Program 100: Shocking new light about the incarnation!

A careful study of Scripture establishes that Yahushua was not divine, nor did he have a pre-existence. This error came in centuries later from paganism.

Welcome to WLC Radio, a subsidiary of World’s Last Chance Ministries, an online ministry dedicated to learning how to live in constant readiness for the Savior's return.

For two thousand years, believers of every generation have longed to be the last generation. Contrary to popular belief, though, Christ did not give believers “signs of the times” to watch for. Instead, he repeatedly warned that his coming would take even the faithful by surprise. Yahushua urgently warned believers to be ready because, he said, “The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” [Matthew 24:44]

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* * *Part 1: (Miles & Dave)

Miles Robey: Hello, hello! Welcome to World’s Last Chance radio. I’m your host, Miles Robey.

Dave Wright: And I’m Dave Wright. Thanks for tuning in.

Miles: We’ve got a … well, a really different sort of topic today. I find it interesting; quite fascinating, actually. But it’s nothing we’ve talked about before, or even mentioned in passing.

Dave: Well, that’s because it’s a brand-new understanding. To us, at least. And that is: the true nature of Christ.

This is an extremely important topic. In fact, a correct understanding of the true nature of Christ is integral to understanding the science of salvation.

Miles: In addition to sharing the truths we already have with the world, the WLC team also researches new ideas that come along. It’s not easy. Truth doesn’t arrive in a vacuum. In addition to expanding your understanding, it invariably highlights some area where your previous beliefs have been wrong.

That doesn’t feel very good!

Dave: No, it really doesn’t. And that’s why, before we get into discussing today’s subject, I just want to state for the record: Miles and I do not expect any of you to simply “take our word for it” that this is truth. Do your own research! Study it out!

But, please: whatever you do, give it a fair hearing. If what we share is a new concept, don’t reject it simply because it’s new. Study it out for yourself. Consider it with an open mind. If it’s truth, your heart will be convicted. But you won’t be convicted if you just immediately dismiss it without taking the time to study it out.

Miles: Before we go on, there’s one more thing I’d like to mention. Since first going on the air, we’ve always started every radio program with an explanation to any first time listeners of the fact that on WLC, we use the personal name of the heavenly Father, which is Yahuwah, or Yah.

The son’s name is Yahushua and means “Yahuwah saves.” Now, in the past, we’ve used Hebrew titles—el, eloah, Elohim—instead of the generic titles of lord or god.

Dave: We’re still going to keep doing that … where possible. However, there will be some instances in which a comparison is being drawn between Yahuwah and Yahushua, or Yahuwah and false gods, and it’s just not possible to use only the Hebrew titles to convey the thought. Sometimes it will be necessary to use English equivalents in order to be clear.

Miles: We’re still going to be using the Father’s and son’s personal names. Scripture does, after all, repeatedly urge us to call upon the name of the Lord, to call upon the name of Yahuwah. But the point of using the right words is to be able to communicate clearly.

So. Dave. True nature of Christ. What can you tell us?

Dave: Well, I can tell you that my life-long understanding has been incorrect.

Miles: Ouch!

Dave: Yeah. Really. And I think a lot of Christians believe the way I’ve always believed—or at least a similar version of it. So, let’s start with what I used to believe.

First, I was raised to believe in a triune godhead, with a “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.” I believed they were all equal and all eternally co-existing.

Miles chuckles: Yeah. Me, too. And any time I would ask questions about it, I was told it was a divine “mystery” too profound for my puny, human mind to grasp.

Dave laughs: Right. Because if it’s a “divine” mystery, we’re not supposed to ask. We’re supposed to just accept it by faith.

I’ve got a problem with that though: it contradicts what we know of Yahuwah’s modus operandi.

Miles: What do you mean?

Dave: Well, let’s take a look at Isaiah 1, verse 18. Here, Yahuwah is giving a promise and He does it in the context of providing the believer with whatever evidence is necessary in order for the individual to understand. Go ahead and read that once you’ve got it.

