The Objects of the Incarnation, Part 1

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D. The Objects of the Incarnation.

What were the purposes of the virgin birth?

1. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (). Jesus Christ is the , the . If you want to know what God is like, look upon Jesus.

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a. “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (). A woman does not have seed; . But this Scripture mentions the “.” This is contrary to nature and refers, of course, to the — fulfilled when Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ.

b. “The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, , and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (). This Scripture means exactly what we mean.

3. “There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. . . . And in that day there shall be , which shall stand for ; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious” (). “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David , and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” (). “Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of , according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption” (). See also I Samuel 7:4-17; Luke 1:32, 33.


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