Today,
reply is on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ as a divine process
to establish the new creation
that must appear through divine judgment, death, and resurrection,
rather than through human love, marriage, and sexual reproduction.
Eternal life entails more than the lifestyles and daily routines of
mankind on the earth; a “birth” must occur through his
resurrection, not through the operations of faith, or the works a
sinner may complete. Marriage, childbearing, managing ones own
household, and raising ones own children often are understood as
behavior and conduct that are only carnal, material, and social.
Correctly understood these also are divine operations carried out and
performed on the earth through ones consciousness and self-will
(willpower) that should be directed and influenced by the sovereign
will of GOD. It is written: Matthew 22: 23-33, King James Version
(KJV): 23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that
there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24 Saying, Master, Moses
said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us
seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased,
and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: 26 Likewise
the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And last of all
the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife
shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 Jesus answered
and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the
power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But as
touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which
was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the
dead, but of the living. 33 And when the multitude heard this,
they were astonished at his doctrine. One of the fighters in the
“Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who
uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shown) posted the
following:
Why
didn't Jesus choose to get married and have children, if that is
really the best way?
There's
an old phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?". Well it appears the
answer is to live a celibate, non-sex existence. Jesus could have
chosen to say look, I'm going to get married to show the humans this
is best, have a bunch of kids. No, Jesus apparently shows there is
very much value in celibacy, in controlling your passions
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for
whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but
dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine
own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I
may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any
means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. (Philippians
3: 8-11, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Christ Displayed Authentic Humanity (10/09/2019); New
Birth By Resurrection (09/27/2019); Divine Purposes Are Unchanging
(04/22/2019); The Fall of Mankind (05/16/2019); Appetite and Human
Sexuality? (10/19/2018); The Flesh An Obstacle? (07/29/2016); The
Great Commission Obeyed? (01/12/2016); Gender and Salvation?
(10/01/2015)
“Anonymous”,
divinity appears using human flesh and visible form (we say, the
Incarnation) to restore the aspects of full life essence
(breath; spirit substance; word) imparted to Adam from the makeup of
GOD that were lost by mankind through transgression of divine law.
The eunuch comes into view as one who is human and an offspring of
man, yet, is neither male nor female. Within created beings and
living creatures, life essence can be communicated and
directed to every aspect of a carnal form (e.g., limbs, organs,
tissues) using blood. Christ as High Priest performs atonement using
the content of divine blood that includes awareness, existence, and
active presence. Thus, the eternal purpose for the ministry
and priesthood of Jesus Christ on the earth also is to be seen as (1)
the demonstration of authentic humanity; (2) showing the correct
expression of human commitment, personhood, and love when in covenant
relationship with divinity; (3) enduring suffering and death to
fulfill mortality and remove the limiting conditions imposed on the
duration of human life through sin; (4) performing a once-and-for-all
atonement for remission of sin; and (5) manifesting the righteousness
within the covenant law, not responding only to the letter of the
law. The appearing of Christ reveals the divine fullness (i.e., the
totality of all spirit substance; the Godhead; the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit) whose character, makeup, and process are spirit.
Newness of life is not by having babies; human consciousness and
self-will (willpower) are to conform to Christ. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from the
music ministry of John Michael Talbot:
1.
Isaiah 56: 1-7, King James Version (KJV): 1 Thus saith the LORD,
Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to
come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the
man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil. 3 Neither let the son of the stranger,
that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak,
saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from
his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry
tree. 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs
that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me,
and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine
house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and
of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not
be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to
the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of
the LORD, to be his servants, every one that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my
covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make
them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house
shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
2.
Matthew 19: 8-12, KJV: 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the
hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but
from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever
shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and
shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her
which is put away doth commit adultery. 10 His disciples say unto
him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not
good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot
receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For
there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s
womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men:
and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the
kingdom of heaven’s sake. He
that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
3.
Romans 6: 3-5, KJV: 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpsnlZ5BhWg.)
Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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