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Understanding the Virgin Birth and the Inheritance of Jesus
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Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which means God with us.
This is one part of the story of Jesus, that your first reaction to it might well be, a virgin conceiving, that’s ridiculous. Of course we know this is completely outside our normal experience.
Why was it important for Mary to conceive as a virgin, the son of God? Maybe it’s partly to do with the way inheritance works during that paternalistic society where sons would inherit from fathers.
This broke the inheritance of the sin nature from Adam. Instead, Jesus inherits the God nature.
