Bill writes:
It is rebellion to deny the physical lineage of Christ. He is the second Adam precisely because he is of Adam's
blood: through Eve to Seth, and Noah, and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and
Judah, and David to Jesus through Mary. To deny this
is to deny that Christ came in the flesh at all. John tells us that it is anti-Christ to hold and promote
such a belief; indeed, it is the spirit of rebellion.
You are wrong about this Bill and you are
holding to false doctrine in this area. Noone is denying any physical
lineage of Christ, just the one you portray. Jesus is not the second
Adam for the reason you proffer above. He came to introduce a "new
creation" - not put band aids on the old. Actually your gospel is the
spirit of anti-christ - which in actuality is another (flesh Christ)
standing in place of the real.
You don't know what kind of flesh he
had. Yes Mary and Joseph are both in David's lineage but Joseph is not
his biological father who supplies the sperm and determines the sex and blood
type of the child. Jesus at 12yrs of age was saying that he had to be
about his Father's business and he wasn't referring to Joseph. He also
called the temple his Father's house rather than the carpenter shop he was
raised in. In Matt 1:18 we are told that "Mary was found with child of
the Holy Ghost" (Matt 1:18); so Bill why not ask God to reveal it to you
rather than construct a different Jesus and another gospel?
Please take heed the words
of Christ, exalted to David's throne: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel
to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the
Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star." -- Rev
22.16
I would underline Root
if I were you and then go and read Romans 11:16-18 ... If the root be
holy?? The Lord said to my Lord??
Bill