Section 11

Luke 1:35 says that "the holy thing" born of Mary was to be called the Son of God. Because the conceiving was of the Holy Spirit, what was born of this conception was a holy thing, some thing intrinsically holy. This is Jesus our Savior.

The second part of 1:32 says concerning the Man-Savior, "The Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father." Jesus, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a human virgin, will be the Son of the Most High God, and at the same time He will be the Son of a highly ranked man, David the king (Matt. 1:1; 22:45). His status is both divine and human.

Luke 1:33 goes on to say, "And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His king dom there shall not be an end." The preceding verse unveils the family of Jesus, and this verse unveils His kingdom. Jesus will have the house of Jacob—the nation of Israel—as the center of His reign (Acts 1:6; 15:16), through which He will rule over the entire world as His kingdom (Rev. 11:15). He will rule the world first in the millennium (Rev. 20:4, 6) and then in the new heaven and new earth for eternity (Rev. 22:3, 5).

In the brief word spoken to Mary by the angel there is a clear revelation that the One who was to be born of her is both God and man. Because

He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, He is the Son of God. Because He was also conceived in the human virgin, He is the Son of Man. On the di vine side, He is the Son of God; on the human side, He is the Son of Man. According to the human side, He was a descendant of David to inherit the throne of David and to reign over the house of Jacob forever in His everlasting kingdom.

Because the Lord Jesus is both the Son of God and the Son of Man, sometimes He indi cated to others that He is the Son of God, and at other times, that He is the Son of Man. Because He was conceived of two essences—the divine and the human—He is both the Son of God and the Son of Man.

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