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The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, the language of the Jewish People.
"Elohiym" (God) is the English translation for the Hebrew word that Judeo-Christianity has traditionally perceived of as God the Father. "Adonai Elohiym" (Lord God) is the English translation for the Hebrew word that Judeo-Christianity has traditionally perceived of as the Lord God. It was the Lord God who took on the human physical form of the God/man, Jesus Christ.
God knows everything, as God is omniscient. God knew before God ever created Adam, that Adam would sin. Because of God's Love, and because of God's anticipation of Adam's sin; before God ever created anything, God separated Himself into "Elohiym" (God the Father - Justice), and "Adonai Elohiym" (Lord God - Mercy). The Lord God - "Adonai Elohiym" - Mercy, was always within, a part of, and fully God. In Love, God birthed the Lord God - "Adonai Elohiym" - Mercy, out of Himself prior to any creation, in order for the Lord God - "Adonai Elohiym" - Mercy, to act as a buffer between God - "Elohiym" - Justice, and man. God - "Elohiym" - Justice - is completely Just, consequently sinful man could not survive in God's Just presence. The Lord God - "Adonai Elohiym" - Mercy, took on the human physical form of the God/man Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is therefore the personal manifestation of the Mercy of God.
God (Elohiym) did not create the Lord God (Adonai Elohiym - Jesus Christ) as that would mean that Jesus Christ had a beginning; and that there was a time when Jesus Christ was not in existence.
Hebrews 13:8 (NIV) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
John 1:1-5 (NIV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God; consequently, the Holy Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ is all the fullness of the Deity in bodily form.
Colossians 2:9-17 (NIV) For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
God birthed - separated- the Lord God (Mercy) out of Himself, in a like manner that Eve was birthed - separated - out of Adam. The separation of Adam, into Adam and Eve, was a physical example given to humanity by God, of God separating Himself into Justice and Mercy.
Genesis 2:21-23 (NIV) So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."
After creation, God saw that it was not good for man to be alone.
Genesis 2:18 (NIV) The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
Man was created in God's image. God separated the woman out of the man, and made the woman for the man.
Genesis 1:27 (NIV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
The woman was originally a part of, and within man, was birthed out of man; but becomes one with the man again during physical intercourse.
Genesis 2:24 (NIV) For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
The Lord God was birthed - separated - out of God, but through spiritual intercourse, the Lord God re-entered God, and became one with God.
John 10:30 (NIV) "I and the Father are one."
John 10:37-38 (NIV) "Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
John 14:6-11 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves."
When a man becomes spiritually Holy, as God is Holy, the Lord God brings that spiritually Holy man with the Lord God, into spiritual intercourse with God the Father.
John 14:20 (NIV) "On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you."
John 17:20-23 (NIV) "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
John 20:17 (NIV) Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
The ultimate physical pleasure is physical intercourse. Adam and Eve proved this truth when they were cast out of the Garden of Eden, as the first thing Adam and Eve did after leaving the Garden of Eden, was to have physical intercourse (Genesis 4:1). The devil tempts man to indulge in this God-given ultimate physical pleasure outside of God's directions, thereby making the ultimate physical pleasure into something sinful. The pleasure that physical intercourse gives, is twisted by the devil into a primary temptation to sin, because physical intercourse is the ultimate physical pleasure.
IT IS ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED THE ULTIMATE SELF-INDULGENCE OF SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE WITH GOD!
Isaiah prophesied that the virgin would give birth to a Son, whose name means "God with us".
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Immanuel - God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isa. 7:14 and Isa. 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Savior, an interpretation borne out by the words of the evangelist Matthew (Matt. 1:23). - Parsons Bible Dictionary
Some foolish people posing as "scholars" have ignorantly attempted to defense the position that virgin simply means "young woman". Would a "young woman", who became pregnant through physical intercourse, and then named her baby Immanuel, be considered a sign from God? Would that event warrant mention in God's Holy Word? Whoever takes the ridiculous position that Isaiah was simply referencing a "young woman", becoming pregnant through physical intercourse, and then naming her newborn baby Immanuel; does not give much importance to the Holy Spirit of God inspired, "jot and tittle", wording of the Holy Word of God. Immanuel is a very common name in Mexico. Those foolish people who take the position that Isaiah was simply referencing a "young woman", becoming pregnant through physical intercourse, and then naming her baby Immanuel; must also believe that every young woman in Mexico, who names her baby Immanuel, is producing another sign from God.
Was the virgin that Isaiah referenced a hermaphrodite? The answer to that ridiculous question is obviously no. If the virgin mother of the Messiah was not a hermaphrodite, who is the Sire? Only the Creator God is able to speak life into existence without the physical planting of a seed. If the virgin mother of the Messiah was impregnated by God, what is the relationship title of the Sire? - It has to be "Father". What is the relationship title of the male Offspring? - It has to be "Son".
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
The fact that Mary granted permission, is proof that the Holy Spirit of God was asking permission. After gaining Mary's permission, the angel Gabriel left Mary.
