This is just going to be a brief blog on the Virgin Birth. It is commonplace among atheists and sceptics to consider the virgin birth as just totally made up. This is not too surprising a reaction. More concerning is that a lot of Christians consider the virgin birth to be something of an optional extra or even an embarrassment.
It is nothing of the sort. Consider what the Bible says happened at Christmas. God became man. The creator of absolutely everything came to dwell amongst us as a man. Now that is truly amazing and something we should ponder on, just as Mary did. Now if God is the creator of the universe, surely a virgin birth should not be beyond His capabilities?
Now as a slightly speculative aside. In much talk of the virgin birth from those who believe in it, it seems to be assumed that while there was no male sperm, it was one of Mary’s egg cells that was fertilised. I guess this is where the whole immaculate conception and related controversies and ideas arise from. However, I don’t see anything in the Bible that demands that one of Mary’s egg cells was involved. Indeed it would seem to make more sense if it did not. Maybe I am wrong on this, just thinking!
Merry Christmas.
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