The Birth of Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:25 “And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.”
knew her not... Hebrew idiom for cohabitation and fatherhood (Gen. 4:1, 4:17, 4:25; 19:5).
till she had... She had other sons (see, Luke 8:19).
In these verses, we see several things:
1. That God does truly speak to some people in dreams. Not all dreams are from God. When a dream is God speaking to you, there will be no doubt.
2. Joseph heeded God’s message in marrying Mary.
3. Joseph’s restraint from living with Mary until the Christ child was born. This took great discipline on his part.
4. His following instructions to the utmost in naming the baby JESUS as the angel had instructed him.
Again, There was no sexual relationship between them until after the birth of this Child, Jesus. Matthew simply noted the birth of the Child and the fact that He was named Jesus, whereas Luke, the physician (Col. 4:14), recorded several details surrounding the birth (Luke 2:1-7).
0 comments:
Post a Comment