Judy wrote: > ... can you or anyone explain to me why there > had to be a virgin birth?
I have tried to explain this many times before. There is no physical reason for the virgin birth whatsoever. The virgin birth was only a sign. Nothing more. Read Isaiah 7:14. Signs in the past included the sun standing still or the sun moving backwards. This did not have to happen. They were signs. A sign in the present is speaking in tongues. It does not have to happen. There is no biological reason for it. It does not equip people to evangelize foreign nations as some have speculated. Speaking in tongues is a sign. The virgin birth was a sign by God. There is nothing Biblical that would force it to mean more than that. People will speculate and come up with all manner of false theories. Some say that the blood comes from the father, or that the sin nature is passed on by the father, and all manner of wild speculations that are completely false. The truth is that God gave a sign, the virgin birth. He could have done it another way if he so chose. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