Miles: Okay. Isaiah. 1:18. It says: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith Yahuwah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

Dave: Yah wants us to be able to comprehend eternal truths. He wants us to have a clear understanding of the science of salvation. So, He is willing to provide all the “proofs” necessary in order to convict the heart.

Mysticism is not heavenly truth. It’s simply the way Satan obfuscates the truth.

Now, to understand the true nature of Christ, we have to understand that there is no such thing as a triune godhead. That comes from ancient paganism.

Miles: I remember when I was first studying this out, I was shocked. I mean, after all, we’ve got 1 John! Chapter 5, verses 7 and 8 say, quote: “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”

How can you argue with that? It’s what the “Bible says!”

Dave: And then?

Miles: Well, and then I learned that those verses don’t exist in the most ancient manuscripts. In fact, they were added a thousand years later in the 11^th century!

Dave: Right. Centuries after the heresy of a trinity had become absorbed into Christian doctrine.

And, for those of you who may be joining us for the first time, hearing this for the first time, we’ve got more information on our website detailing this absorption of pagan doctrine into Christianity.

Miles: We’ve also got some radio programs dedicated to the topic. Just go to WorldsLastChance.com and click on the WLC radio icon to listen to past radio episodes.

Dave: In brief, though, Scripture says that there is only one true god, and that is Yahuwah Elohim.

Deuteronomy is an interesting book. A lot of chapters are taken up with admonishments Moses gave the Israelites at the end of the Wilderness wandering, just before his death and their entrance into Canaan.

Deuteronomy 6 reveals the true nature of the one true god. Would you turn there? Let’s start with verse 1. It’s an important admonishment.

Miles: “Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Yahuwah your eloah [god] commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it.”

Dave: So, he’s saying: “Remember this! It’s important. Don’t forget it.”

Now, the very first thing they were to remember was the fact that there is only one true god, and that is Yahuwah. Read verse 4.

Miles: “Hear, O Israel: Yahuwah our God, Yahuwah is one!” [Deut. 6:4, NKJV]

Dave: He’s not one-third of some mystical, triune partnership. He. Is. One.

Now. At WLC, we’ve known this awhile. What we haven’t known is that there has been a hold-over doctrine we’ve been clinging to, and that is the doctrine of a pre-incarnate Christ.

Miles: That’s a left over from the trinity doctrine?

Dave: Yes. Think about it: the trinity consists of “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost,” right?

Miles: Right.

Dave: And what are they?

Miles: Uh, well, partners. Equal partners.

Dave: And as equal partners, they’re equally eternal, and equally co-existing. Correct?

Miles: Oh, I get it. Yeah. We know from Scripture that Yahuwah is eternal and self-existent. I like Paul’s description to Timothy in 1 Timothy, chapter 6. In describing Yah, he said, quote: “Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting.” [1 Timothy 6:16]

If only Yahuwah has immortality, underived from any other source, that means that Yahushua does not. I can see how an eternally co-existent God the Father, and God the son, would lead to the assumption of a pre-incarnate Christ.

I mean, to be consistent, he’d have to be, wouldn’t he?

Dave: Of course. And yet, that’s not what Scripture teaches. Yahushua was 100% fully human.

I’m going to repeat that. Let it sink in: Yahushua was 100% fully and completely human.

He was the only “begotten” son of God. He was not created. He was begotten. But he was human. He came into existence exactly as Scripture says he did.

Here: Read Luke 1:35. This is Gabriel explaining it to Mary.

Miles: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.”

Dave: That is when he came into existence. Not before. Once you remove the presumption of an eternally co-existing triune godhead and take Scripture just as it reads, you see that there is not a single passage in the Bible that teaches either the pre-existence of Christ, or that presents him as divine.

Miles: You know, I always found it interesting that Yahushua’s favorite way of referring to himself was as the “son of man.” He would have been justified in referring to himself as Yah’s only begotten son. He could have called himself, “Prince of God,” or even Messiah. But he didn’t. He always referred to himself as the “son of man.”

