JESUS BORN “UNDER THE LAW?”

By Hugh Fogelman

What are the implications in the New Testament that Paul claimed Jesus was "born under law?" There are two uses of this phrase.

In Galatians 4:4 Paul claims that "God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law."

What did Paul mean by this statement? One understanding is; nothing, except Jesus was born according to the rules of nature, i.e. God’s Laws.

God’s law is the normal process of child bearing. A human man plants his sperm in a woman and if it fertilizes the woman’s seed, a baby is produced. This means that Paul was talking about a normal childbirth.

Is there any other way of producing a baby “under the Law?”

Matthew claims Jesus was sired by an angel or Holy Ghost, or spirit from God. However, if we presume a birth without a human man's assistance, we still have the problem that Jesus was not born in accordance with the Law as Paul wrote.

Jesus birth, according to the New Testament, violates the laws of the Torah, which specify what constitutes adultery. Mary, according to the New Testament, did not conceive by her betrothed, Joseph. Therefore, she committed adultery "under the law" (Deuteronomy 22:23-24). As a result, the Christian claim that Jesus was born of a woman engaged to a man, yet had God as his father, must be considered to refer to an adulterous union.

God's law does not allow for God to seduce a maiden, even through the medium of the Holy Spirit. What would be the worth of a moral code that is violated by God Himself? The seduction of a female by a god fits, at best, in the realm of pagan mythology. Virgin women mating with mythologies gods produced demigods.

Was Jesus a demigod? From the way the New Testament describes his “virgin birth,” it surely seems that way. A demigod, by any stretch of the imagination, is not anything like the real God of Israel.

Christians calling Jesus God, or the God of Israel, is an abomination ― it is pure BLASPHEMY!

However some scholars say that “born under the law,” when used by Paul, means Jesus was subject to and required to keep the Commandments in the Torah. This observation is based on previous study or use of that verse in arguments etc., and understanding what this term actually means.

Protestants’ standard understanding is that Jesus was indeed required to keep the mitzvot (Commandments) all of his life. It wasn’t until after his death did Paul changed the rules.

You decide.

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