Letter...
The Birth of the Eternal God
I feel that there is a tremendous need to enlighten mankind as to the
true identity of Christ. Multitudes think of the Saviour as just
another member of the human race born nearly 2,000 years ago. Nothing
could be further from the truth. In this article, I clearly want to
trace the preexistence of Christ to prove that He was "the Eternal
God" who became man, in order that He might die for poor, helpless,
hopeless sinners. I also want to show that His birth had to be through
the channels of a virgin, inseminated by the power of the Holy Spirit,
if His sacrifice for sinners was to be effective.
Christ's preexistence
The altogether lovely One, born in Bethlehem's manger, existed from
all eternity. The verse that prophesies His exact birthplace also
tells of His preexistence. Micah 5:2: But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Isaiah
masterfully handles this truth in chapter 9, verse 6, For unto us a
child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Let's analyze this verse for a moment. Notice that a child is born
(this speaks of the Lord's birth), but the next phrase mentions a son
being given. This speaks about God sending the Son who was in His
presence and coincides with Galatians 4:4, When the fulness of the
time was come, God sent forth his Son. Then Isaiah goes on to proclaim
this Son as God by the titles "The mighty God" and "The everlasting
Father." These terms are possible because of the relationship of the
Trinity. Remember that Jesus said in John 10:30, I and my Father are
one.
John opens his gospel with the statement, In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made (John 1:1-3). In verse 14, he
identifies this member of the Trinity who is called the "Word." And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Think of it. This One who
was in the beginning with God and was God became flesh and lived among
insignificant human beings because of His love for sinners.
Yes, Christ always existed and came from heaven to earth. Read His
numerous statements verifying this truth: John 6:33; John 6:51; John
8:23; John 8:42; John 16:28.
In His high priestly prayer, Jesus said, I have glorified thee on the
earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O
Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was (John 17:4,5). Jesus said in John 5:46,
Moses...wrote of me. Here Christ delves back hundreds of years to the
first five books of the Bible, called "The Pentateuch," and states
that Moses mentioned Him. This is important because Moses recorded
these words centuries before the birth of Christ. Jesus also said in
John 8:56, Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it,
and was glad. How could Abraham see His day centuries before His birth
if there were no preexistent One?
Oh, friend, Jesus always existed as a coequal member of the Trinity.
Don't listen to a group of blinded cultists who would rob Christ of
His deity, but hear the Word of the Lord. His preexistence is also
proven through the Bible statements indicating that He created the
world. Read John 1:3; John 1:10; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2.
The part Christ had in creating the world and mankind agrees with the
Old Testament account of creation. In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). The Hebrew for God is Elohim, a
plural noun, meaning "more than one." This is a glorious declaration
of the Trinity. You don't believe it? What will you do with Genesis
1:26? And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.
We have but skimmed the surface of evidence that proves that Christ
preexisted His earthly birth. Now let's move on to the glorious truth
of His coming to earth via the channel of a virgin's womb. At this
point read Philippians 2:5-8 because it is such a glorious
transitional passage. It brings the eternal God from heaven to a
bodily appearance upon earth so that He might die for sinners.
Christ's virgin birth
Lost religionists mock the virgin birth. In an issue of the magazine
Challenge, a number of sickening articles and poems appeared. I quote
one of them to show the world how far liberal modernistic religionists
will go in their attempt to rob Christ of His deity. It is a poem
about Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the poem she says:
First, I've got nothing to say-about anything that happened before
Joseph and I got married. Jesus was our child. Joseph's and mine. You
can believe it or not. Suit yourself. He was my first born so
naturally I thought he was something special. So, he's the Messiah
they say. I'd rather he had stayed a carpenter, married a nice Jewish
girl and given me a lot of fat little grandchildren.
What blasphemy! This is the prophecy of the Apostle Peter fulfilled
before our eyes. (2 Peter 2:1,2).
Yes, the way of truth is often evil spoken of because of ordained
wolves in sheep's clothing who call themselves members of the
"Christian faith" and yet would tear Christ to shreds if the
opportunity presented itself. The crucifixion would be mild in
comparison to what some of our lost seminary professors would do to
Jesus if they had the chance in this twentieth century. However, let's
not waste our time on man's drivel but instead invest it wisely as we
listen to the Word of God concerning the truth about the virgin birth.
A virgin birth was necessary because Adam sinned. Since Adam was the
head of the human race, every person born into it through natural
generation or through the process of birth inherits the old sinful
Adamic nature (Romans 5:12). Yes, all sinned or became guilty of sin
simply by inheriting the fallen nature of Adam at birth. Quirks and
diseases are passed on from generation to generation. Sugar diabetes
is a prime example. Likewise, the sin nature is passed on to every
generation. Romans 5:18 is another verse that clearly teaches the
necessity of a virgin birth.
