THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PART 386

"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)
The scriptures clearly say that JESUS was conceived of the Holy Ghost. Further, the angel, as a messenger of God declared to Mary that holy thing which is conceived in her was of the Holy Ghost. Mary upon hearing this news states, "How can this be seeing that I have never known a man?" So how can these things be? Let's start at the beginning.

Do you remember when Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden just prior to being cast out? God gave a promise that the SEED of a woman would bruise the serpent's head. Well, that promised SEED was implanted into Eve. Later, Adam and Eve had children - offspring - named Cain and Abel. As we read later in the scriptures, we see that sin was manifested in Cain and Abel's lives. Later, another son named Seth is born. Then, as the scriptures report, men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

What we learn from this is that in order to call upon the "name" of the Lord, obviously the LORD must have had a name. What happened is that the promised SEED had passed through EVE into Seth. From Seth's birth the genealogy of the SEED passed down through the ages. (Further details on the genealogy can be found by referring to previous posts).

The scriptures later state that Abraham also received a SEED of promise. So we now have two seeds of promise. Abraham and Sarah then have a son named Isaac and the two seeds of promise now pass into Isaac. Another genealogy is then recorded in the scriptures starting from Abraham.

In reviewing the records, the scriptures show how the promised two seeds travel throughout the era. These are the two seeds that were brought together in the womb of a surrogate mother Mary. Not of Mary. Rather the child seeded by the Holy Ghost was the Son of God. The child was clothed upon with sin prone flesh, for Mary's body was incapable of doing otherwise. Why? Because Mary herself was a product of Adam’s sin prone race. Plus, the child conceived of the Holy Ghost had in His veins the blood of the Holy Ghost.

The same blood which was shed at Calvary. Yes, the blood of His holy Spirit - pure, holy and un-defiled. God's blood for JESUS was God HIMSELF manifest in sin prone flesh. On the inside He was God but on the outside He appeared as a man. Therefore, He is the Author of the New Testament. Our salvation was purchased for us by the same God who is the Holy Ghost while similarly a man. God Himself manifested as a man. (I Timothy 3:16)

"He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not." (John 1:10-11)

God in Christ. God our Saviour.

His name is Jesus. (Matthew 1:21-23)

Jesus - God in the flesh fulfilled all the required penalties that justice required for man’s ransom. And He said, "It is finished!" This is why we live in the New Testament. The Old Covenant has no bearing whatsoever upon the new. Remember that the promised SEED of the New Testament preceded the Law by 430 years. Therefore, the old cannot be an addendum to the New testament. This is because the new is the unearned gift of God to ALL those who believe in Him.

"By grace are ye saved through faith ..." (Ephesians 2:5, 8)

"But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him." (John 10:30, 38)
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