In contrast, the law was handed down by angels, with a man acting as a go between - an intermediary. But a go between is not needed when only one person is involved, particularly when God is that one. If we read Galatians chapter 3, we see that God's Word is Spirit. It is us that are of the earth and indeed earthy. God had a plan for man right from the get go. And God's plan goes like this.
Eye has not seen neither has ear heard nor has it ever entered into the hearts of man the blessings that God has in store for them. Indeed, the scriptures state that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover all the earth, even as the waters cover the sea. So in introducing this plan of salvation, God who wanted to communicate with man made a body that was made of flesh, bone and blood. As it is written, in the scriptures, "a body you have prepared for me." So God's word was veiled in flesh. The Spirit of God planted male and female seeds into a young virgin girl named Mary. (see the genealogy in previous issues).At an afore-predetermined time, the Holy Spirit of God united those two seeds to become the child of the Holy Spirit clothed with Mary’s sinful tended flesh.
The flesh that Jesus took on is like our at birth. The difference being, that we were not the seed of the Holy Spirit. Mary brought forth Her first born son and called Him as she and Joseph were instructed to by an angel of God - call Him Jesus - God Himself as a Son - to become our Saviour. As we read further, the Holy Spirit child grew until He attained His manhood, then He ushered in His ministry. He talked like a man confined in the body of a son. God had become like one of us. He was not an alien.
You were born either as a male or female and growing until you possibly married.You and your spouse desired a family. God blessed you with offspring. When your offspring arrived you drastically changed. Instead of appearing only as a son or daughter, there is now a recognition that you had now become a father and mother. Why, at some point, you start to converse as a father and mother even though you are still in a son or daughter's body. When your friends come visiting, they are fully aware that you are a son and daughter but that also, as a result of children, you have become a father and mother also.
If we consider this perspective a little further, we discover that when we talk to friends, we do not communicate to them as a son or daughter specifically. In fact, you communicate to them with a spirited adult conversation. So here you are male or female, son or daughter, father or mother, speaking like an adult spirited language. All of these characteristics and personalities are housed in one body. Now ask yourself the question. Are you three persons or are you one person? Or are you three manifestations of one indwelling spirit?
Some of us may have to go back to the scriptures to determine this answer. In the interim, we need to understand that God was about to redeem His created family from Adam’s fall. We also need to recognize that as a Son, He spoke Words that inspired faith. Jesus went about doing good and healing all who came to Him. All who came in faith to the Lord Jesus were healed. After all God was in Jesus.
His reward? Crucify Him said, the sin laden men and religious zealots. Crucify Him for we will not have this man rule over us. You see, while Jesus was on His mission to save mankind, there was a contingent who thought they had a better way. But Jesus never lost sight of His purpose. His purpose of coming into the world, to seek and to save that which was lost. Most importantly, He went willingly to Calvary for us.
Originally, in Genesis, we were meant to be God's family by creation. Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden failed. Adam the created son of God messed up, and as a consequence, we inherited the curse of sin and death. So God Himself as as a son determines that He Himself is going to undo the curse. He by Himself is going to take our curse upon Himself and in so doing Jesus fathered us in his death. If he had not taken our sin upon His own self, we would still be alienated from God. He, as a Son sacrificed His body for us.
God Himself as a son fought the war of the worlds so that He would now rightfully be called Father. We are now the sons of God because He as a son took our place faithful to the end. This is why today we owe it all to the Spirit of God who sacrificed Himself as a Son. God bless.
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