When we think of these two other possibilities, it helps us to understand how God, in his wisdom, ordained a combination of human and divine influence in the birth of Christ, so that his full humanity would be evident to us from the fact of his ordinary human birth from a human mother, and his full deity would be evident from the fact of his conception in Mary’s womb by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit. But then it would have been hard for us to understand how Jesus was fully God, since his origin was like ours in every way. On the other hand, it probably would have been possible for God to have Jesus come into the world with two human parents, both a father and a mother, and with his full divine nature miraculously united to his human nature at some point early in his life. But then it would have been very hard for us to see how Jesus could be fully human as we are, nor would he be a part of the human race that physically descended from Adam. It probably would have been possible for God to create Jesus as a complete human being in heaven and send him to descend from heaven to earth without the benefit of any human parent. If we think for a moment of other possible ways in which Christ might have come to the earth, none of them would so clearly unite humanity and deity in one person. This was the means God used to send his Son (John 3:16 Gal 4:4) into the world as a man. The virgin birth made possible the uniting of full deity and full humanity in one person. Reformed theologian, Wayne Grudem, provides a fuller explanation: The Virgin Birth is the divine solution to this perplexing dilemma: Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother Mary by a miraculous work of the Holy Spirit without a human father (Matt. Something unique, something beyond the imagination of humankind must take place.
If Christ descends to earth and takes upon himself a human body without birth, then it is hard for us to believe he is fully human. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Ĭould there have been another way for the Son of God to come to earth and be both fully human and fully divine in every way? If Christ was born of both parents, it is hard for us to believe he is fully divine, God in all his glory and perfections. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Cathedral of Christ the King, Selma, Ala.
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