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he world’s most famous painting,   sin” (1Jn 1:7). The righteous character of
              the Mona Lisa, is enclosed in 1.5-  a divine person gives efficacy to His suf-
        Tinch bulletproof glass to protect it   fering and power in His blood.
        from the 10 million visitors each year. It
        is also kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit to   Be Careful About His Person
        protect it from heat and cold, and 50%   Matthew provides a genealogy of 39
        humidity to protect it from dryness and   men who “begat” sons. Of the last one he
        dampness. Why such precautions? This   says, “And Jacob begat Joseph the hus-
        over-500-year-old  Leonardo  da  Vinci   band of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,
        masterpiece is estimated to be worth US$1   who is called Christ” (Mat 1:16). To ensure
        billion – and valuable items are worth   that no sinful nature was transmitted to
        protecting.                           God’s Son, the angel said, “That which
          God operates on the same principle   is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost”
        when it comes to His Son and His priceless   (v20). Paul writes with similar care when
        work at the cross. In Scripture, the Spirit   he explains that when “God sent forth his
        of God employs precise language in the   Son, [He was] made of a woman” (Gal 4:4).
        New Testament to describe the Savior and   God anticipated the coming of His Son
        His death, and He has provided accurate   with meticulous care in Exodus 16 in the
        figures in the Old Testament as well. Both   figure of the manna. It was to be an il-
        the Redeemer and His redemptive work   lustration of Christ who would say, “I am
        are equally protected because they are   the living bread which came down from
        inseparably linked. Peter appreciated this   heaven” (Joh 6:51). Because of its figura-
        connection when he wrote, “Christ also   tive significance, God carefully monitored
        hath once suffered for sins, the just for   the Israelites’ treatment of the manna.
        the unjust, that he might bring us to God”   First, they had to collect new manna every
        (1Pe 3:18),  and John wrote, “The blood of   morning. If they kept it overnight, “it bred
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        Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all   worms, and stank” (Exo 16:20). The Lord
                                              wanted them to maintain fresh apprecia-
        1  Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV   tion for the true Bread from heaven, and
        unless otherwise noted.               He still wants that today.

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