Notice that judgment came upon all men unto condemnation because of
Adam's sin, but through the righteousness of Christ one may be
liberated from this judgment. It is only logical to conclude that if
Christ had come through the normal channels of reproduction, He would
have also been born with this judgment of condemnation upon Him
because He also would have inherited Adam's sinful nature. Therefore,
in order that He might set men free from this condemnation, He had to
be born in another manner so as not to be tainted with the old wicked
nature of Adam.
There was only one way this possibility existed and that was through a
virgin birth-bypassing man through insemination of the virgin's ova by
the Holy Spirit. This ova lies dormant in every woman until it is
activated by a male sperm. Gasoline is also dormant until activated by
a spark. Is it an impossibility for the God, who formed man out of the
dust of the ground and took a rib out of man to form woman, to place
the activating seed within this holy virgin and bring forth His Son
through the miracle-working power of His Holy Spirit? Of course not.
This is exactly what the Father did. Hear the Word of God.
The very first messianic prophecy is found in Genesis 3:15. There we
hear the Lord God uttering a prophecy against the serpent. The
statement, "her seed," is the first reference to the virgin birth in
God's Word. All humans are from the seed of man, but the seed of a
woman implies a stupendous miracle. Jeremiah 31:22 again speaks of a
miraculous event that would occur upon this earth. For the LORD hath
created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
A woman conceiving and bearing a man-child would not be a new thing in
the earth-this is the rule of life. After conception, one bears a male
or female child. Therefore this entirely new thing that would
transpire had to be a miracle. What was it? A woman, without any human
intervention or penetration, would conceive, carry, and deliver a
man-child. This happened to be the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the
world. Isaiah 7:14 again sheds light on this event of the ages.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah is not merely referring to a young woman giving birth to a son.
That would not be a sign. Millions of young women have been able to
bear sons. The sign is that a virgin shall bear a son without an act
of intercourse.
Forget the arguments of the religious contortionists who argue that
the Hebrew word almah is "young woman" instead of "virgin." All one
need do is study Matthew 1:23 where the Greek word parthenos can only
be translated "virgin" to arrive at a final answer. Verse 22 states
that this is a quotation from the prophet. What prophet? Isaiah. And
where did Isaiah make the statement? Chapter 7, verse 14. So, the
Greek text handles the Old Testament Hebrew text proving that God
meant a "virgin" and not a "young woman."
I repeat what was stated earlier: A young woman bearing a child would
be no sign. Any of you young expectant mothers reading this would be
the first to realize this truth. However, had you become impregnated
miraculously by the power of God without knowing a man, it would very
obviously be a sign. That happened to Mary and only to Mary.
The reason that God the Son, originally in spirit form (see
Philippians 2:5), had to have an earthly birth is found in Hebrews
10:4,5. Since animal blood only covered sin and was presented as a
down payment for sin's debt until God's Lamb should come, Christ had a
body with divine blood prepared in the womb of a virgin so that He
could shed that blood and die for the sins of the world. Because it
had to be pure blood, free from the taint of Adam's sin, the body and
blood were prepared by the Father and placed in the womb of the virgin
Mary. Luke 1:26-28,30,31,34 depicts this thrilling story.
This is a precious truth. Though she was espoused or engaged to
Joseph, she had not known a man or experienced premarital sex.
Remember that God wrote the Bible, and He declares that Mary was a
pure virgin. Away with the mentally warped, religious hypocrites who
are so defiled that they imagine all sorts of depraved things about
this sweet virgin. Not everyone thinks and acts as they do. Mary
declares, "I have never known a man-how shall this baby be conceived?"
The blessed answer is found in verse 35: 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. Anyone who believes that God created this
gigantic, fantastic, and astronomical universe certainly believes that
God can bring His only begotten Son into the world by a separate act
of creation. With God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37).
There is the entire story. The preexistent God, second member of the
Trinity, came to take upon himself a body with blood so as to shed His
blood for sinners. The sin-tainted blood inherited from Adam would not
qualify Him as the sinless Saviour, so a body was prepared with blood
produced by the Father, and placed into the womb of a virgin by the
blessed Holy Spirit. Christ eventually went to the cross and shed His
blood. Because He was the God-man shedding untainted holy blood,
mankind may have eternal life by receiving this sacrifice. Believe the
Word of God-see Christ crucified and risen again. Receive this Christ
today.
