A human life is bound in the womb of eternity. In one sense a child is not fully born by its mother into the fullness of life — but only into a helpless and limited mortal life — where babe may become child, child may become man or woman — this quick-passing human life bound in the confines of mortal time followed inevitably by death and judgment.
Born once in a human womb
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Gospel of John 1:14
adam bore both sin and death conceived in a womb of measured time, incomplete and nourished in the blood of our mother — growing to burst forth into a glory beyond the bounds of this place to which we have clung for such a brief time — measured time ended beyond the bounds of our dark inner existence.
What once was death separated from our mortal time within these bounds inevitably becomes life beyond humanity’s brief prison lifted into a glory of the everlasting Light beyond.
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
Hebrews 9:27
So Christ was born a son of man
to bear the sins of many, AND JESUS the SON of GOD, who IS and was God,
will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
See Hebrews 9:
Ἐμμανουήλ
Lexicon :: Strong's G1694 [click for pronunciation of the Greek word above- emmanouēl ]
“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL G1694,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”
Christians (and even many unbelievers who have witnessed an annual Christmas pageant) know the Scripture well. But think of its implication as well as the impact of Almighty God entering measured time and mortal flesh.
An anointed Virgin of the Eternal God will have a son by the Holy Spirit of God!
This Son of the Everlasting One IS actually GOD [theos] WITH US [in mortal flesh and blood], BORN — as are all mankind AND who must suffer DEATH as is appointed to EVERY son of man.
Emanu–el – Hebrew Gospel announced in Matthew’s manger
Matthew addresses the genealogy of JESUS EMMANUEL as he would any line of adam.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Gospel of Matthew 1:1
I will not detail this linage of the promise of God through Abraham (who was childless) and David (whose Kingdom ended in defeat by Babylon) or that in his Gospel lineage Matthew designates Joseph as the husband of Mary. Matthew then adds that before she conceived JESUS, that is GOD WITH US, by the HOLY SPIRIT [v.18], however note that by these important names Matthew introduces of the LORD GOD in a fragile frame of a HUMAN CHILD.
1:1 βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ
Ἰησοῦ – iēsous –
JESUS, in the now common language of the Roman Empire – JESUS, in Greek.
JESUS Of Hebrew origin יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091)
You should recognize the name of an earlier savior who the LORD sent into the land promised to Abraham after the death of Moses.
Joshua or Jehoshua = “Jehovah is salvation”
From יְהֹוָה (H3068) and יָשַׁע (H3467)
Joshua, almost literally Jesus IS Salvation from the Hebrew of Jacob [Israel], descendants of the promise of Yᵊhōvâ to save.
[yeh-ho-shoo’-ah] יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
יָשַׁע
Χριστός
Lexicon :: Strong’s G5547 – christos
Christ (from the Greek) or Messiah (Hebrew)
- The KJV translates Strong’s G5547 in the following manner: Christ (569x).
- Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
- Christ = “anointed”
- Christ was [and is]1 the Messiah, the Son of God
- anointed from χρίω
- to anoint
- consecrating Jesus to the Messianic office, and furnishing him with the necessary powers for its administration
- enduing Christians with the gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Christ = “anointed”
And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called [Messiah] Christ G5547.
Gospel of Matthew 1:16 LSB
Jesus’ Apostles witness Jesus as the Christ – Matthew 16 times in his Gospel and John 19 times in his Gospel plus 11 times in two brief letters and 7 times in Revelation.
Χριστός Christós, khris-tos’;
from G5548; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus:—Christ. – BLUELETTERBIBLE.ORG
The Christ child
NO other term in the New Testament is used more than CHRIST [500+x] to characterize JESUS. ‘Christians‘ should not take lightly any replacement of CHRIST in Scripture with some less characteristic human title.
Roger@TalkofJesus.com
The Good News of Matthew:
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows:
when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly [divorcing his betrothed {with whom they ‘had not come together’}]. But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the One who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name
Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins.”
- Did you catch that?
The angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream as commands his to call the child, JESUS.
JESUS, unlike Joshua of the same name before, “Jehovah is salvation,” not only is not born of an earthly father but is NOT sent to SAVE the sons of Abraham from earthly enemies or lay claim to an earthly land as a king.
NO, Jesus, a son of man ONLY by the virgin Mary, “will save His people from their sins,” a mercy ONLY God can grant to a condemned son of adam.
The Good News of John
We began consideration of the Apostle’s Christian logic behind the birth of Jesus into time and human flesh. Today I end with his explanation of what also seems convincingly logical from the Savior who John calls ‘The Word‘ (λόγος – logos).
Thirty years later -- from the Gospel of John 3:
“Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born [from above] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
“How can a man be born when he is old? ..
Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
“That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
“He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Will you be born again (though we are old)?
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words [logos] will not pass away.
A word of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Matthew 24:25
Here is the significance of the Christ child in a manger and the Son of Man Jesus on the cross who was born to save His people from their sins.
Pilate said to them,
“Then, what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
Gospel of Matthew 27:22a LSB
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