As this Christmas season draws near, I've like to draw attention to the part the Holy Spirit played in Jesus' birth.
When Adam fell in the Garden of Eden, the Father began to instantly, at that moment, speak the Last Adam into being. Jesus didn't become the Son of God in Bethlehem, He had always been the Son of God from the foundation of the world. He always existed with the Father, according to John 1:1-4 (Amplified) which says, "In the beginning (before all time) was the Word (Christ) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Himself). He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men."
Genesis 1:1-3 (Amplified) says, "In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned and) created the heavens and the earth, the earth was without form and was an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it, and God separated the light from the darkness."
Jesus was the Light in the form of the Word spoken by God. Psalms 119:130 (Amplified) says, "The entrance and unfolding of Your Words give Light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple." Jesus said in John 12:46 (Amplified), "I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me (whoever cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me) may not continue to live in darkness."
Luke 1:35-38 (Amplified) says, "Then the angel said to her (Mary), The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you (like a shining cloud) and so the holy (pure, sinless) thing (offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God." Verses 36-38 go on, "And listen! Your relative, Elizabeth in her old age has Also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren For with God nothing is ever impossible and no Word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. Then Mary said, Behold I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said (The King James Version says, "According to your Word) and the angel left."
John 1:14 (Amplified) tells us,
And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we (actually) saw His glory (His honor, His Majesty) such glory as an Only Begotten Son receives from His Father, full of grace (favor, loving kindness) and truth."
Psalm 107: 19-20 (Amplified) says, "Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses. He sends forth His Word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction."
That "which was spoken" into Mary's womb, was the Word of God. John 1:14 (Amplified) says that, "The flesh that the Word became (God Himself) was called Jesus." When God created all things, the Holy Spirit "hovered" over the face of the deep, but nothing happened unto God said, Light be." Once the Word was spoken, then the Holy Spirit moved on that Word and brought it to pass.
The same was true in our new birth. When the truth of the Word was Light in our heart, the Holy Spirit, Who was brooding and hovering over us all the time, took that Word of Life and Light and did as He did with Mary. The new creation was formed by the Word and the Spirit, and we became a new creation.
It is the Holy Spirit Who brings about the Word to come to pass in our lives, as well as the Word In Mary, that brought about a miraculous birth in her. We were created by the Word of God and the Power of the Holy Spirit to "overshadow" us and bring forth a new people unto the Father.
When God began in the Garden, He began speaking forth Jesus (the Word). Bit by bit, He began to "speak" Him into Being. He spoke Who Jesus would be and what He would do. He even spoke forth what Jesus would say and where He would be born and how He would be born. God spoke of the resurrection and Jesus' being lifted to glory. He also spoke about the children of God (the fruit of the Seed of His Word). When He completed all that was needed, this Word became flesh and we actually could see the Word of God walk, talk and heal the sick, just like God had prophesied. The Holy Spirit brought about God's Word into the world that special morning in Bethlehem's manger with the angels singing praises to Him.
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