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Who was declared to be the father of Jesus?
Matthew: The Holy Ghost ([i, 18, 20]).
With the Jews the Holy Ghost (Spirit) was of feminine gender; with the Greeks, of masculine gender. The belief that the Holy Ghost was the father of Jesus originated, not with the Jewish Christians of Palestine, as claimed, but with the Greek Christians of Alexandria.
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What prediction did the angel Gabriel make to Mary concerning Jesus?
“The Lord shall give unto him the throne of his father David” ([Luke i, 32]).
Respecting this prediction the Rev. Dr. Hooykaas, of Holland, says: “If a messenger from Heaven had really come to bring a divine revelation to Mary, the result must have confirmed his prediction; and since Jesus never fulfilled these expectations it is obvious that the revelation was never made.”