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1:20-23; John 1:14; Hebrews 10:4-6,10), the Word that became flesh, the sec
ond Adam.
As the holy Son of God, Jesus was raised from the dead with power once and for all. "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was...declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead" (Romans 1:3-4); King David declared prophetical ly, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine HolyOnetoseecorruption"(PsalmJ.6:10). SinceMaryhasnoseed,noone should dare say that Jesus Christ partook of the defiled, sinful nature. If even demons witness His holiness, how much more should we? "And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out. Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God" (Mark 1:23-24; Luke 4:33-34).
7.7 Natural or Heavenly (Spiritual) Flesh?
It should be known that biologically, Mary had no seed to bring forth a
Neither can we dare say that God's seed mingled with Mary's egg and ame Christ. When the angel said: "Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son...." Mary said, "How shall this be, seeing I now not a man?" The heavenly answer was: "....The Holy Spirit shall nie upon thee, and the power of the Highest (the word) shall overshad-
rln /fu that holy thing which wiU be bom of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:3134,35).
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them are biologically His fathers. He also is called the son David, but Jesus refuted all of this (Matthew
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continues until today. As we mentioned earlier, charismatic lead-
teach that their Christ is a sinful Adam and was crucified, natureofSatan. TheybelievethatHeisnotabletosavesin-
nersbyHisphysicaldeath,butbyHisspiritualdeathinhell. Theybelieve
in H u salvation for Himself and was born again after three days n hell where He was tortured by the devil in order to save us from sin
(Hanegraaff, 107-177.)
Of course, if the word "seed of woman" is the biological seed of Adam, 6n 1 e the above mentioned ideologists we can dare say Jesus has a sinful nature. Sincehumanfleshandbloodisnotanacceptablemeansofatone- nient for the sins of mankind, and because it cannot inherit the kingdom of