Part-5.

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. The incarnation of our blessed Lord is the sacred secret, but now made known by the Holy Spirit. It is written as “great is the mystery of godliness: What does it speak of? It tells how the Son of God left the realm of heaven and appeared before men as a real and sinless human being. The simple answer is amplified for us in scripture….that God manifested in flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory…God in flesh. Angels, the Shepherds and the Wise men beheld their Creator clothed in the body of the Babe of Bethlehem. The Deity is enshrined in Humanity in the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven to earth is one of the fundamental features of the Christian faith. It is the foundation to the whole body of revealed truth concerning His glorious person and the redemptive work of Christ upon Calvary’s Hill. It has in view the distinctive and unique doctrine of God becoming Man; of the revelation of God in human form. It is a faithful saying, right and good saying without any shadow of doubt that Jesus Christ is come into the world. His coming was the subject of promise and  dealt  prophetically in the Old Testament. The first of many promises is the seed of woman, recorded in the book of Genesis. It was spoken immediately after the fall of man. It was a word of judgement addressed to the one who had invaded Eden. But it contained the promise of deliverance and blessing for sinful man. We see here the coming of a deliverer who is described as the woman’s Seed. The main point of the promise is that He would be a real human being. And there is more to it than that the expression “her seed”. We should consider in the light of Isaiah’s prophecy and the record of the gospels. Then we see a prophetic indication of His coming that He shall be born of a virgin, recorded in the book of Isaiah. We are all the seed of men; yet according to this promise He would be the seed of the woman. And further promise was made to Abraham. “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. This promise has direct reference to Christ, which is seen in the epistle  of Galatians. And to thy seed, which is Christ.”There is no contradiction here, for while as to the actual mode of birth He would be the seed of the woman, in legal descent He would be also  the seed of Abraham. So, what does it speak to us? The first established His Humanity and the second points to His Nationality. David the king received a similar promise. “Thy seed will I establish forever.” Again this has in view of our blessed Lord. It is revealed crystal clear that in addition to His Humanity and Nationality, Royalty would belong to Him, for He would be the royal lineage of David. It also had the effect of narrowing the promise to within the limits of one family, the royal house of David. Look at the beginning statement of the New Testament, recorded in the gospel of Mathew, with reference to Abraham and David. Here we have legal and royal genealogy of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. A great account of truth is involved in these two relationships, especially in regard to the nation of Israel. Sonship includes heirship. As the son of Abraham, Christ is heir to the land promised by God; as the Son of David, He is heir to the throne occupied by David. Another thought here, as son of Abraham, we see Him on the Altar, and for this He was made little lower than the angel for experiencing the reality of the pain death. As Son of David, will, one day, see Him on the throne. One is fulfilled and the second is yet to be fulfilled. God manifestly seen and heard. And heaven’s beloved One. In Him, most perfectly expressed. The Father’s glories shine, of the full Deity possessed, Eternally divine. True image of the Infinite, Whose essence is concealed; Brightness of uncreated light, The heart of God revealed. But the high mysteries of His name. Throughout the universe of bliss. The centre Thou, and Sun, the eternal theme of praise is this, to heaven’s beloved One.

Have a blessed weekend and Christo-centric Lord’s day with every blessing.