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Originally Posted by zeek
isn't strange that, according to the angel, Jesus was fathered not by God the Father but by the Holy Ghost?
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Oh c'mon bro! You know the answer to that! Lee pretty much nailed that down, i.e. "they are all mixed up together -- son=father, father=son, father=spirit, spirit=father, son=spirit, spirit=son -- and they are all wrapped up in ... abracadabra ... voila: The Son" (my rendition).
But still, back to topic. Whether it was the Spirit, or if Lee's right, the son
, that conceived Jesus, it sure wasn't Joseph. So was it God that interfered with the prophesy of the Davidic lineage, stepping in for Joseph? How dare He! Or maybe God is in the Davidic line. The fixes that.
Given the obvious meddling that went on, down thru the ages, in the mss of Matthew 1, can we know anything about it for certain? Can we even know for certain Mary's marital status, when Jesus was conceived, by God, coming in the form of the holy spirit?
And how was Jesus 100% God and 100% human? Do people really believe that nonsense? Show me a bucket, any bucket, that's filled with 100% oil and 100% water and then maybe I'll believe it.