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Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 10, 2018, 9:57 am
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[font=arial]● Luke 1:1-4 . . Inasmuch as many have
undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been
accomplished among us-- just as those who from the beginning
were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them
to us --it seemed good to me also, having followed all things
closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you,
most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty
concerning the things you have been taught.
Luke's report is alleged to have been written somewhere around
AD60, roughly thirty± years after the facts. Plus, it's not an
eye-witness report; rather, it's essentially the result of
investigative reporting.
Luke's report was written neither to or for a church, it was
written to and for a specific person; which leads me to believe
that Luke wasn't expecting his work to end up in the Bible.
Apparently the canon's compilers felt that Luke was "inspired"
so his document was included.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 10, 2018, 10:30 am
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[font=arial]● Luke 1:26-27 . . In the sixth month, the
angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Joseph's association with David is extremely important in
matters related to theocratic royalty.
That particular sixth month wasn't a date on the Jew's calendar.
It was relative to the second trimester of Mary's cousin
Elizabeth. (Luke 1:24, Luke 1:36)
NOTE: Mary and Elizabeth were related by blood to Rachel's
sister Leah by her two sons Levi and Judah.
The koiné Greek word for "virgin" is parthenos (par-then'-os)
which basically means a maiden; particularly a daughter that's
not married. In point of fact, at this juncture Mary was
engaged.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 11, 2018, 5:14 am
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[font=arial]● Luke 1:28 . .The angel went to her and said:
Greetings, you who are highly favored!
"highly favored" is translated from the Greek word charitoo
(khar-ee-to'-o) which means to indue with special honor. It's a
rare word that appears in only one other verse in the entire New
Testament at Eph 1:6.
The angel wasn't describing Mary's character as if she was an
ultra pious Jew. He merely stated that she was the object of a
very special blessing; same as Christ's believing followers are
the objects of a very special blessing at Eph 1:6, i.e. the
angel informed Mary that she was extremely fortunate; though for
the moment she had no clue as to why.
NOTE: The Douay Rheims version of Luke 1:28 says that Mary was
"full of grace" instead of highly favored and "blessed are you
among women". Those phrases aren't translated from the Greek;
i.e. editors took the liberty to insert them because in their
opinion that's what the passage ought to say even though it
doesn't, so we can safely ignore them.
Arbitrary editing can be troublesome at times because the
practice erodes our confidence that God inspired the Bible's
writers. Sometimes arbitrary editing is helpful; but other times
it just muddies the waters.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 12, 2018, 10:26 am
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[font=arial]● Luke 1:30 . .You have found favor with God.
The Greek word translated "favor" is charis (khar'-ece) a common
word for "grace" which, in my estimation, is best understood as
gracious; and can be defined as kind, courteous, inclined to
good will, generous, charitable, merciful, altruistic,
compassionate, thoughtful, cordial, affable, non threatening,
genial, sociable, cheerful, warm, sensitive, considerate, and
tactful.
The equivalent of charis in the Old Testament is chen (khane);
for example:
"Noah found favor with Jehovah." (Gen 6:8)
I think it fair to say that when someone has found favor with
God, it probably means that He's taken a liking to them; or at
least an interest; for example:
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you." (John 15:9)
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God; such is what we are." (1John
3:1)
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 13, 2018, 9:14 am
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[font=arial]● Luke 1:31a . . Behold,
The Greek word translated "behold" is idou (id-oo') which, in
this case, means to listen up and pay attention 'cause this is
important.
● Luke 1:31b . . you will conceive in your womb, and bear
a son.
The Greek word translated "conceive" means exactly what it says.
We're not talking about a test tube baby here. The very same
word is used at Luke 1:24 and Luke 1:36 in talking about
Elizabeth's baby.
It's amazing the number of Christians I encounter online who
honestly believe that baby Jesus was an implant. i.e. that his
mom was a surrogate mother instead of his biological mother.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 14, 2018, 8:04 am
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[font=arial]Mary was instructed to give her miraculous baby the
name Jesus.
● Luke 1:31c . .You are to give him the name Jesus.
Her fiancé Joseph was instructed to do the same.
● Matt 1:20-21 . . An angel of the Lord appeared to him in
a dream and said: Joseph son of David . . . you are to give him
the name Jesus
Joseph complied.
● Matt 1:25 . . And he gave him the name Jesus.
So Christ went in the books as Joseph's son because that's how
it worked in those days when a man stood with a woman to name
her child. (cf. Luke 1:59, Luke 2:21)
From that day on; Joseph was identified by all, including Mary,
as Jesus' father. (Matt 13:55, Luke 2:27, Luke 2:41, Luke 2:48)
Now; the thing to note is that adopted children have just as
much legal right to an inheritance as a father's biological
children; especially a right to the father's name; and that's
how baby Jesus got into Joseph's genealogy at Matt 1:1-17. Had
the little guy been Joseph's foster child, or his stepchild;
then it would've been fraud for Matthew to place the boy in
Joseph's genealogy.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 15, 2018, 3:27 pm
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[font=arial]● Matt 1:21 . . He shall save his people from
their sins.
