In the seventeenth chapter of Chronicles (Hebrew Bible), David is feeling guilt-ridden because he had built a nice home for himself, yet the Ark of the Covenant was not housed in a grand temple, but rather resided in a tabernacle—the same tent-like structure that Moses erected.
The Prophet Nathan came to David with a word from the Lord. I declare to you: The Lord will build a house for you. When your days are done and you follow your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingship. He shall build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me.
The above passage is loaded with gold. The prophet says—your offspring. King James uses the word seed, representing sperm. And, Nathan, then, says it another way to stress the fact. One of your own sons will be the forever king.
God says, through Nathan, that this forever king will be so close to God that they will have a father/son relationship.
Now, we know who the forever king is, but Christianity has taught us that he was born of a virgin, and if that is true, Nathan’s word that the forever king will come from the offspring of David is not correct.
I’m going to have to side with Nathan here and investigate further.
What if we discover that Christ was a human like us. Would it change anything?
Absolutely not, he was the Chosen one spoken about in Isaiah 42 (Hebrew Bible) to teach us the way. The way to what?
The way to connect to God like he did. If he did it as a human, then it is possible for us to do it too.
Christ is the most amazing person I have ever encountered on Earth. I honor him, more than any other being that has graced this planet. What he did in his short lifetime, is awe inspiring.
He is the only person, besides my husband, that has shown me evidence by their walks with God, that there really is a God.
So, how did Christ get to be God’s biological son?
The answer to that question can be found in the Roman occupation of the Promised Land during the days of Christ.
The Romans had taken over Israel and Judah sixty-three years before the birth of Christ. By the time of Jesus’s ministry, Rome had been influencing the Jewish culture for 100 years.
The Romans practiced a polytheistic religion full of many Gods, with lavish temples, priests, and blood sacrifice. In fact, their rulers were also considered Gods, and the concept of a miraculous virgin birth was prominent in their belief system. For example, The God Atis was believed to be born of a virgin on December 25th.
In Polytheism, A God inseminates a Goddess and creates a son, who is elevated to the Godhead. Sound familiar?
The book of Mathew records that the innocent young virgin Mary was miraculously inseminated by God, and conceived Jesus, thus creating the biological Son of God, who, in essence, is a God.
The word used for son in the New Testament is the Greek word, pais, which is derived from the Hebrew word, ebed, which means servant. It is the same word used by Isaiah in chapter 42 of the Hebrew Bible. This is my servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one…
In the final transcript of the New Testament, every time the word pais is written, the authorities took the liberty to write it as son rather than servant.
Interestingly, the first two chapters of Mathew were added later after the original text was set. Christ never mentioned his virgin birth in his teachings and shut down the worship of his mother several times as he taught.
The first time is recorded in Mark 3:32-35. Christ was teaching in a house, and his mother and brethren came to the door seeking Christ, and instead of rushing to her side, Christ asked the people a question.
Who is my mother and my brethren? And, Jesus replied, whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Another passage can be found in Luke 11: 27-28. As Christ was teaching, a woman lifted up her voice and said, blessed is the womb that bare you, and the paps which gave you suck.
Jesus relied, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Along with shutting down the worship of his mother, Christ also squashed the concept that he was actually God when the man in Mathew 19:17 called Jesus good. Christ replied, why do you call me good? There is none good but one, God.
All throughout the Gospels, Christ called himself the son of man, in fact, 85 times. The term, son of man, is a Hebrew term to distinguish a human from the divine nature of God.
Furthermore, every time a demonically possessed person, cried out that Jesus was the son of God, he told them firmly, to shut the mouth.
In the 1st chapter of the book of John, the author claims that Christ is God incarnate, and later in John, Christ says that if you’ve seen me, then you’ve seen the Father. This is a spiritual reference that Christ was using to say that he was so spiritually in tuned with the spirit of God, that if you saw or heard Christ, you have seen a pure representation of the Father.
It does not mean that Christ was actually God as the Christian religion teaches, because Christ later clarified in John chapter 14 that, my Father is greater than I.
Religion is determined to make Christ a God; thus, people will worship him and ignore his teachings.
God told us what we are supposed to do with Christ. In fact, he said it audibly in three of the Gospels—Mark, Mathew, and Luke.
In chapter 9 of Mark’s account, Christ took Peter, James and John up to a high mountain apart by themselves where Jesus was transfigured before them. His clothing was radiating a bright shining white light. And suddenly, Elijah and Moses appeared with Christ. How did Peter know it was those two prophets?
God showed me, because of their signature pieces, Moses had his staff, and Elijah was wearing his girdle.
Mark reports that Christ, Moses, and Elijah were conversing and Peter interrupted to ask if he should make three tabernacles for them, one for Christ, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
Peter was inquiring if he should erect 3 places of worship to honor that miraculous occasion, because it surely must be holy ground, right?
Can you imagine if he did? I can hear it now. “OK, and the next stop on our Holy Land tour is the mount of transfiguration. The three tabernacles that Peter built have been preserved, and some people will only worship at this very site, because there have been many miracles reported over the past 2000 years. In fact, a vision of the mother Mary is often seen by worshipers right here.”
But no, that will never happen, because just as Peter was asking the question to build the three tabernacles, a cloud overshadowed them and God spoke audibly, “this is my beloved servant: hear him.”
God was saying, don’t worship him, LISTEN TO HIM.