Dave: It’s an interesting phrase, isn’t it?

Miles: It is. In fact, I did some digging into it. In the gospels, Yahushua is quoted as calling himself the “son of man” 44 times. That’s a lot, in four little gospels.

Dave: It’s an interesting phrase. One we don’t use today.

Miles: No, but it was a commonly used expression in Aramaic. It meant simply a “human being.”

Dave: So every time Yahushua called himself “son of man,” he was calling himself “human being.”

Miles: Yep! Exactly. And again, he wasn’t created, but he was begotten. The word “begotten” is used 13 times in the New Testament. Of those instances, eight times the word is used in direct reference to Yahushua being the only begotten son of Yah.

So, what does it mean for the Saviour to be fully human? What does that look like in reality?

Dave: It means that he had no inherited tendencies to sin. For example, people whose parents are alcoholics are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves even if they were adopted as babies and raised in a completely different environment.

Well, Yahuwah was Yahushua’s father. Therefore, Yahushua had no inherited tendencies to sin.

Miles: Now, see, I always thought he did.

Dave: No. That wasn’t the purpose of his birth. Turn over to Romans 5. There’s a passage there that explains this.

Yahushua was the second Adam. He was born to conquer where the first Adam failed: as a human. He was to live a perfect life and then, after his death, his righteousness could be imputed to us.

All right. Let’s read verses 12 to 19 of Romans 5. Paul explains this beautifully.

Miles:

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Dave: This is why the Messiah had to be fully human. Any percentage of divinity and it wouldn’t be fair. He wasn’t wholly human and wholly divine. He wasn’t divine at all. He was completely, totally human. That’s what makes his victory so complete!

And, because he lived a holy, sinless life, Yahuwah could raise him from the dead.

Yes, the “wages of sin is death.” But what is the gift of Yah?

Miles: Eternal life through Yahushua our lord. [See Romans 6:23.]

Dave: Exactly. In other words, because Yahushua succeed where the first Adam fell, Yahuwah can now declare righteous all those who, by faith, claim the merits of Yahushua’s blood.

Miles: Amen. Stay tuned, folks! When we return, Dave’s going to tell us about where this heresy originated. I think you’ll be surprised.

We’ll be right back.

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* * *Part 2: (Miles & Dave)

Miles: So, we’ve been talking about the true nature of Christ: he was wholly human, not divine. He did not exist from eternity past. He did not have a pre-incarnate existence. All that is a hold-over from the heresy of a triune godhead.

My question is: where did this whole concept come from? It’s quite a leap from saying he was fully human, to believing he was somehow fully human and fully divine with a pre-incarnate existence. So, where did this come from? Who came up with the idea the Messiah was divine? Was it the early Christians?

Dave: No. The earliest Christians, like the Jews before them, were monotheistic in the purest sense of the word. They believed in a single, eternally self-existing Creator-god. And they knew that one true god was Yahuwah.

We also know that the various books which comprise the New Testament weren’t written until a bit later and none of the New Testament writers, certainly none of the gospel writers, believed in a triune godhead consisting of a “God the Father,” an equally co-existing “God the Son,” and a disembodied third person of the godhead, namely: “God the Holy Spirit.”

Miles: Well, “holy spirit” or “holy ghost” is something of a misnomer, isn’t it. The original Greek, like the Hebrew before it, just said “breath.”

Dave: Right. Yahuwah’s breath—that active agent that gives voice to His thoughts. And we know from Isaiah 55 that the word of Yah itself contains the power to do what it says.

Miles: Psalm 33:6: “By the word of Yah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

Dave: That’s His breath; His spirit. Not some disembodied “third person” of some mystical godhead. However, it was the acceptance of the doctrine of the trinity that created an environment in which it appeared logical for Christ to have existed prior to his birth.

Miles: Soooo … you’re not saying it was a belief adopted from paganism.

Dave: Not that I’ve ever read, no. Nor did all the thought leaders of the day sit down over a bowl of … whatever they ate then … pottage? Lentil pottage? And decide, “Hey! How far can we go? What new way can we pervert truth?”

