made covenant with Israelites also in a vision Exo. 24. All these were shadows. He had to come shrouded Himself in a human body not provided by natural way of man. He had to recreate Himself thus becoming the first begotten from the dead or the beginning of God creation or the re - creator of a new order of humans. Read and study John 14 - 16; John 12: 40 - 41. All he left of Himself now is the holy communion bread as the only tangible, touch able thing we have aside his name.

In the beginning was the Word,the Word became flesh and the departed and gave us the bread and wine on the altar of covenant.
A time is coming when all these mysteries will finish because mysteries are what is not explainable by reason or argument.

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. - Revelation 10:7

The Lord bless ur undastanding by His grace let me throw light on d story of Adam at d garden of eden.God created man and expected some level of perfection through obedience to adhere wit His instruction made possible only by eating tree of life available in d garden.he failed becos he did not have ability to choose good any man under such incapability must fail.Christ is that tree of life jn6:48 in bread&wine, how often u take it give u guarantee to always be remain positive.Father Abraham took it to remain on faith gen14;18,sacrifice was accepted 4 d same after it was left behind in d garden,Abel and Cain story of sacrifice but now we have both sacrife of christ,then bread&wine double grace to perfectn Rom5:20,we can't afford to fail.