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necessary for him to come visibly in flesh, not by
just materializing a human body and appearing
the way a number of angels had done without giving
up their spirit existence . He must become "the
SON of man" . He must be BORN as a man in human
perfection . He must be born of a special line,
to be born the promised Seed of Abraham and
the Son of David, the Permanent Heir of the covenant
made with David for the everlasting Kingdom.
He was born such . This is proved by "the
book of the history of Jesus Christ, son of David,
son of Abraham", written for us by the apostle
Matthew . Matthew 1 :1, NW This inspired writer,
in harmony with the other historians, Mark,
Luke and John, shows how Jesus had his life,
which he had formerly enjoyed in the spirit, transferred
from heavenly glory to the womb of the
virgin Jewess, Mary . Thus he did not inherit
sin and condemnation from Adam, but was born
a perfect man, the Son of God as well as son of
Abraham and son of David. As such he could
prove to be the Seed in whom all the nations of
the earth are to be blessed and also prove to be
the royal Seed of David in whom the Kingdom
covenant finds its permanent heir . As such he vindicates
Jehovah's promises .
4 Jesus described also the secondary purpose of
his coming to earth in human form : "The Son
of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister
and to give his soul a ransom in exchange
for many." Matthew 20 :28, NW This required
4. What was the secondary purpose of Jesus' coming in
flesh?