The word "save" is from the koiné Greek word sozo (sode'-zo)
which basically means to rescue and/or protect. Rescuers
typically provide their services to desperate people who are
thoroughly incapable of getting themselves out of overwhelming
difficulties; e.g. Firemen, Emergency Medical teams, snow
patrols, mountain units, and the Coast Guard and National Guard.
"his people" refers to the Jews.
● Heb 2:16-17 . . Assuredly he does not give help to
angels, but he gives help to the descendants of Abraham.
Therefore, he had to be made like his brethren in all things,
that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of
the people.
Baby Jesus didn't descend from Aaron, so his high priesthood
would not be in accord with the covenant that Moses' people
agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy. Jesus' high priesthood would be in accord with a
Gentile high priest; in point of fact, baby Jesus' high
priesthood would be in accord with a man whose ethnic identity
isn't known, nor is anything known about his family or his
ancestors.
The boy was to become a high priest in accord with a man that
the Jews have heard of, but never actually seen for themselves.
His name is Melchizedek; mentioned way back in the past in
association with Abraham. (Gen 14:18-20, Ps 110:1-4, Heb
6:20-7:22)
Now, unless "his people" extends all the way back to Abraham,
then the rescue referred to in Matt 1:21 would be limited to
some of his people but not all. But according to Isa 53:6, it's
all; which is a tremendous improvement over Aaron's high
priesthood. His isn't retroactive that far back. It only extends
to the year of the installation of the covenant that Moses'
people agreed upon with God as per the books of the covenant.
(Deut 5:2-4)
Another big improvement is that Aaron couldn't save his people
from their sins; he could only offer atonements for them; while
Mary's boy would both atone and save.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 16, 2018, 9:51 am
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[font=arial]● Matt 1:18 . . 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.
Mary must've let the cat out of the bag because the angel of the
Lord had not yet informed Joseph of God's involvement in his
best girl's baby. But I really don't think Joseph believed
Mary's story because his next thought was to dump her.
● Matt 1:18-19 . . Joseph her husband, being a righteous
man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her away
quietly.
The covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God requires
engaged women to be executed when they willingly sleep with
another man.
● Deut 22:23-24 . . If a man happens to meet in a town a
virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall
take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to
death-- the girl because she was in a town and did not scream
for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife.
But the law is very particular in capital cases. Nobody can be
executed for such crimes sans the testimony of a minimum of two
witnesses.
● Deut 17:6-7 . . At the mouth of two witnesses, or three
witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but
at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The
hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of all the people.
The Bible says that Joseph was a righteous man; which means that
he was a stickler for due process.
So then, in the absence of two witnesses, Joseph had to let his
fiancée slide; the very same reason why grown-up Jesus let slide
a woman caught red-handed in adultery. (John 8:9-11)
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 17, 2018, 7:51 am
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[font=arial]● Matt 1:20a . .The angel of the Lord appeared
to him in a dream and said: Joseph, son of David, do not be
afraid to take Mary your wife because what is conceived in her
is from the Holy Spirit.
According to Matt 1:18, Joseph had been apprised of God's
involvement in his best girls' baby; but didn't believe it. The
angel's corroboration became essential to prevent the couple
from parting company.
Incidentally; the koiné Greek word for "wife" just simply means
woman. The difference is made by modifying it with a possessive
pronoun so that "your wife" is actually your woman.
It's not too difficult to figure out why Joseph was afraid to go
thru with the engagement. I mean; just think how humiliating it
would be for a decent man to stand before friends and family to
marry a girl coming down the aisle pregnant with another man's
baby.
And besides; if Mary was already sleeping around, who's to say
she wouldn't sleep around again later on after she and Joseph
were married? No; immoral girls are a bad bet because they can't
be trusted to be faithful and true.
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Re: Christ's Nativity
By: Olde Tymer Date: December 18, 2018, 7:22 am
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[font=arial]● Matt 1:22-23 . . Now all this took place
that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be
fulfilled, saying: Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and
shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel; which
translated means: God with us.
The prophet's name was Isaiah, and the prophecy is located in
verse 14 of the 7th chapter of his book.
Joseph and Mary were instructed to name her baby "Jesus". So the
identity of "they" in the prophecy isn't his parents. It's
actually the Jews.
● Luke 7:14-17 . . Jesus came up and touched the coffin;
and the bearers came to a halt. And he said: Young man, I say to
you, arise! And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And
Jesus gave him back to his mother. And fear gripped them all,
and they began glorifying God, saying: God has visited His
people! And this report concerning him went out all over Judea,
and in all the surrounding district.
NOTE: The name Emmanuel (a.k.a. Immanuel) appears only three
times in the whole Bible: twice in Isaiah, and once in Matthew.
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