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