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The Virgin Birth
So what happened to me and how was I persuaded to believe that
Jesus was God in the flesh?
I have to admit the answer is simple. As I began to read the Bible,
I noticed many different verses in the Hebrew Scriptures that
made it clear to me that the Messiah was to be more than a man
and was actually predicted to be God in the flesh. Let me share a
couple of these passages so that, if you have the opportunity, you
might share them with a Jewish friend who is struggling with the
idea of believing in Jesus. Remember, they struggle because they
do not want to break with the Jewish community by believing
that God became a human being.
My favorite passage indicating this marvelous truth of the
incarnation is found in Isaiah 9:6-7, where the great prophet writes,
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and
the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will
be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father,
Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His
government or of peace, on the throne of David and over
his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and
righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the
Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
In this passage, the prophet Isaiah uses four different names
for the coming Messiah, two of which indicate that this future
son of David would be God in the flesh. Names in the Hebrew
Bible often indicate character, and I believe these names
(especially when the two verses are taken as one unit) speak
to the very nature of the Davidic King. I believe Isaiah spoke
these words about Jesus the Messiah who is God in the flesh.
As a Jewish person, I simply had to bow my heart and will to
the teaching of Scripture.
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