The Foundation of God Stands Sure, Having This Seal -- The Lord Knows Them That Are His - Part 1829

"Remember, that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead ... a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [Him] we shall also live with [Him]; if we suffer, we shall also reign with [Him]; if we deny [Him]; He also will deny us; if we believe not, yet He abides faithful: He cannot deny Himself. Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them] before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers." (II Timothy 2:8-14)

If JESUS the Christ was not God manifest in flesh, as indicated throughout the scriptures, then when, as the scriptures state, did God visit us? When did God, after His kindness and love toward men, become our Saviour? (Titus 3:4-7) And when was the God who made the world in the world? (John 1:10-11)

These are all valid questions. Nevertheless, the Word is true, and God is not the Author of confusion. Therefore, those who study to show themselves approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly divides the Word of truth, so that there is no error.

To this end, we understand that JESUS was the offspring of His holy Spirit inasmuch as JESUS was the manifestation of the Holy Ghost. (Luke 1:35) For both SEEDS were of the Holy Spirit the same Spirit of the Lord that moved upon the face of the waters in the beginning. Therefore, the embryo was God. No other one was involved. God Himself coming forth from the innermost being of the Holy Ghost, coming forth in a fashion as a man to become man’s only redeemer and Saviour.

This is why Luke, a physician, describes the fetus within Mary's womb as a "holy thing" because that fetus was not like other unborn babes, and Luke recognized this. Mary herself rejoiced in "God my Saviour" while pregnant.

This explains why the embryo of God at Calvary was not to be punished. The embryo was not of Adam’s sin prone race, and therefore as a consequence could not be punished. It also explains why not one bone of JESUS' body was to be broken at Calvary. As outlined in the scriptures, JESUS' blood which was the blood of the Holy Ghost was to be shed - yes - but not punished. Only the sin prone Adam veil of flesh was to carry the weight of the punishment for all sin.

The two SEEDS of the Holy Ghost which travelled down through the ages (as recorded in Matthew and Luke) are what is known as the ‘fullness of time’ to be brought together in the womb of one of Abraham’s natural offspring, whose name was Mary. In Mary’s womb, the embryo of God was nourished and grew in fashion as man. Of course, Mary’s womb was incapable of producing anything other than a body of sin prone flesh.

Still, God had not become another person. Being the offspring of the Holy Ghost, God condescended to become as one of us for the purpose of our redemption and salvation. We already know that there was no other means whereby man could be saved. As it is written, JESUS said I have come to destroy the works of the devil.

Further, God’s Word being God is unchangeable. It was God in the beginning who made known that it would be the SEED coming forth from a woman that would bruise the serpent’s head (devil‘s power and authority). JESUS came forth from a woman being the SEED of Promise ‘God with us’ and in that SEED will all the nations people be blessed!

For God to accomplish man's redemption and salvation meant that God would sacrifice His life as a Son. The scale of justice then being satisfied inasmuch as one man’s disobedience brought about man’s separation from God. Therefore, if a righteous man who did not sin were to lay down His life as payment, then the scales of justice would be in equilibrium! Is this starting to make sense?

The mystery that was held from the beginning of the world (in the bosom of the Father) was manifest in these last times, the fullness of time, so that we could experience salvation. "And for this cause, He is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise, it is of no strength at all while the testator lives. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood ..." (Hebrews 9:15-18)

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28)

He takes away the first, that He may establish the second, by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Hebrews 10:9-10)

JESUS -- God manifest in the flesh -- the same God who laid down His life f-- His humanity for us! He alone is the only entry door to restored fellowship with God! Ask the Lord Jesus into your life today! Stand in the offering plate.