One in Christ JESUS
"Jesus Christ of the seed of David." -II Timothy 2:8 [KJV] Sweet thought! Jesus will have regard to both sexes in His incarnation. He will be of the seed of the woman. He will be also truly and properly man. As both the man and woman had sinned, so redemption shall be for both. But in the holy nature, in which as Redeemer He will come, He will partake of none of their sins. The man shall have no hand in His generation. And the womb of the woman shall be but the deposit of that holy thing so called (Luke 1:35), by the miraculous conception of the Holy Ghost. So that the body which God the Father prepared Him, belonged to both, but was unconnected with either. He must be truly man; for the law had said, "Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy unto the Lord." He must be a priest; and no woman could minister in that office. He must be a prophet; and no woman could exercise that province, for it is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church. He