No. But, when they embraced the pagan idea of a triune godhead, it created an entirely new theological environment.

Miles: All right. So where did the idea come from?

Dave: Gnosticism.

Miles: Gnosticism! Now, didn’t Gnostics have some weird belief that Yahuwah wasn’t really the Creator, that someone else created the world?

Dave: The universe, actually. Yes, Gnostics believed that an evil, lesser god called a demiurge had created the universe. And, because the demiurge was evil, consequently all matter was evil, too.

This led to the belief that Yahuwah was entirely separate from creation.

Miles: Well, yeah. If you’re going to assume an evil entity created everything, then it would be natural to conclude that Yah, who is holy, would be separate from everything evil.

Faulty premises lead to faulty conclusions.

Dave: And that’s what happened here. I’ve got a quote here I’d like you to read. It’s from an article entitled: “Jesus Christ: Incarnated? Or Created?”

Would you—yeah, right there where it’s marked.

Miles:

As the subtle influence of Gnostic doctrine infiltrated the Church, early Church leaders and teachers began to accept the idea that for Christ to have been the Redeemer, it was necessary for him to transcend creation, that is, be an uncreated being, part of an eternal godhead. Their reasoning was that creation could not be redeemed by a creature, but only by God Himself.

Dave: Like you said: a faulty premise will inevitably lead to a faulty conclusion. They had to elevate the Messiah to the level of Yah, and then separate him from creation as well. That’s what it means to say they thought it was “necessary for him to transcend creation.”

Miles: Yeah. To transcend is to be greater than something; to exist above and independent of the material universe. You can see how one assumption leads to another.

Dave: Well, yeah. If “God the Father” were transcendent, if He were “separate and above” the material world, it would be reasonable to conclude that “God the Son” had to be as well.

This, in turn, led to the belief that for Yahushua to actually be the Messiah, he would also have had to transcend creation, because creation itself could not be redeemed by a mere creature.

This is what laid the foundation for the development of the belief that Yahushua was, quote: “God incarnate in human flesh.”

Miles: This really brought mysticism into the gospel, didn’t it? I mean, the power of the gospel is that Yah loved the world—you and me—so much, that He gave His only begotten son that whosever believeth in him might not perish but have ever lasting life. [See John 3:16.] That’s the gospel, right there!

Dave: Absolutely. Satan himself masterminded this error. Belief in a pre-existing “God the Son” diminishes the full force of the gospel! It shifts the focus from the Saviour’s resurrection to his assumed pre-existence.

The death and resurrection of Christ is the central theme of the gospel, because his resurrection is the greatest confirmation that Yahushua was, indeed, the true Messiah.

Miles: And now, having overcome and been resurrected, Yah can impute Christ’s righteousness to us. It’s an incredibly beautiful transaction of grace.

Dave: Christ’s resurrection is our assurance that his death was accepted in our place. Because, obviously, without a sinless life, he could not have been resurrected.

Would you turn to Roman 6? This is a passage that really explains this whole concept really well. Romans 6, verses 5 to 11.

Miles:

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to Yah. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to Yah in Christ Yahushua our Lord. [Romans 6:5-11]

Dave: Again, Christ’s resurrection is what assures us that his sacrifice was acceptable. It’s proof that, even in the secret thoughts of his heart, he was sinless.

A divine “Son of God” who shared an eternal preexistence with the Father, creates distance between us and the Saviour.

Miles: Of course. How is that even relatable?

Okay, we’ve said what he’s not. Let’s talk now about what he is.

Trinitarians teach Yahushua is 100% fully divine while, at the same time, 100% fully human—another divine “mystery” we can’t understand; we’re just supposed to accept it.

Dave: Okay. Adam’s fall had to be redeemed by a human being. Not some divine/human hybrid; but a true human being. Only by being truly human, could Yahushua demonstrate in his own life the power of divine strength. That Yah is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto Him.

