Debunking the misrepresentation of the End Time Message Web Site concerning God being manifested in the Flesh.
Quoting what this site claims“And thus, God fulfilled His plan of salvation, the fulfillment which is written in 1 Timothy 3:16 which states: “And without controversy, great is the mystery of Godliness, God was manifest in the flesh.””
“When was God manifested in flesh? It was when Jesus Christ was born through a woman; without any resulting sexual act but it was God Himself making both hemoglobin and egg cells in the womb of Mary, God Himself taking the form of a man.”
The above statement can’t be true for these reasons. Jesus was known as the Son of God, the son of man and the son of David. If God provided both the egg in Mary and the fertilization of that egg, then Jesus could not be the son of man or the son of David. The egg in Mary would have to contain the genetic characteristics passed down physically from King David in order for Jesus to be either the son of David or the son of man. If God actually provided both the egg and the fertilization then Jesus could only have been the Son of God. In order for Jesus to be a son of any man, some genes would have to be passed on to Him from a man.
“Jesus Christ was the FLESH of God, none other than God Himself creating a BODY of His own. That fleshly BODY was called the “SON”, while the SPIRIT indwelling that body was the “FATHER”.”
This is in error. The flesh body of Jesus was called man because He was man and the son of man. Jesus was called the son because God provided the fertilization which made Him the Son. I do agree with one thing they say, the Spirit indwelling in the body of Jesus was the Spirit of the Father which He received when He was baptized by John the Baptist.
“When the Father decided to come down as our Saviour, He put on a robe of flesh and planted Himself, as a seed, in the womb of Mary. This seed was to produce the flesh and blood of the Body He would dwell in as the Son, Jesus Christ.”
“When the Father decided to come down as our Saviour, He put on a robe of flesh and planted Himself, as a seed, in the womb of Mary. This seed was to produce the flesh and blood of the Body He would dwell in as the Son, Jesus Christ.”
This is about as non-scriptural as you can get. Nothing in scripture indicates that God planted HIMSELF in the womb of Mary. This is nothing but an error produced by the incorrect thinking of a person trying to prove that Jesus was God the Father, Jehovah. This is nothing more that coming up with the concept of Jesus being God, and then misinterpreting scripture to fit into the concept.
The misunderstanding of the meaning of the following scripture in First Timothy has lead this person into a false doctrine simply because of not understanding the basic meaning of the word “manifest”. Following is the scripture in question followed by the breakdown of the scriptural basis for understanding the meaning of this scripture.
1 Tim 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.
What does this really mean? God was manifest in the flesh
It means that God was made know to man through the works He performed through the body of Jesus. To be manifested means to be made known in a certain way. God made Himself known by performing the works through the person of Jesus His Son just as John 14:10 states that Jesus was not God, but God the Father was dwelling in the man Jesus.
John 14:10 “the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.”
He was justified in the Spirit when He received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit after He was baptized by John.
Matthew 3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
He was seen of Angels when they ministered to Him in the Wilderness.
Matthew 4:11 “Then the devil left him and behold angels came and ministered unto him.”
He was preached unto the Gentiles when His apostles carried the word of the Gospel to the Gentile Nations.
Acts 15:14 “Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.”
He was believed on in the World when the Gospel went into the World by His Apostles.
Mark 16:20 “And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.”
He was received up into glory when He was carried up into the clouds and took His seat on the right hand of the Father on His throne.
Mark 16:19 “So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”
Once again, when we let the scriptures interpret themselves, we show forth the truth of their meaning.
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