Bride of Christ and Sons of God

[Bill Givens]

Let’s begin with Adam
•God created Adam from the dust.
•God then used part of Adam to create Eve.
. .LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs. . .
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. Genesis 2:21-22

•God took Eve from Adam.
•Eve was female
•She came from Adam therefor Adam must have had a female part to his being.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: Genesis 2:23

Gender is determined by chromosomes:
•Males have both a “X” and a “Y” chromosome.
•Females have two “X” chromosomes.

•A father’s chromosome determines the sex of the offspring.
•His “X” chromosome produces a daughter and his “Y” chromosome produces a son.

Adam had both a Y-male and X-female chromosome.
And so Eve could be taken from him.
. . she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:23-24

•God created Adam with both male and female chromosomes.
•God then took Eve from Adam’s female Chromosome.
•The two separate beings were then brought together and made one flesh.

The Pattern Set Down by God

The Second Adam –Jesus Christ
Jesus was born of Mary –his “X” chromosome came from her.
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit –his father was God.
His “Y” chromosome was divine.

So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.  1Corinthians 15:45
Jesus -the last Adam

Adam
•Authority over creation
•Caused all mankind to be infected with sin
•Disobedience to God brought death
•Gave authority to Satan

Jesus
•Authority over creation
•Tempted but did not fall
•Brought the forgiveness of sin
•Obedience to God brought eternal life
•Took authority from Satan

Bride of Christ –The Church
•Just as Eve came from Adam the Church would come from Jesus.
So that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.  Ephesians 5:27

The Church is caring and compassionate -traits that are often associated with the female gender.
The Bride of Christ is composed of the “sons of God”.
The Church is the Bride but its individual members are “sons” !

•The Church was taken from Jesus and so the Church is female -just as Eve was female.
•From the Church, we receive half our identity which is female.
•As individuals, we receive Jesus who is a son and this is what determines our identity as a son.
Jesus comes to us as a “son” and this determines our identity as a “son”

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” Galatians 4:6
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15

But in Christ we are all sons:
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry,“Abba,Father.” Romans 8:15
In this world we are brothers and sisters:
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another. . . 1Corinthians 1:10

 

[missmuffet]

The bride of Christ is the believers of Jesus Christ.

The sons of God were fallen angels.

[Bill Givens]

49 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

The bride of Christ is the believers of Jesus Christ.

The sons of God were fallen angels.

Hadn't focused on that aspect of sonship.  Would be interested in some bible quotes

[Michael37]

26 minutes ago, Bill Givens said:

Hadn't focused on that aspect of sonship.  Would be interested in some bible quotes

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Christian antiquity[edit]

Early Christian writers such as Justin Martyr, Eusebius, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and Commodianus believed that the "sons of God" in Genesis 6:1–4 were fallen angels who engaged in unnatural union with human women, resulting in the begetting of the Nephilim.^[31] Modern Christians have argued against this view by reasoning on Jesus' comment in Matthew 22:30 that angels do not marry, although it only refers to angels in heaven.^[1] Others saw them as descendants of Seth.^[1]

Augustine of Hippo subscribed to this view, based on the orations of Julius Africanus in his book City of God, which refer to the "sons of God" as being descendants of Seth (or Sethites), the pure line of Adam. The "daughters of men" are viewed as the descendants of Cain (or Cainites). Variations of this view were also received by Jewish philosophers.^[32]