Miles: I can see that. If the Saviour were 100% divine, even if he were capable of also being 100% human, he would have had an advantage. One none of us can duplicate.

Dave: Think of it in terms of a trial. In court, a witness gives testimony which the court accepts as evidence or proof. Yahushua’s sinless life as a human being is Yahuwah’s testimony that the divine law can be kept.

Miles: What do you mean? I’m not following.

Dave: Well, let’s take a look at 1 Timothy chapter 2. Here, Paul refers to Yahuwah as the ultimate Saviour who testifies that “the man,” Yahushua, fulfilled all the requirements of the law.

You have it? Read verses 3 to 6.

Miles: All right … 1 Timothy 2, verses 3 to 6. It says:

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Yahushua; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Dave: The only begotten son of Yah had to be fully human if he were to redeem mankind where Adam fell. He had to be fully human for Yahuwah to testify that his sacrifice was sufficient. Only if the Messiah were completely human, could he demonstrate that divine mercy is sufficient for even the lowest, and most depraved sinner.

He wasn’t “transcendent”! He couldn’t be and still be our Redeemer. And the beautiful thing is, by faith, his victories are ours. This is the beauty and the power of the gospel message that Satan attempted to hide with the Gnostic doctrine of a pre-incarnate Christ.

Miles: What about Scripture passages referring to a coming Messiah?

Dave: What about them?

Miles: Well, wouldn’t they indicate his divinity?

Dave: There are a lot of Old Testament passages that predict a coming Messiah. However, when you go back and read them in context, not a single one claims the Messiah was already in existence or that he was in any way divine.

Miles: What about the promise to Abraham? Genesis 22 verse 18 says: “In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”

Dave: Let’s take a look at that. Clearly, this is a prophecy of the Messiah. Paul confirmed in Galatians 3, verse 16 that this prophecy was referring to the Messiah.

Miles: I’ve got that here. It says, quote: “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”

Dave: Yahushua himself said the prophecy to Abraham was about himself. Read John 8, verse 56.

Miles: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”

Dave: Yahushua himself never claimed to be divine.

Miles: He really didn’t, did he? In fact, he was all the time referring to himself as the son of man. Sounds kind of weird—son of man—but it does emphasize his humanity.

Dave: The phrase itself was actually a common expression in Aramaic. It was the equivalent of “human being.”Miles: Wow! So, every time he referred to himself as the “son of man,” he really was underscoring that he was human, wasn’t he?
Dave: Exactly. Now, with this understanding, I want you to read Hebrews 4, verses 14 to 16. It’s always been a favorite passage of mine, even when I thought Yahushua was divine. But now, with the knowledge that he was entirely human? It has so much more meaning.Miles: Hebrews 4?Dave: Verses 14 to 16.Miles: “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Yahushua the son of Yah, let us hold fast our profession.”For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Dave: Yahuwah knew that only a human, perfectly surrendered to His will, could redeem the race from Adam’s sin. Yahushua is the only begotten son of Yah, yes; but he’s also that perfect human.

Miles: He’s not gathering dust on some celestial pedestal, too removed from human reality to understand our struggles.
Dave: Yahushua understands our struggles precisely because he is fully human, too.Miles: You can see why Satan tried to hide this truth. It’s powerful!Dave: The truly exciting thing is that now, with this single victory, Yah can impute the merits of Christ’s righteousness to us. That’s justification. We use “justification” and “righteousness” as though they’re two separate words, but really, they’re inextricably linked. Justification is … to be declared righteous. And we stand before Yah as though we had never sinned.

This is a transaction of grace that then produces a transformation of grace.

Miles: Reminds me of my all-time favorite passage of Scripture. Romans 8, verses 31 and 32. It says: “What shall we then say to these things? If Yahuwah be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him freely give us all things?”

Dave: Yahushua, the only begotten son of Yah, was born fully human. He wasn’t “transcendent.” He wasn’t divine and eternally co-existent with the Father. He was a human, and as a human, he redeemed Adam’s fall. After living a sinless life and being crucified, Yah raised him to life again. By faith, his victories are ours.

