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Christology ♦ 137 doth l^rd"Ajrd ®aid, "My soul
He has regarded the lowlrat'^f h'"h' i ^ ""y f°r low state of his handmaiden" (Luke 1:46-48).
and siS^it^^erefore'chrii^'i^ ""fh *e Saviour of her soul
not the seed of the earthlv AH ^/i ruptible seed. Mary's humani^ Adam, but Christ's hum;* f ^
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Lord from heaven" (J Corinth
(the Word), but Christ "is the
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task and law for Him to accomolish t L P«>mise. That was the report? and to whom Is thTaTM ' f ,he t o n o 7 " ° °"--
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nature, no e to be changed to their nature (Ephesians 5:30; II Peter 1:1-4; Romans 9.4-5; I Corinthians 15:39-50)
The f^r^t ei^mple of Christ's coming. His mysterious and miraculous birth, IS ^8® 'P/ and His priesthood, is that of Melchizedek. Jesus is known to be Son, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, High Priest, and
Everlasting King (Hebrews 7; Isaiah 9:6-7). When the Word became genuine heavenly Man in the womb of Mary, and was born of her. He was author ized to abolish the law of death and establish the law of grace, "For as by one nnan s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through right
eousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:19-21).
promised Word, the divine seed, and Peter1:23-25). TheBiblecallsHimincor-
created from dust through the first flesh. Heisth'ebegotten, ^ e first man Adam (^^"st) was made aquickening spir- ^^A^'st) is
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himallthingsconsist"(Colossians