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Jesus is my Shield in any Desert or Storm
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The scriptures don't mention it. Hence the assumption is none since if he's sinless, he could never have spilled seed. Ask Him.
I did. He answered me - in several Bible passages. He answered me.
He had a body incarnated in the same likeness as Adam. Tempted in all manner as we are; sin excepted. "Spilling seed" is a natural biological process. I'm sure there was more than one night in Jesus's life He woke up having messed His clothing. He may have even provoked this to happen intentionally.
He had an awful lot of knowledge on how things functioned. Where'd He get that knowledge from?
There's an interesting verse in Luke 13:32 that I discovered the meaning of a particular word rather by accident; just because I wanted to know what it meant.
A pharisee comes to Jesus and tells him to leave the temple because Herod is seeking to kill Him. Jesus responds:
"And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected."
(Historically this is the Monday before the crucifixion.)
I looked up the word "perfected" because I was curious what it meant. (How is He "perfected" Tuesday when He leaves the temple?) As it turns out; it means something other than what I'd ever expected.
It's sometimes translated "end of" meaning end of an event. It's commonly used in context of "consummation" and is described in Greek as like unto a ship's captain extending a telescope to its maximum strength. (It's "end" - if you will) Yet being a word who's actual implication is "consummation"; the "object" extended to it's "end" is not a telescope.
Now in context Jesus is talking about completing His preaching; yet if you were to translate this via intent of its Greek word. Jesus is saying "Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall come to my climax."
LOL - now there are other Greek words available to say "I come to my completion / end" of something; but He doesn't use those words. He's "perfected", "consummated", "fully extended", "finished", "climaxed" and being a bit graphic in the message intended to be relayed to Herod.
Now you could reasonably ask assuming He's "never spilled seed" - how does He know "the mechanics"?
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