This is the beauty and the power of the gospel message that Satan attempted to conceal with the Gnostic doctrine of a pre-incarnate Christ.

Miles: Stay tuned, folks! Our Daily Mailbag is next and we’ve got an interesting question that kind of, tangentially, goes along with our topic today. We’ll be right back.

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* * *Daily Mailbag (Miles & Dave)

Miles: Mateo Silva Torres from Chile has sent us a question. Hey! Did you know the oldest mummy ever found is not Egyptian? It’s Chilean.

Dave: Ahhh … no. I did not know that.

Miles: Yeah. Apparently, Egyptians saved mummification for just their most important people, but the Chinchorro culture of Chile did it for everyone.

Dave: Interesting. So, what’s the question?

Miles: Well, I’m glad to get this question now. I think it goes along with today’s topic really well. He says: “I’ve been struggling with the feeling that the Saviour had an unfair advantage. I know that’s wrong, but that’s how I feel. I know He’s fully human, but I also know He’s fully God. So, I guess my question is, how are we supposed to be perfect as He is, when He was divinity mixed with humanity and we’re just human?”

Dave: Hmm. That’s a good question and you’re right: it goes along with what we’ve been discussing today.

Well, as we said earlier, the idea that Yahushua was fully God and fully man is incorrect. It’s a hold-over from the trinity heresy, so let’s just lay that aside first thing. Yahushua was a human being. Period.

Miles: I agree … but.

Dave: I knew there was a “but” coming there!

Miles: Well, Mateo’s question is a good one and even knowing that Yahushua was fully human, his point remains: how could he have kept the law and I can’t? Did he have some sort of advantage that the rest of us don’t have?

Dave: Yes—

Miles: Yes?!

Dave: But then, we have an advantage he didn’t have.

Miles: Perhaps you’d better explain.

Dave: All right.

Well, there are two primary differences between our experience and Christ’s. He had one advantage we don’t have; and we have one advantage he didn’t have.

Miles: What do you mean? I’ve always been taught that Yahushua was not only our redeemer, but he was also our example of how to live a perfect life.

Dave: Sure. But what he was even more was the “second Adam.” Let’s take a look at Romans 5. This concept is explained in detail there.

It’s like this: Christ was the second Adam. His purpose was to redeem mankind where the first Adam fell. Now, to do this, he was begotten by the spirit of Yah in Mary’s womb. He was fully human, but he had no earthly father. Yahuwah was his father.

Miles: Right …

Dave: So, what this means for us, is that he had no inherited tendencies to sin. We all have both cultivated and inherited tendencies to sin. He had neither.

That wasn’t the point of his being born. The point of his being born was to be the second Adam. Adam didn’t have any inherited or cultivated tendencies to sin, either, but he still did.

Miles: So, Yahushua’s mission was to overcome where Adam sinned.

Dave: Yes. And that is the flip side of the coin. It’s what gives us an advantage of Yahushua (so it all kind of balances out.)

Miles: What advantage do we have? I can’t think of any.

Dave: All right. Leave your finger there in Romans 5—I still want to get back to that—and turn over to Hebrews 5. Read the description of Yahushua given in verses 8 and 9.

Miles: All right. Uh … “Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” [Hebrews 5:8-9, NKJV]

Dave: This is our advantage. We’ve sinned. We’ve fallen short of the glory of Yah, over, and over, and over again. But, through faith in the merits of Yahushua, the Father will impute his righteousness onto us!

In other words, the Father will pronounce us righteous. No one did that for Christ. He had to learn obedience, and he did this through suffering. No one just declared him righteous.

Now, flip back to Romans 5, if you’ve still got that, and read verses 12 to 18.

Miles:

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

Dave: That’s the inherited tendencies to sin. Death reigned even over those who didn’t sin just like Adam did.

Okay. Go on.

Miles:

But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of Yah and the gift by the grace of the one man, Yahushua Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned.

