Jomfru fødsel

Jomfru fødsel

Jesus had no earthly father but was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:23, Luke 1:30–35).

Hvad er betydningen af ​​jomfrufødslen? Den traditionelle forklaring er, at en jomfrufødsel betød, at Jesus var ufarvet af Adams synd. Da han ikke havde en naturlig far, arvede han ikke Adams syndige natur. Det er en ofte gentaget forklaring, men en som ikke findes i skriften. Den sande betydning af jomfrufødslen er, at Jesus ikke blev født ind i Adams trællefamilie, og kun en fri mand kan løskøbe en slave.

Adam’s sin put humanity on death row. (Romans 5 calls it living under the condemnation of sin and death.) But Jesus was not of Adam’s line. He was born outside the prison. On numerous occasions, Jesus told his disciples that he was not from earth but had come from heaven. “I have come down from heaven” (John 6:38). It’s like he was saying, “I’m not a prisoner. I have come from outside to set you free” (John 3:13, 5:23, 36, 37, 6:29, 33, 38, 39, 44, 51, 57, 58, 8:16, 18, 23, 42, 10:36, 12:49, 14:24, 16:28, 17:8, 18, 21, 23, 25, 18:37, 20:21).

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12)

"Alle syndede" betyder, at vi alle var i Adam, da han syndede. Men Jesus er ikke en del af gruppen af ​​alle syndede. Da han ikke er af Adams linje, er han ikke underlagt syndens og dødens lov. Synden kan ikke røre ham, og døden kan ikke tage ham. Den eneste måde, Jesus kunne gå til korset og dø på vores vegne, er, hvis han valgte det.

Gennem historien er mange pseudo-frelsere kommet og lovet frihed, men hver eneste af dem var en slave af synden. De kunne ikke redde nogen. Vi havde brug for en fri mand til at forløse os fra syndens slavemarked, og Jesus er den frie mand.

No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them – the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough – so that they should live on forever and not see decay… But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. (Psalms 49:7–9, 15 NIV)

Befrieren Moses viser os, hvordan dette fungerer. Moses var et forbillede på Kristus, fordi han var den eneste hebræer, der ikke var ejet af Farao. Moses var en fri mand brugt af Gud til at befri en nation af slaver. På samme måde er Jesus det eneste menneske, der ikke var en slave, hvilket gør ham til en ideel frelser. Når du er spærret inde, har du brug for hjælp udefra, og Jesus er definitionen på hjælp udefra.

You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. (John 8:23)

Jesus fortalte konstant folk, at han ikke var fra jorden. Han sagde: "Da jeg ikke er en del af Matrix, kan jeg tage stikket fra dig fra Matrix."

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil – and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. (Hebrews 2:14–15, NIV)

But sometimes those in the Matrix don’t see their need for liberation. This was the case with the Jews. Jesus told them, “The truth will make you free,” and the Jews replied “but we’re not slaves” (John 8:32–33). They were blind to their bondage. The same is true of many people today. They have been told they are sinners and that the remedy is to stop sinning. They don’t know that the situation is far worse, that they are slaves, dead in sins, and in need of Savior.

Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins. (John 8:24)

Nær slutningen af ​​sit liv sagde Jesus:

I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me. (John 14:30, NIV)

Ingen hold betyder intet krav, ingen magt og intet ejerskab. Djævelen kunne ikke lægge en hånd på Jesus. Dette gjorde Jesus svær at dræbe.

Derfor elsker Faderen mig, fordi jeg sætter mit liv til, for at jeg kan tage det igen.
No one has taken it away from me, but I lay it down on my own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. (John 10:17–18)

Det var ikke synd, men kærlighed, der fik Jesus til at give sit liv til for dig.

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

Jesus er den eneste Frelser, der kan befri syndens slaver, og han gjorde det, fordi han elsker dig. Hvilken ven vi har i Jesus!

