The conception of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Begotten Son of God is as Adam's creation as
well as the conception of Isaac, Samson, Samuel and John, the Baptist, but we
shall be concentrating on that in which is as Adam's creation.
Gen
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
Job
27:3 All the while my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job
33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and
the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Adam did not come
about by the will of a man, he was neither conceived nor born. In a similar
sense, the breathe of God is the power of the Highest, the Glory of God that
came upon Mary.
Luk
1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How
shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Luk
1:35 And the angel answered and said
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest
shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of God.
Luk
3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which
was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
The Holy Ghost the
power of the Highest did overshadow Mary when she entered into the house of
Zechariah for as at John's Baptism did Jesus become anointed with the Holy
Ghost and Power so also was it at His conception in Mary's womb. For as the
mother of the Baptist, Elizabeth meets with Mary, the Mother of the Lord was
Mary filled with the Holy Ghost even as Elizabeth. In the words/prophecy of
Elizabeth do we know that it was fulfilled.
Luk
1:41 And it came to pass, that, when
Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Luk
1:42 And she spake out with a loud
voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb.
Luk
1:43 And whence is this to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me?
Luk
1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of
thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Luk
1:45 And blessed is she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the
Lord.
The encounter of
Elizabeth and Mary is as Elijah and Elisha at the river Jordan. For Christ
revealed to the disciples that John the Baptist was the Elijah to come and so
Mary on meeting with Elizabeth did received that double portion of the Spirit
of Elijah which became flesh i.e the testimony of the laws and the prophets
encapsulated in the Baptist John and a double portion of it (Even as Christ is
greater than John Baptist) even the word of God transmuted into flesh in Mary's
womb to become the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
As it ws at Christ's
conception so was it at His Baptism in the which He is declared by the Father
that He is the Son of God even at the river Jordan. For John the Baptist did
minister in the Spirit and power of Elijah and it is at this same river Jordan
at the Bank of it that as Elijah was taken from Elisha, a double portion of His
spirit did rest upon Elisha. So also it is with Christ who as He is baptisec by
the Elijah-John Baptist, He coming out of the waters received that double
portion of the spirit for which Peter declared that He went about doing good
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with Him. Acts
10:38
2Ki
2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw
him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2Ki
2:13 He took up also the mantle of
Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2Ki
2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah
that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of
Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over.
And our Lord Jesus
Christ after His temptations for which twice He was challenged to prove His
Sonship was ministered to by angels and these angels are Moses and Elijah. This
can be understood from Elijah's threefold test before he heard the still small voice
Mat
4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and,
behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
And shortly after
this John Baptist was taken like that in which Elijah should have being
beheaded. Now as Elisha was about to die and the king of Israel came to see
him, calling him even as Elisha called after Elijah "My father, my father,
the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof", and so doth Elisha place
his hand on the king's hand and the king shoots the arrow. Thereafter Elisha
dies and as a dead moabite man cometh in contact with his bones, the man is
revived.
Even so is that
experience in the mount of Transfiguration such that as Christ was close to
death even as Elisha doth Moses and Elijah appear unto Him and the voice from
heaven even the Father of glory doth show forth that Jesus is His Son and
should be listened to. And so the three
apostles there, Peter, James and John are as the king of Israel that came unto
Elisha and that double portion of Elisha's spirit even as the double portion of
the Spirit of Christ did come upon Peter, John and James through the fellowship
of the Testimony of Moses and Elijah which is that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God and we should listen to Him.
And so that in which
as the Moabite man touches Elisha's bones and cometh to live is as that in
which as Christ died, the graves of them that died broke up and they that died
recently did awake and the spirits of just men made perfect were released from Paradise
so that after His resurrection, they appear to man and ascend to heaven with
our Lord Jesus Christ and captivity is lead captive.
Even so
Come Lord Jesus
Amen