For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Yahushua Christ.)

Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous. [Romans 5:12-18, NKJV]

Dave: That is the justification, the “being declared righteous” in spite of being sinful that occurs when Yahushua’s righteousness is imputed to us.

Miles: That’s really beautiful, and it makes sense, too. So, circling back to Mateo’s question, how does this apply to our own efforts to keep the law. Are you saying that we don’t have to since his perfection is imputed to us? Because I’m telling you right now, I don’t believe that.

Dave: No. I don’t believe that, either.

Turn the page to the very next chapter: Romans 6. Read the first 12 verses. This contains your answer.

Miles: All 12 verses?

Dave: Yes, please.

Miles: All right … uh …

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Yahushua were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to Yahuwah. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to Yah in Christ Yahushua our Lord. [Romans 5:1-12, NKJV]

Dave: When you make a full surrender to Yahuwah, yes, He imputes Christ’s righteousness to your account. But more than that, the Father recreates us in His own image.

Ezekiel explains how this is done. Ezekiel 36, verses 26 and 27. Could you read that?

Miles:

“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

“And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”

Dave: When Yahuwah puts His spirit within us, then when obeying Him, we’ll just be doing what we naturally want to do anyway! There won’t be any begrudging obedience. There won’t be any keeping-the-law-because-we-have-to-in-order-to-get-to-heaven.

When Yahuwah writes His law on our hearts, obedience will be natural! It will just flow out of us, just as it did with Christ. Remember what he told the disciples? “My meat is to do the will of Him who sent me.” [See John 4:34.]

Yahushua and his Father were ONE. Not because they shared a commonality of both being divine. But because Yahushua had so fully surrendered to the will of the Father, that when obeying Him, he was doing what he wanted to do anyway!

That is available to us, as well.

Miles: So are you saying that we must become sinless, too?

Dave: I’m saying that when we fully surrender to Yahuwah, when we allow Him to gift us with a new heart upon which He has written His law, then we will never knowingly do anything that is contrary to His will.

Unlike Christ, there very well may be some sins we don’t know about. Sins of ignorance. But no child of Yah who has accepted the gift of a new heart will ever continue in known sin. The reason is simple: when we allow Yah to write His law on our hearts, Ezekiel 36:27 says that He will write and cause—or enable—us to walk in His statutes, and we shall keep His judgments, and do them.

Miles: That’s a promise! I want that in my life, too.

We’re just about out of time. Keep sending us your questions and comments. Just go to WorldsLastChance.com and click on Contact Us. We always enjoy hearing from our listeners.

* * *Daily Promise

This is Elise O’Brien with your daily promise from Yah’s Word.

Eliyamma lived in a forest in India. They were religious, but had never learned what it meant to have an individual, one-on-one relationship with Yahushua.

One day, as Eliyamma gathered water for her family from the river, a wild pig broke out of the underbrush and attacked her. Eliyamma fought hard, swinging the water pot at the pig’s head, but this only enraged him more. His teeth tore her arms and legs brutally. The young woman realized her life was in jeopardy. She was losing too much blood. Even though she knew no one was nearby, she called for help anyway.

A man suddenly appeared. He chased the pig away and knelt by Eliyamma’s side. He gently laid his hands over the deep tears in her flesh. Everywhere he touched she was immediately healed!

After healing her, he stood and for the first time, the young woman saw that His hands showed the scars from crucifixion. Awe-struck, she lay down on the damp, bloody ground at His feet exclaiming the only words she knew to say: “My Lord, and my God!”

When she raised her head but a moment later, He was gone. This encounter instilled in Eliyamma an insatiable desire to learn all she could about Yahushua. She shared with her family the story of how Yahushua had saved her life and healed her from the wounds left by the pig’s attack. She and her entire family committed their hearts and their lives to serving Yah.

Eliyamma dedicated her life to Yahuwah. She was a devout Christian who faithfully studied her Bible and prayed for others. Her life’s goal was to glorify Yah. When she died at 101, she left behind 67 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who, in turn, have gone on to share the gospel with still others.

