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How Mary was impregnated with Jesus is something that is tricky to deal with once One Truly analyses it. Certain 'problems' arise that are a bit taboo. I will expand on these problems.
Problem #1:
Since God placed his Seed inside of Mary, then technically, Mary would be God's Wife. Uh, oh.
Problem #2:
Since Jesus is God manifest in the flesh...
Important subject @soul man . I will post my beliefs on this.
How Mary was impregnated with Jesus is something that is tricky to deal with once One Truly analyses it. Certain 'problems' arise that are a bit taboo. I will expand on these problems.
Problem #1:
Since God placed his Seed inside of Mary, then technically, Mary would be God's Wife. Uh, oh.
Problem #2:
Since Jesus is God manifest in the flesh...
1 Timothy 3:16
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
...then that would imply that Mary is not only the Mother of Jesus, but his WIFE as well. Yikes!
These issues clearly need to be addressed. Have no fear, Melchizedek is here!
Yes, Melchizedek is the solution to the above problems. How? Melchizedek represents the Seed of God that Mary was inseminated with and Jesus was created out of.
In other words, Mary was a Surrogate Mother...
"a woman who becomes pregnant by artificial insemination or by implantation of a fertilized egg created by in vitro fertilization for the purpose of carrying the fetus to term for another person or persons"
Definition of SURROGATE MOTHER
This is why Melchizedek is such a Mystery. Christians aren't putting all of the pieces together.
So how did this process work? Simple. The Tabernacle is the Wilderness shows us how it was done...
The High Priest represents the Melchizedek Seed that enters into the Most Holy Place to fertilize the Ark of the Covenant with the help of the Holy Ghost...
Matthew 1:20
"But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."
And there we have it! Great is the Mystery of Godliness.
they may be a problem for you but the scriptures say how its done:
Luk 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Luk 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
don't you know God is the source of life, and His Presence (Holy Spirit) gives Life. just as one is "born again" hence born of Spirit. the Presence of God gives Life according to His Word.
no seed or seeds and no man's scientific reasoning necessary to understand. its the same Power that healed the thousands of people who sought Him for such. its the same power that was at the face of the waters and spoke let there be Light. there was no seeds involved was there?
Power friend, that's what you're missing in your reasoning. you can not calculate the Power of God.
You are definitely on the right track here.
It is the "Seed of the Woman" that is a common thread throughout the Old Testament... especially the Torah.
The Seed was what everyone was hot after through Noah and his sons. But it was granted to Shem instead of Ham who thought he had it in Canaan.
Then granted to Abraham.
Then to Isaac
Then granted to Jacob by trickery (not really but he thought so)
Then on to Judah because of Reuben's actions.
Then on to David by proclamation of Samuel. And that's the last we actually hear about the Seed of the Woman (bride of Christ) who is now known to be the Messiah.
Which is why the Blind Man was actually shouting "Seed of David" at Jesus but is usually translated as "Son of David".
Galatians 3:16 is my reasoning.
Paul is quoting scriptures when speaking to the Galatians.there's no implication that Christ is a seed. to Abraham and his seed promise, but to the gentiles in Galatia and their seed, Christ.
well back to the OP reasoning and why its incorrect:
Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
there's no implication that Christ is a seed. to Abraham and his seed promise, but to the gentiles in Galatia and their seed, Christ.
the use of seed as a metaphor in a parable which is to use objects and actions as metaphors, and what Jesus actually is, is an other. as apposed to what the angle of the Lord told Mary what would actually happen which a fact of an event, not a metaphor.Paul is quoting scriptures when speaking to the Galatians.
But also in John 1:14 "the word became flesh"
And Jesus said that the seed in his parables was the word of God.
I can go in these circles all day long.
Genesis 17:4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations."Genesis 17:5 "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee."Genesis 17:6 "And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee."Genesis 17:7 "And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee."Genesis 17:8 "And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."Genesis 17:9 "And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations."
John 7:42 "Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"
Romans 1:2 "(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)" Romans 1:3 "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;"
Galatians 3:7 "Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham."Galatians 3:8 "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed."Galatians 3:9 "So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."Galatians 3:10 "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."Galatians 3:11 "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith."
Galatians 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ."
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
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First thanks for the reply, and second, Born again do.adoption has no seed involved does it?
Man does not live by bread alone but by the Word of God...the use of seed as a metaphor in a parable which is to use objects and actions as metaphors, and what Jesus actually is, is an other. as apposed to what the angle of the Lord told Mary what would actually happen which a fact of an event, not a metaphor.
the Word is also the bread of life and life giving water so on and so forth but the Word of God isn't actually water. water is water and the Word of God is of God Himself which is simply the expression of God's will, or expectation of what He wants fulfilled. again the Presence of God moved upon the face of the waters and God spoke, hence His Word. and it was fulfilled to His satisfaction, or according to His expectation expressed to that which was to conform to the fulfillment.