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The Virgin Birth
Virgin birth which Christ took on human form, this mean Jesus (The second person of Trinity) conception in the womb of Mary was not the result of sexual relationship, Mary was a virgin at the time of the conception, and continued so up to the point of birth, for the Scripture indicates that Joseph did not have sexual intercourse with her until after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 1:25). Mary was pregnant through a supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon her, but that doesn’t mean that Jesus was the result of copulation between God and Mary. it also doesn’t mean that there was not a normal birth (Erickson, 2001). Jesus assumes flesh through the virgin birth, so He has 2 natures in one person
The Theological Significance
In more recent times, The Asian theologian Choan-Seng Song has interpreted Christ’s incarnation to mean that God is at work in every …show more content…

Prophecy of Isaiah 7:14
Sufficient truth
From these passage the Bible affirm the virgin birth twice, Since we believe that the Bible is inspired with inerrancy and authoritative, Matthew 1 and Luke 1 convince us that the virgin birth is fact.
Matthew 1:23 The authority Name, Both Mary and Joseph didn’t gave names to Jesus, because if they did it means they have authority over Jesus, as the cultural mandate in Genesis 2:20 The man gave names to all livestock it implies the man have rule over the livestock.

Luke 1:34 The nature of His conception is miraculous and mysterious–Mary was surprisedbecause this event is unusual for Mary..

Luke 1:35 Supernatural Begetting - Mary became pregnant without sexual intercourse (human or divine), It was begetting by the creative power of the Holy Spirit over the womb of Mary. “Christ human nature was not begotten from the essence of God, but created from the substance of the virgin.”(J. Erickson, 1998)He was really “the fruit of Mary’s womb” Luke

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