Psalm 22 contains a heartfelt prayer anyone can pray at any time. It says:

But You, O Yahuwah, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
Deliver Me from the sword,
My precious life from the power of the dog.

Save Me from the lion’s mouth
And from the horns of the wild oxen! [Psalm 22:19-21]

You can pray and ask for Yah’s help in any and every situation … even when it’s a problem of your own making!

Psalm 28 says:

Blessed be Yahuwah,
Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
Yahuwah is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

Yahuwah is their strength,
And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
Save Your people,
And bless Your inheritance;
Shepherd them also,
And bear them up forever. [Psalm 28:6-9]

We’ve been given great and precious promises. Go, and start claiming!

* * *Part 3: (Miles & Dave)

Miles: You know, intellectually, I know that we’re going to keep learning truths until Yahushua returns and beyond. We’re going to continue to gain new insights into divine love throughout all eternity. And it makes sense that we won’t have all truth while we still have finite, sinful minds.

But at the same time, every time a new truth, such as the humanity of Christ comes along, I’m still taken by surprise.

It’s astonishing that something so big, so vital could have been covered up. And at the same time, the sheer beauty of new truth always takes my breath away, too.

Dave: Same here. I’ve discovered in my own journey, though, that there is a danger with new light. And it’s not that you’ll somehow be beguiled and deceived against your will as you look at it.

I think sometimes people get this idea that they can’t even consider a new idea without treading on enchanted ground or something. But that’s just a fear implanted by the devil. Yahuwah wants us to study and keep studying. He wants us to investigate new truths, not just automatically reject them as wrong, simply because we’ve never encountered that idea before.

Miles: Or maybe it “feels” wrong. If it contradicts something you’ve always been taught was truth—even if it wasn’t—the real truth can sometimes “feel” wrong. We have to keep studying despite that, and study with open minds.

Dave: We need to be Bereans. The Bereans have always fascinated me, and their example has inspired me.

Acts 17 tells us that Paul and Silas went to Berea and shared the gospel there. Luke’s comment is very interesting. He said, “These [the Bereans] were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” [Acts 17:11]

That’s what we’re to do, too. Search the Scriptures daily, to see if what someone else says is true or not.

Miles: And listen, folks, we want you to do that with us, too. We don’t want you to sit and listen, in one ear, out the other, and just take our word for it. We’ll present what we believe to be truth, but it’s imperative that you study it out for yourself.

See, if you just take our word for what is truth–

Dave: Or anyone’s word for it without studying. Could be your priest or pastor; your rabbi or imam … they’re human and make mistakes, too.

Miles: Right. But if you take someone’s word for it and believe something for no other reason than he says it’s right, you are not standing on a solid foundation. You’re standing on shifting sand, folks. All it takes is someone more eloquent coming along, and your previous beliefs will crumble, while you take the word of the next person to come along.

This is why we will always, always, urge you to study these topics out for yourself. Get your Bible—if you don’t have a Bible, there are websites online where you can read it for free—but study it for yourself.

Dave: Studying for yourself really is imperative. If all you ever do is believe because your pastor told you to, you never give the spirit of Yah the opportunity to settle you into the truth so you can’t be shaken.

And that’s what we all need. Between now and the end, every wind of doctrine will be blowing. There will be satanic deceptions and delusions.

Miles: Satan’s delusions have delusions!

Dave: And the only way we’re going to know what is truth is if we’ve spent time in the Word, letting Yah write His law on our hearts, and teach us His truths. And it’s a process! It doesn’t happen overnight. It happens as we study, learn, and obey.

Miles: It really is important. Don’t just study to affirm to yourself that everything you already know is truth. Go digging for more truth! You’re not going to learn it all before Heaven anyway, but you can get a good jumpstart on it. And besides: Every restored truth protects the soul from Satan’s delusions.

Well, our time is up. Join us again tomorrow, and until then, remember: Yahuwah loves you . . . and He is safe to trust!

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