Luke 1:38a,b (NIV) "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
NOTE: The angel Gabriel who treated Mary with such complete and total respect is a direct contrast to the angel who claimed to be Gabriel that dictated the Quran to Mohammed. The angel who claimed to be Gabriel and dictated the Quran to Mohammed established law, mores, and folkways which, at best, denigrate Muslim women to a subhuman outcaste class; quite often, Muslim women are sadistically subjugated to a genitally mutilated existence as chattel, while being despised like criminals. The angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed was not Gabriel, the deceiving angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed was Satan, also known as Lucifer, also known as Allah. Allah loathes a woman's womb because that is the sanctuary where human life begins. Allah hates life (John 10:10). Allah loves death. Allah IS NOT Akbar, Allah is the depraved sadistic father of death.
God also sent an angel of the Lord to simply advise Joseph, the virgin Mary's espoused husband, that the Holy Spirit of God had placed the Seed of God into the virgin Mary. The angel did not ask permission of Joseph, because the decision to birth Jesus Christ was not Joseph's decision to make, that decision was Mary's decision to make. Mary and Joseph were obviously not Muslim.
Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us." When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
If Jesus Christ was not conceived by the Holy Spirit of God, as the Holy Word of God states, then Jesus Christ would simply be another spiritually dead, sinful descendant of Adam. If Jesus Christ is simply another spiritually dead, sinful descendant of Adam, then Jesus Christ's Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice would have been inadequate to satisfy God's Perfect Justice System, and the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ would not have balanced God's scales of perfect justice.
The conception of Jesus Christ who was physically conceived by the Holy Spirit of God, is a fore-glimpse of the conception of the "Born Again" Children of God, who have been spiritually conceived by the Holy Spirit of God.
Matthew 24:4-5, (NIV) Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many."
Why do people claim that they are Jesus Christ? Why did the Hall of Fame receiver, Michael Irving, make the ignorant and blasphemous statement that Jerry Rice is, "Jesus in cleats". Almost no one ever claims to be Mohammed or Allah.
The answer to that question exists in the fact that the evil spirits that are motivating these blasphemous people to make these ridiculous claims, know that Jesus Christ is the Lord God; Mohammed is a deceived, dead deceiver, and Allah is Satan. The evil spirits know about the True and Living God. The evil spirits are not motivating anyone to claim to be Allah, because the evil spirits know that Allah is a counterfeit god. Who would knowingly attempt to counterfeit a counterfeit?
Jesus Christ stated that He is the Son of God.
Mark 14:61-62a (NIV) But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" "I am," said Jesus.
Luke 22:70 (NIV) They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God? " He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
John 5:18 (NIV) For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 10:28-30 (NIV) "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one."
The Apostle John knew that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
John 1:1-18 (NIV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'" From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
John 1:34-36 (NIV) I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God." The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
The Apostle Paul knew that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, because Jesus Christ revealed Himself to Paul.
Acts 9:20-22 (NIV) At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. All those who heard him were astonished and asked, "Isn't he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?" Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
Romans 1:1-4 (NIV) Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God--the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, knew that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, because that fact was revealed to her by an angel.
Luke 1:35 (NIV) The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Nathanael stated that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
John 1:49 (NIV) Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."
Martha believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
John 11:25-27 (NIV) Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" "Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
The centurion believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Matthew 27:54 (NIV) When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"
Mark 15:39 (NIV) And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"
Satan and his fallen angels/demons know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, because Satan and the fallen angels/demons worshipped Jesus Christ personally when they were holy angels in heaven.
Matthew 8:28-29 (NIV) When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. "What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"
Mark 1:24 (NIV) "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
Mark 3:11 (NIV) Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."
Mark 5:7 (NIV) He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
Luke 4:34 (NIV) "Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"
Luke 4:41 (NIV) Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.
Luke 8:28 (NIV) When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!"
The Apostle Simon Peter knew that Jesus Christ is the Son of God because it was revealed to Simon Peter by God.
Matthew 16:13-17 (NIV) When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven."
If YOU know who Jesus Christ is, it is because it has been revealed to YOU by God. The Holy Word of God was written so that YOU may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing, YOU may have life in His name.
John 20:28-31 (NIV) Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
1 John 5:1-5 (NIV) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
When a person becomes filled with the Holy Spirit of God, they become "Born Again" Children of God, and spiritually Holy, so that they can live completely without sin. After being filled with the Holy Spirit, "Born Again" Children of God have a pure heart, and they grow in their knowledge and understanding of Righteousness. However, the "Born Again" Children of God's growth in Righteousness is retarded by their intellectual ignorance. Today, due to their retarded intellect, the "Born Again" Children of God, cannot know or understand the level of Righteousness that Jesus Christ will teach during the Millennial Reign. During the One Thousand Year Millennial Reign, Jesus Christ will teach the "Born Again" Children of God a level of Righteousness, that surpasses the Righteousness referenced in Matthew 22:37-40. When Jesus Christ leads the "Born Again" Children of God into living a level of complete Righteousness, then God the Father (Elohiym) will no longer need the Lord God (Adonai Elohiym) to act as a Mercy buffer between God and man, because man will live in complete Righteousness, and not need a Mercy buffer. When the "Born Again" Children of God are completely Righteous and Holy as God the Father is Righteous and Holy, God the Father (Elohiym) will physically reunite Himself with the Lord God (Adonai Elohiym - Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit of God.
Revelation 21:1-4 (NIV) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."