God bless you.
I feel that there is a tremendous need to enlighten mankind as to the
true identity of Christ. Multitudes think of the Saviour as just
another member of the human race born nearly 2,000 years ago. Nothing
could be further from the truth. In this article, I clearly want to
trace the preexistence of Christ to prove that He was "the Eternal
God" who became man, in order that He might die for poor, helpless,
hopeless sinners. I also want to show that His birth had to be through
the channels of a virgin, inseminated by the power of the Holy Spirit,
if His sacrifice for sinners was to be effective.
Christ's preexistence
The altogether lovely One, born in Bethlehem's manger, existed from
all eternity. The verse that prophesies His exact birthplace also
tells of His preexistence. Micah 5:2: But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Isaiah
masterfully handles this truth in chapter 9, verse 6, For unto us a
child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Let's analyze this verse for a moment. Notice that a child is born
(this speaks of the Lord's birth), but the next phrase mentions a son
being given. This speaks about God sending the Son who was in His
presence and coincides with Galatians 4:4, When the fulness of the
time was come, God sent forth his Son. Then Isaiah goes on to proclaim
this Son as God by the titles "The mighty God" and "The everlasting
Father." These terms are possible because of the relationship of the
Trinity. Remember that Jesus said in John 10:30, I and my Father are
one.
John opens his gospel with the statement, In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made (John 1:1-3). In verse 14, he
identifies this member of the Trinity who is called the "Word." And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Think of it. This One who
was in the beginning with God and was God became flesh and lived among
insignificant human beings because of His love for sinners.
Yes, Christ always existed and came from heaven to earth. Read His
numerous statements verifying this truth: John 6:33; John 6:51; John
8:23; John 8:42; John 16:28.
In His high priestly prayer, Jesus said, I have glorified thee on the
earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O
Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was (John 17:4,5). Jesus said in John 5:46,
Moses...wrote of me. Here Christ delves back hundreds of years to the
first five books of the Bible, called "The Pentateuch," and states
that Moses mentioned Him. This is important because Moses recorded
these words centuries before the birth of Christ. Jesus also said in
John 8:56, Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it,
and was glad. How could Abraham see His day centuries before His birth
if there were no preexistent One?
Oh, friend, Jesus always existed as a coequal member of the Trinity.
Don't listen to a group of blinded cultists who would rob Christ of
His deity, but hear the Word of the Lord. His preexistence is also
proven through the Bible statements indicating that He created the
world. Read John 1:3; John 1:10; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2.
The part Christ had in creating the world and mankind agrees with the
Old Testament account of creation. In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). The Hebrew for God is Elohim, a
plural noun, meaning "more than one." This is a glorious declaration
of the Trinity. You don't believe it? What will you do with Genesis
1:26? And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.
We have but skimmed the surface of evidence that proves that Christ
preexisted His earthly birth. Now let's move on to the glorious truth
of His coming to earth via the channel of a virgin's womb. At this
point read Philippians 2:5-8 because it is such a glorious
transitional passage. It brings the eternal God from heaven to a
bodily appearance upon earth so that He might die for sinners.
Christ's virgin birth
Lost religionists mock the virgin birth. In an issue of the magazine
Challenge, a number of sickening articles and poems appeared. I quote
one of them to show the world how far liberal modernistic religionists
will go in their attempt to rob Christ of His deity. It is a poem
about Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the poem she says:
First, I've got nothing to say-about anything that happened before
Joseph and I got married. Jesus was our child. Joseph's and mine. You
can believe it or not. Suit yourself. He was my first born so
naturally I thought he was something special. So, he's the Messiah
they say. I'd rather he had stayed a carpenter, married a nice Jewish
girl and given me a lot of fat little grandchildren.
What blasphemy! This is the prophecy of the Apostle Peter fulfilled
before our eyes. (2 Peter 2:1,2).
Yes, the way of truth is often evil spoken of because of ordained
wolves in sheep's clothing who call themselves members of the
"Christian faith" and yet would tear Christ to shreds if the
opportunity presented itself. The crucifixion would be mild in
comparison to what some of our lost seminary professors would do to
Jesus if they had the chance in this twentieth century. However, let's
not waste our time on man's drivel but instead invest it wisely as we
listen to the Word of God concerning the truth about the virgin birth.
A virgin birth was necessary because Adam sinned. Since Adam was the
head of the human race, every person born into it through natural
generation or through the process of birth inherits the old sinful
Adamic nature (Romans 5:12). Yes, all sinned or became guilty of sin
simply by inheriting the fallen nature of Adam at birth. Quirks and
diseases are passed on from generation to generation. Sugar diabetes
is a prime example. Likewise, the sin nature is passed on to every
generation. Romans 5:18 is another verse that clearly teaches the
necessity of a virgin birth.
