B.C. Dating: “BEFORE CONCEPTION”

Histories’ transforming moment was when the Holy Ghost overshadowed the Virgin Mary and “Begot the Son of Man.” His presence in Heaven was immediately missed as Elizabeth cried out calling Mary “the mother of my Lord.” To add miracle to miracle, the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leaped for joy and she and John the Baptist were filled with the Holy Ghost. The presence of the infant Son of Man, hidden in His womb of safety, changed the course of time from B.C. to A.D..

One of the great prophecies in David’s “Gospel of Jesus Christ” was the voice of the Father proclaiming the gift of the Son. David stated, “I will declare the decree, the Lord (Our Father) has said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee.” (Psalms 2:7) The Heavenly Father allowed no separation of days from conception to birth. He said, “This day have I begotten thee.” It was an awesome moment when the eternal son laid aside all royalty of manifestation to be clothed in a secret chamber of flesh.

The entrance of our divine redeemer was both the simplest of the human and the highest of the supernatural. He was made in our image while never failing to be pure in the form of God. “And the angel said unto her, fear not Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.” (Luke 1: 30-32)

Only the divine hand of Elohim, the living God, sovereign in all His majesty could direct this event. Mary, in her simplicity, asked the angel, “How could this be, seeing I know not a man?” She was unruffled and submissive, ready to give her womb as a dwelling place for the Son of God. “The angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1: 35)

The instant result of “the power of the highest over shadowing Mary” was God in the flesh. The Son of God had come “in the fullness of time” to change time forever. Mary arose in the very days of this announcement, already knowing that in her womb she bore the promised Messiah “And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.” (Luke 1: 39-41) What a confirmation to Mary of all the angel had said.

Elizabeth was certainly reveling in her own miracle but immediately recognizes the presence of her Lord in the womb of Mary. By the Holy Ghost who she was filled with, Elizabeth immediately speaks out in prophecy. “And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.” (Luke 1: 42-44)

The Gospel of John adds great beauty to the coming of our Lord to dwell among the human family. John affirms that God has come down in the form of flesh. John states by the Holy Ghost, “And the Word was made flesh, (at the moment of conception) and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) He leaves no doubt that this Word was God by declaring His eternal existence saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:1-5)

The Apostle Paul wrote the Hebrew church, warning them of the consequences of rejecting their Messiah. They trusted in their prophets but were unwilling to believe in their prophecies. Paul said, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.” (Hebrews 1: 1-3)

From the beginning in the Garden of Eden where sin worked its dark calamity, the world had spiraled downward for four thousand years. At the time of this revelation, God had not spoken to men for four hundred years. The Roman government held a harsh hand over the world but the fullness of time had come. The Holy Ghost said, “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” (Gal. 4: 4-6)

“Before Conception” the world was utterly bankrupt, hopeless, and growing more vile every day. Immediately the picture changed and now, for two thousand years, the world has continued to find life through Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit, though rejected by multitudes, has been busy preparing a bride for the bridegroom. B.C. (Before Conception) had finished and A.D. (Anno Domini) has progressed until today, the year 2011/2012. Anno Domini is the Medieval Latin for “in the year of our Lord.”

The Psalmist by prophetic voice saw the continuing battle against our Lord Jesus Christ during His Lordship over the Church. He said, “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” (Psalm 2:1-6) Its amazing how our world hates the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are determined to stamp out that name. It’s almost time for Him “to have them in derision and to vex them in His sore displeasure”

“Before Conception” ended when He was conceived and “Anno Domini” or “The year of our Lord” begin. Both are now at the hour or time to be finished. The King will return to get His bride and again seven years later to Jerusalem. This time He will be the King over the world and not the sacrifice for their sins. He will reign as KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS, and we that are His will reign with Him.

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10 thoughts on “B.C. Dating: “BEFORE CONCEPTION””

  1. Julie Dehart

    PTL!!! I find myself asking for the patience to wait for my Lord and Savior; my bridegroom. I seem to be always listening for Him to call me up to meet Him in the air. I know the time is very near when my Jesus will call us home with the trumpet and a shout. Again Praise the Lord!!!!

  2. Ed Wood

    Even now in this A.D. era, the world continues to spiral down toward the abyss at an ever increasing pace. The only difference between now and the B.C. time is that God in his mercy and at the ultimate personal cost to himself gave us a way out by his Son.

    I think it is often overlooked at just how agonizing it must have been for God the Father to watch his son killed in such an excruciating manner.

    When we see what is about to happen to the Earth as revealed in Revelation, we can see that the human race truly brought all of it upon itself. Yet even in the midst of the Tribulation, God is still leaving the door open for people to change their minds.But there will come a time that this door will close and there will be no more second chances.

    Every person who has ever lived will one day bow down before Jesus (Romans 14:11-12) – either as Savior or Judge.

    For a little while more, we still get to decide which it’ll be.

  3. David

    Good word! Personally, I have come to believe that Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit while Gabriel was still there, since he said, “…thy cousin Elisabeth hath *ALSO* conceived….” The use of the word *also* indicates sameness of the events.

  4. Evie

    Dear Evie
    No, I did not say that Mary was God in the flesh. Never!! Only Jesus was God in the fles. You must be careful when repeating what someone says.
    Joseph Chambers

    Mary was never as you say – “God in the flesh”, otherwise she would never have cried out “my God and my Saviour.” The truth is Mary “CARRIED” God in the flesh in her womb. The deification of Mary is a Roman Catholic doctrine and not Scriptural.

  5. Dave

    Dear Brother Joseph, what a wonderful picture you present to us of a virgin who gave birth to God in the flesh. Stop and think about that for a moment, and then, stop and think why. God in the beginning gave to all of us the desire of His heart, right, Adam let the side down, satan knew what he was doing, man submitted to evil, and God lost everything He gave to us. For four thousand years God has received nothing from us, that is what the Old Testament produced, man’s utter failure to respond to God for all that He tried to do for us back then. God made the most amazing decision by coming Himself to this evil earth of ours that we have turned it into, to rectify the situation, to defeat satan and all that he stands for, to bring man back to God as it was in the beginning. Today, more than two thousand years later from the virgin birth, man has still not learnt his lessen. The world today, as a whole, is more evil than it was in Old Testament days, today, over ninty nine point nine percent of the worlds population do not give a dam about God, The Lord Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, their souls salvation, and going to heaven. Hell most certainly is enlargeing itself.

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  7. Rosario Mwakitwile

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  8. Sean

    “The presence of the infant Son of Man, hidden in His womb of safety, changed the course of time from B.C. to A.D.”

    Say Joseph – do you think you should use those terms “BC” and “AD”? Those terms “Before Christ” and “In the year of the Lord” are inventions of a man called Dennis the Little (“Dionysius Exiguus”), a monk who was instructed by Pope St Gregory the Great to date the year of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gebriel explained God’s plan for a Redeemer to Mary and she gave permission for the Holy Spirit to overshadow her. Dennis traced this to March 25, in the year 753 AUC (ab urbi conditita – “from the foundation of the city of Rome]”.

    Since the calendar is the work of ropme, why believe it?