THE PHYSICAL BIRTH OF
CHRIST
Before
Christ was born of
Mary He was already the Son of God. He was the
first born of all
creation. Col 1:15 He is the
image of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation. So let’s get
that in our
minds that Christ was born before anything else was. As stated
above He was the
Son of God. He has not
always existed, He
was born at a point of time called the beginning. Joh 1:1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:2 He was in
the beginning with God. Joh 1:3 All things
were made through Him, and without
Him nothing was made that was made. Joh 1:4 In Him was
life, and the life was the light
of men. So now we
see that at a point
of time called the beginning Christ was born the Son
of God, and this time
called the beginning was before anything else was
born. Christ was
the Son of God. Now He was
to become human
and be born of a woman. Php 2:6 who, being
in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God, Php 2:7 but made
Himself of no reputation, taking the
form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of
men. Php 2:8 And being
found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of
death, even the death of the
cross. Christ had
glory with the
Father before His human birth. Joh 17:5 And now, O Father,
glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory
which I had with You before
the world was. Mary became
pregnant by the
Holy Spirit. This means that the person that Christ
was before His human birth,
was condensed to spirit, possibly in the same way as
when we die our spirit
returns to God. Ecc 12:7 Then the
dust will return to the earth as it
was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. When we are
resurrected to
spirit, this spirit is given back to us and we are as
we were when we were
physical, I mean our personality our character the
very nature we had that
makes us the person we are, is given back to us so
that we are ourselves, but
now a spirit being. 1Jn 3:9 Whoever
has been born of God does not sin,
for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin,
because he has been born of
God. This spirit
is our blue
print, our character, our personality, our very
nature, so this is possibly
what happened with Christ, His spirit, His blue print
was put into Mary by the
Holy Spirit. Mat 1:18 Now the
birth of Jesus Christ was as follows:
After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
before they came together, she
was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Luk 1:35 And the
angel answered and said to her, “The
Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Highest will overshadow
you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be
born will be called the Son of
God. Soon after
Mary became
pregnant she visited Elizabeth. Luk 1:41 And it
happened, when Elizabeth heard the
greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb;
and Elizabeth was filled
with the Holy Spirit. Luk 1:42 Then she
spoke out with a loud voice and
said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is
the fruit of your womb! Luk 1:43 But why is
this granted to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me? Luk 1:44 For
indeed, as soon as the voice of your
greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my
womb for joy. Luk 1:45 Blessed is
she who believed, for there will
be a fulfillment of those things which were told her
from the Lord.” Luk 1:46 And Mary
said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, Luk 1:47 And my
spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. Luk 1:48 For He has
regarded the lowly state of His
maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations
will call me blessed. Luk 1:49 For He who
is mighty has done great things
for me, And holy is His name. Christ grew. Luk 2:40 And the
Child grew and became strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon
Him. By the age
of 12 He was
amazing the people with His knowledge. Luk
2:41 His parents
went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the
Passover. Luk
2:42 And when He
was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem
according to the custom of the
feast. Luk
2:43 When they had
finished the days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus
lingered behind in
Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know
it; Luk
2:44 but supposing
Him to have been in the company, they went a day's
journey, and sought Him
among their relatives and acquaintances. Luk
2:45 So when they
did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem,
seeking Him. Luk 2:46 Now so it
was that after three days they
found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
teachers, both listening
to them and asking them questions. Luk 2:47 And all
who heard Him were astonished at His
understanding and answers. Luk 2:48 So when
they saw Him, they were amazed; and
His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this
to us? Look, Your father
and I have sought You anxiously.” Luk 2:49 And He
said to them, “Why
did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be
about My Father’s business?” Luk 2:50 But they
did not understand the statement
which He spoke to them. Luk 2:51 Then He
went down with them and came to
Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother
kept all these things in her
heart. Luk 2:52 And Jesus
increased in wisdom and stature,
and in favor with God and men. Jesus was
baptized at about
30 years. Luk 3:21 When all
the people were baptized, it came to
pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He
prayed, the heaven was opened. Luk 3:22 And the
Holy Spirit descended in bodily form
like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven
which said, “You are My
beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” Luk 3:23 Now Jesus
Himself began His ministry at about
thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son
of Joseph, the son of
Heli, In His
physical family He had
brothers and sisters. Mat 13:55 Is this
not the carpenter’s son? Is not His
mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses,
Simon, and Judas? Mat 13:56 And His
sisters, are they not all with us?
Where then did this Man get all these things?” It would
appear that Christ
was a carpenter, the above verse says He was the
carpenters son, but the
following verse suggests that He himself was a
carpenter. Mar 6:3 Is this
not the carpenter, the Son of Mary,
and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And
are not His sisters here
with us?” So they were offended at Him. He had His
own home other
than that shared with His family. Mar 2:1 And again
He entered Capernaum after some
days, and it was heard that He was in the house. Mar 2:15 Now it
happened, as He was dining in Levi’s
house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat
together with Jesus and
His disciples; for there were many, and they
followed Him. |