Notice that judgment came upon all men unto condemnation because of
Adam's sin, but through the righteousness of Christ one may be
liberated from this judgment. It is only logical to conclude that if
Christ had come through the normal channels of reproduction, He would
have also been born with this judgment of condemnation upon Him
because He also would have inherited Adam's sinful nature. Therefore,
in order that He might set men free from this condemnation, He had to
be born in another manner so as not to be tainted with the old wicked
nature of Adam.
There was only one way this possibility existed and that was through a
virgin birth-bypassing man through insemination of the virgin's ova by
the Holy Spirit. This ova lies dormant in every woman until it is
activated by a male sperm. Gasoline is also dormant until activated by
a spark. Is it an impossibility for the God, who formed man out of the
dust of the ground and took a rib out of man to form woman, to place
the activating seed within this holy virgin and bring forth His Son
through the miracle-working power of His Holy Spirit? Of course not.
This is exactly what the Father did. Hear the Word of God.
The very first messianic prophecy is found in Genesis 3:15. There we
hear the Lord God uttering a prophecy against the serpent. The
statement, "her seed," is the first reference to the virgin birth in
God's Word. All humans are from the seed of man, but the seed of a
woman implies a stupendous miracle. Jeremiah 31:22 again speaks of a
miraculous event that would occur upon this earth. For the LORD hath
created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
A woman conceiving and bearing a man-child would not be a new thing in
the earth-this is the rule of life. After conception, one bears a male
or female child. Therefore this entirely new thing that would
transpire had to be a miracle. What was it? A woman, without any human
intervention or penetration, would conceive, carry, and deliver a
man-child. This happened to be the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the
world. Isaiah 7:14 again sheds light on this event of the ages.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah is not merely referring to a young woman giving birth to a son.
That would not be a sign. Millions of young women have been able to
bear sons. The sign is that a virgin shall bear a son without an act
of intercourse.
Forget the arguments of the religious contortionists who argue that
the Hebrew word almah is "young woman" instead of "virgin." All one
need do is study Matthew 1:23 where the Greek word parthenos can only
be translated "virgin" to arrive at a final answer. Verse 22 states
that this is a quotation from the prophet. What prophet? Isaiah. And
where did Isaiah make the statement? Chapter 7, verse 14. So, the
Greek text handles the Old Testament Hebrew text proving that God
meant a "virgin" and not a "young woman."
I repeat what was stated earlier: A young woman bearing a child would
be no sign. Any of you young expectant mothers reading this would be
the first to realize this truth. However, had you become impregnated
miraculously by the power of God without knowing a man, it would very
obviously be a sign. That happened to Mary and only to Mary.
The reason that God the Son, originally in spirit form (see
Philippians 2:5), had to have an earthly birth is found in Hebrews
10:4,5. Since animal blood only covered sin and was presented as a
down payment for sin's debt until God's Lamb should come, Christ had a
body with divine blood prepared in the womb of a virgin so that He
could shed that blood and die for the sins of the world. Because it
had to be pure blood, free from the taint of Adam's sin, the body and
blood were prepared by the Father and placed in the womb of the virgin
Mary. Luke 1:26-28,30,31,34 depicts this thrilling story.
This is a precious truth. Though she was espoused or engaged to
Joseph, she had not known a man or experienced premarital sex.
Remember that God wrote the Bible, and He declares that Mary was a
pure virgin. Away with the mentally warped, religious hypocrites who
are so defiled that they imagine all sorts of depraved things about
this sweet virgin. Not everyone thinks and acts as they do. Mary
declares, "I have never known a man-how shall this baby be conceived?"
The blessed answer is found in verse 35: 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. Anyone who believes that God created this
gigantic, fantastic, and astronomical universe certainly believes that
God can bring His only begotten Son into the world by a separate act
of creation. With God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37).
There is the entire story. The preexistent God, second member of the
Trinity, came to take upon himself a body with blood so as to shed His
blood for sinners. The sin-tainted blood inherited from Adam would not
qualify Him as the sinless Saviour, so a body was prepared with blood
produced by the Father, and placed into the womb of a virgin by the
blessed Holy Spirit. Christ eventually went to the cross and shed His
blood. Because He was the God-man shedding untainted holy blood,
mankind may have eternal life by receiving this sacrifice. Believe the
Word of God-see Christ crucified and risen again. Receive this Christ
today.
God bless you.
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