Hvorfor jomfrufødslen er afgørende

Nogle siger, at de ikke behøver at tro, at Jesus blev født af en jomfru for at tro, at han er Frelseren. Men jomfrufødslen er afgørende af mindst tre grunde. Først sagde profeterne, at jomfrufødslen ville være et tegn.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

In the history of the world, there have been billions of births but only one virgin birth. The virgin birth proves that God is with us and not against us (Matt. 1:23). It proves that Jesus came from God.

Second, John the Baptist said Jesus was the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29). Jesus could only do that if he came from outside the world. A son of Adam could not carry our sins, but a Son of God can.

Third, we needed a High Priest untouched by sin (see Heb. 4:15, 1 John 3:5), and a virgin birth provides one.

Such a high priest truly meets our need – one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. (Hebrews 7:26–27, NIV)

Fjern jomfrufødslen, og vi sidder tilbage med tvivl. Er Gud virkelig med os? Er Jesus virkelig den lovede og syndfrie Frelser? Bærer han alle vores synder? Fjern jomfrufødslen, og du bliver nødt til at afvise to af evangeliets forfattere (Mattæus og Lukas) som upålidelige vidner. I sandhed er jomfrufødslen afgørende for vores tro.

Hvem var Jesu mor?

Jesus had no mother, at least not in the biological sense. Jesus is the eternal God, the Creator of all including Mary (John 1:1, Col 1:15–16). Just as Joseph contributed no DNA to Jesus, neither did Mary. How could she, since she was just as much a part of Adam’s enslaved family as Joseph. Mary provided a womb, but no egg.

When Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.” (Hebrews 10:5, NIV)

Ordet for krop (soma) betyder en hel krop. Helligånden forberedte ikke halvdelen af ​​et legeme, men et helt legeme. I passionsoversættelsen af ​​dette vers siger Kristus "Du har iklædt mig et legeme."

For most of us, life begins in the womb, but Jesus had no beginning. The Word who became flesh was with God when creation began (John 1:1). Jesus did not need a sperm donor or an egg donor. He needed a body, and that’s what the Holy Spirit provided.

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:34–35)

One day, Mary was not pregnant; the next, “she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:18, ESV). There is much mystery in this. How did the miracle of the Virgin Birth take place? We don’t know the how, but we know the Who. How did the Word become flesh? The Holy Spirit is the answer. “You have made him a little lower than God” (Ps. 8:5).

But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. (Galatians 4:4, KJV)

Mange oversættelser siger, at Jesus blev født af en kvinde, men det var Jesus lavet af en kvinde, ikke Født af en kvinde. Det oprindelige udsagnsord (ginomai) betyder at forårsage, at blive, at samle. Jesu krop blev bragt frem i Marias livmoder.

Dette forklarer, hvorfor Jesus kunne sige, at Johannes var den største blandt de fødte (gennetos) of women (Matt. 11:11). Surely Jesus is the greatest of all, but Jesus was not born of woman in the conventional sense. All four Gospel writers refer to Mary as the mother of Jesus (Matt. 1:18, 2:11, 13, 14, 20–21, 12:46, Mark 3:31, Luke 2:33–34, 2:48, 51, 8:19, John 2:1, 3, 5, 12, 19:25–26, Acts 1:14). But she was not his biological mother. Mary was a surrogate mother who carried and raised the child from heaven. For this reason, Jesus’ brothers were step-brothers rather than half-brothers, as they did not share a biological parent (Matt. 12:46). They were raised by the same parents, but they did not share a bloodline. Jesus’ step-brothers were slaves of sin; Jesus was the free man from heaven sent to save them.

Mary was an extraordinary woman, highly favored by God, and rightly honoured by the Church. Yet nowhere in scripture does Jesus refer to her as mother. Instead, he calls her woman (John 2:4, 19:26). If you asked Jesus who his mother was, he would reply, “My mother and brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it” (Luke 8:21).

Jesus was not being disrespectful to Mary, but like Melchizedek, he was “without father and mother” (Heb. 7:3). First Adam had no father and mother and neither did Last Adam.

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