Recently, I've started to read the new testament with a friend of mine daily starting from Matthews which narrates the birth of Jesus.
Now whether you know a lot about Christianity or nothing at all, I'm not making a big leap of conclusion in that the fact that Jesus was born of a virgin is a big deal to a lot of people (for obvious reasons), and one of the main indicators that Jesus was the Jesus that was prophecized in the Old Testament. I'm sure that if you googled this particular aspect of Jesus, tons and tons of results will come out.
Today though, something hit me hard. Is born of a virgin all that special?
First of all, we define virgin as "a person who has never had sexual intercourse" according to dictionary.com. And while it's quite impossible back in the old days for people to conceive babies without sex, it's not exactly impossible nowadays what with all the artificial insemination and whatever else technology out there.
Yes, there is a semen involved, and Jesus was technically born of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1 "For that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit."), so that is still one big distinction right there.
But did the old testament prophecy that Jesus will be born of the Holy Spirit? My knowledge is limited...but as far as I know, it was only prophecized that Jesus will be born of a virgin. Which -technically-, according to the definition of a virgin, nowadays, is nothing all that spectacular.
Just a random thought...I am not trying to say that Jesus was bogus or fake or anything of the sort...
'Til Next Time
TM
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