Rom. 1:3-4-Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
In our last entry we used as our discussion verse 3 that was written by the Apostle Paul. We understand what Paul was saying when he mentions here that Jesus was “made of the seed of David according to the flesh”. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and His ancestry line traces back to that of King David.
Now we want to take a look at verse 4. We will discover that Paul makes it clear that Jesus is also declared to be the “Son of God”. In meditating on these two verses, we are going to see a dichotomy mentioned here. What do I mean by that? One of the definitions of dichotomy by Webster is “branching of an ancestral line into two equal diverging branches”. Paul declares Jesus to be of the flesh and yet he also declares Him to be the Son of God.
Jesus was “born of the flesh” and is fully human and yet He is fully God. Thus what we find is a man-God dichotomy when we look at Jesus. You have the flesh, the human nature of Jesus through the seed of David and born of Mary and yet you have as well, Deity; the “Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness”.
Mary questioned the angel and asks how it is that she could become the mother of this Messiah without knowing a man? The angel responded and said, “the Holy Spirit shall come upon you and the POWER of the most high will overshadow you so that HOLY thing that shall be born of you will be called the SON OF GOD!
He was completely human and completely divine. The God-man. The seed of David and the seed of God.
In our human body and our cell structure, we find 46 chromosomes. Within these chromosomes, there are these little genes with all of their pre-codes for life built into them. We are truly and wonderfully made. A full cell structure contains these 46 chromosomes. In the male sperm and the female ovum, you will find only 23 chromosomes in each cell. When the egg is fertilized, it will complete the cell structure again totaling 46 chromosomes: 23 from the mother and 23 from the father. Remember that within those chromosomes you have 23 genetic codes that come from the father and 23 genetic codes that come from the mother, and when they join together they recreate to form one complete cell structure.
Now because each cell has a different set of chromosomes from each parent, you can have brothers and sisters that are completely different in looks, eye color, and genetic make up. That is why even paternal twins (which are two eggs being fertilized at the same time) can be so very different from one other. In the case of identical twins, you’ll find a different situation. That is the same cell (not two eggs) that become divided, thus is identical to the other. I digress, let us move back to Verse four.
Mary conceived from the power of the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of holiness) coming upon her, enabling a virgin birth to bring forth this baby boy. There were 23 chromosomes supplied by Mary that made up half of the cell. But remember, God implanted His seed, His life, His 23 chromosomes and genetic code into the other half of the cell. Jesus is indeed fully man and fully God. Deity took on the form and likeness of a human body. That is why Paul can say with confidence within these two verses that “Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness….
By the way, I have decided to take one last look at another thought that needs to be brought out in our next entry. I believe, with the help of the Holy Spirit that it will be the most powerful of the three.
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