HOW WAS JESUS CONCEIVED?
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:20) The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Is St. Joseph His biological Father? (CCC 484-486) Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in Mary. Mary is his biological mother and God is His Father. Joseph, the husband of Mary, was the foster father of Jesus, but had no biological relationship to Him. Did Jesus really die? (CCC 619) Yes. He did not just appear to die, nor did he die in a figurative way. Jesus really died a full human death. Remember, human death does not include death of our spiritual nature. The spirit (our souls) is naturally immortal and will never die. In this way, the divine nature of Christ never ceased to exist upon His bodily death. Why did God send Jesus to suffer and die? (CCC 599-618) In simple language, Jesus paid a debt He didnt owe because we had a debt we couldnt pay. The punishment for sin is death; therefore, because we have all sinned, we deserve eternal punishment. Human beings are not able to pay the debt of sin. Therefore, God made Himself a man and took the punishment of sin for u
DID MARY HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH ZECHARIAH? The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ is extremely significant and precious to all who truly believe the Bible (Isaiah 7:10-14, Matthew 1:18-23, Luke 1:26-37). The Unification Church denies the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. In fact, IT IS TAUGHT IN THE UNIFICATION CHURCH THAT JESUS WAS AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD, CONCEIVED THROUGH MARY HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ZECHARIAH THE FATHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST! Rev. Moon has taught: “Jesus was born of a father and mother, just as any one else is….” “To satisfy your curiosity, I can explain very plainly. But since Christians believe that Jesus was born of a virgin by the Holy Spirit, and God’s primary object of this dispensation is Christians…If I explain everything plainly about the birth of Jesus, it may stumble many Christians in accepting God’s new dispensation. Therefore, I don’t want to explain everything too plainly here. (Sun Myung Moon, Master Speaks-7:”Bible Interpretation,” 1965, p.4.)
