Fact of the Incarnation

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A. The Fact of the Incarnation.

Two of the Gospels, Matthew and Luke, record the full account of it. Both accounts are , but both agree in the true facts. Matthew, which portrays Christ as the throughout the whole Book, describes His birth as: “He who is born ,” tracing His line through . Luke, which reveals Christ as the , emphasizes the humanity () of Jesus, showing that His lineage went back through (another son of David), then to David, and on to Abraham, and finally to the first man, Adam.

1. As To the . Both Matthew and Luke state she was a virgin. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost” (). “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. . . . Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?” ().

2. As To . “Joseph also went up from Galilee . . . to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child” (). See also Matthew 1:18-20.

3. As To the . If Joseph was not Jesus Christ’s father, then who was? God, of course: “Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. . . . And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God” (). See also Matthew 1:18-20.


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