JESUS CHRIST IS THE REVEALER OF REGENERATION-Part 7

Last time, we ended our remarks, by saying, that to everyone, who believes that Jesus Christ is truly God, as well as, truly Man, His Word on Manhood and Son-ship is fatal.
Luke 24;27-'' And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.''

Jesus regarded Moses, not as a title, by which, certain books are known, but, as the instrument, used by God, in giving both History and Prophecy, concerning The Lord Jesus Christ--
John 5;45-47-'' Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuseth you, even Moses in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words/''

Jesus Christ is The God man, Son to both.

When He said, ''. . .Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was glad'' [John 8;56], He was referring to the Day, The Son of Man should be revealed.
As the Son of God, He had no Day; as the Son of Man, He was revealed.

Hebrews 5;8--''Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;''
He was not a Son by Creation; Adoption, or Office; He was a Son by Nature, being the Only
Begotten of the Father, and having the same Nature and Perfection as the Father.

Genealogies of Christ were given by Matthew and Luke. Matthew places his, at the beginning of his Book; Luke doesn't give his, until after Christ was baptized.

The first important thing with Matthew, was to establish our Lord's Davidic Lineage.
Luke's concern was the real human birth and growth through boyhood to youth, to manhood.
Our Lord's Pedigree, as given by Luke, ends with a wonderful leap from Earth to Heaven.

Matthew gives The Genealogy, through Joseph, who was legally, although not actually, The
Father of Jesus Christ.
Luke gives it through Mary, Who was really the Mother of His Manhood.

Matthew's Genealogy comes down from Abraham to Jesus Christ, while Luke comes from
Jesus Christ to Adam, and to God.

Here is the reason, for the two views of the Genealogies;
[1] The Jew found the basis of his thought, in a revelation, which proceeds from cause to effect.
[2] The Greek possessed nothing, beyond the fact, and proceeded from the effect to the cause.

The first time, the full title of ''The Son of God'' is used, in The New Testament, is found in;
Matthew 16;16-17-''And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.''
Notice, Peter's Confession, was a Revelation from Heaven.

I John 4;15-[Turn].

By the title, ''The Son of Man,'' Christ claimed to be man, in the highest and absolute sense, and
by the title, ''The Son of God,'' He laid claim to Deity.

Now, as there is more than one person, in the Godhead, so there's a distinction between ''God,''
and ''Lord God''.
Genesis 1;26-''And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air; and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.''
Genesis 2;4-''These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.''

In Genesis 1;26, the word, ''image,'' means that Man was fitted with capacities, as God's
Representative.
The word, ''likeness,'' means that, Man, before The Fall, was inclined towards God.
In Genesis1, the uniform word for The Almighty is ''God'' [Elohim].

In Genesis 2;4, a new name is introduced-''LORD God''.
Now, the change is significant.
When Moses advances to Man's Creation, he reveals a more intimate side of God's Character.

''Lord,'' means owner, possessor; One Who treasures and cherishes; Whose affections center upon what He has made.

In Genesis 1, the emphasis is on creation in power.