Holiness (2)
The Holiness of Jesus Christ耶稣基督的圣洁 The promises of the coming of Messiah in the Old Testament became increasingly specific, until it was evident that Messiah must not only be human but divine (see Isaiah 9:6-7; Micah 5:2). As such, He must be holy. And so, when the angel told Mary of the child to be miraculously born of her, a virgin, he said, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the*** holy offspring* shall be called the Son of God”** (Luke 1:35, emphasis mine). ...