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It's been my experience during +/- 27 years of activity on internet forums, that
quite a few Christians online are unable to discern the difference between the Word
of John 1:1-3 and the flesh that the Word became per John 1:14
* That particular configuration is very interesting as it depicts the cosmos' creator
existing as an eternal spirit being, and a temporal material being, simultaneously.
Anyway, it's no trouble at all to trace the origin of the Word's flesh all the way back
to Adam's flesh.
● Gen 3:15 . . And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your seed and her seed. He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him
on the heel.
Petty much everybody on both sides of the aisle agrees that prophesy pertains to
Messiah.
● Gen 22:18 . . In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed
Pretty much all are agreed that one also pertains to Messiah.
For sure a genealogy is needed for Gen 22:18 because any man claiming to be
Messiah has to present credible evidence that he descends from Abraham-- plus
Isaac (Gen 26:4) Jacob (Gen 28:14) and Judah. (Gen 49:9-10)
However; there's no need for a genealogy relative to Gen 3:15 because the only
qualification required is that the candidate be Eve's posterity, i.e. a human being.
She was constructed with material taken from Adam's body. So then, Eve owes her
existence to Adam's existence, and if so; then her seed also owes its existence to
Adam's existence; which brings us up to David.
Not just any Jew qualifies to take David's throne. God requires that the man must
first of all be one of David's biological descendants.
● Ps 132:11 . .The Lord has sworn in truth unto David; and He will not turn from it:
"Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne"
The New Testament verifies Christ is the fruit of David's body spoken of in that
oath.
● Acts 2:29-30 . . Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on
his throne.
● Rom 1:3 . . . His son; descended from David according to the flesh
If true that Christ is David's biological descendant, and if true that David was Eve's
biological descendant, then it must be true that Christ, along with David, is also
Adam's biological descendant. So then if Adam was a created being, then his
biological descendants Eve, David, and Christ are also created beings.
FAQ: Jesus is alleged to have been miraculously conceived (Luke 1:27-35) How
then did he in any way at all descend from David's loins, i.e. David's flesh?
REPLY: Baby Jesus wasn't implanted in Mary's womb as a surrogate mother,
rather, he was conceived in her womb. Seeing as how Joseph wasn't Jesus'
biological father, then conception by means of his mom's flesh became her child's
default biological path to David's flesh (Gal 4:4). Although women are rare in
biblical genealogies, they still matter. For example Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba.
(Matt 1:5-6)
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