The Miracle of the Virgin Birth
The First Great Miracle…
CREATION
“Ex Nihilo” (Hebrew) = Out of nothing.
“God said, ‘Let there be light…”
The Second Great Miracle…
VIRGIN BIRTH
It was not “out of nothing”.
“… before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.”
-Matthew 1:18-25
Hercules crushed the God Anteus with a bearhug.
Made everyone passing through wrestle him.
Son of Poseidon and an earth goddess.
Mythology
Demi-gods
“Now the serpent [Satan] was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings [Good works to cover over sin, and the results of sin] for themselves…13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, … 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he [Jesus] will crush your head, and you [Satan] will strike his [Jesus’] heel.”
-Genesis 3:1-16
The Test of True Christianity
What do you think of…
Christmas
Easter
Easter…
God forgives you and gives you new life and the promise of resurrection and heaven.
Christmas…
Where it all began.
God works in & through people.
[the highest form of his Creation]
“Mary Christmas” & “Merry Christmas”
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