If god, as the holy spirit, inseminated mary, or however he made her pregnant--why di he have to send an angel to tell her about it?--couldn't he have just sent a bush on fire or something?
2006-10-24 15:31:51 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That would be rape, insemination without consent. Maybe God was afraid to face responsibility. Or he knew that criminals should not go back to the scene of the crime.
2006-10-24 15:44:53 · answer #1 · answered by dream reality 2 · 3⤊ 5⤋
God manifests His glory in different ways. A burning bush wouldn't have been appropriate for the Annunciation.
A possibility is that the burning bush in Exodus chapter 3 was the Son of the Trinity. When the Son was about to become Incarnate in the Blessed Virgin, He wouldn't have used Himself to announce His future birth. I believe this because Jesus says that "No man has seen the Father." If no man has seen the Father, who did Moses see as the burning bush?
2006-10-24 22:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some angels are messengers for God.
We are sinful, God dose not personally communicate with us only the angels are used.
His only begotten son from heaven was sent by God, you remember to save mankind...
The angel announced that Gods Holy spirit will miraculously transfer Gods son from heaven into the womb of Mary as the seed that later became Jesus as we know him. This was a miracle.
2006-10-25 00:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by Donaldsan theGreatone 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
angels are calmer than a burning bush. angels are the main messenger. if God appeared in a burning bush to tell her she was pregnant being a virgin, then it would be a lot more agitatiion and anxious or whatever. with an angel, its more like lets sit down and talk. at least i see it that way. thats more of my opinion rather than an answer.
2006-10-24 22:47:58 · answer #4 · answered by amania2005 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess the angel was that year's version of the burning bush.
I'm sort of glad that is how the story goes -- it makes for lovely Renaissance altar pieces, and Christmas songs wouldn't be the same without that angel.
2006-10-24 22:40:14 · answer #5 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD had to get Marys Permission.
Mary had a Free-Will.
Jesus's Body that was Nailed to the Cross was a "Created Miracle" (better, Creation Miracle---just like GOD Created Adam from Dirt, and Eve from his Rib) in Marys Body.
2006-10-24 22:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it may be because telling a virgin she's pregnant by God, isn't something you tell someone through a burning bush. She was pretty much a child herself in today's estimation, so an angel would have been easier for her to accept.
2006-10-24 22:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think something like that would be a lot easier, and less scary, coming from an Angel instead of a burning bush.
2006-10-24 22:47:07 · answer #8 · answered by creeklops 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He could have done that, but He likes diversity, and He'd already done that with Moses. I mean, how many people did He tell to build an Ark, or take through fire unscathed, or be eaten by a whale?
2006-10-24 22:39:40 · answer #9 · answered by Spudders 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all you capitalize Gods name. God sent the burning bush to Mozes, he sent an angel because she would not have known this was a Divine being and of probably mot handled it very well when a baby popped out and she was a virgin.
2006-10-24 22:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because he already used the bush method to communicate with Moses, silly. It was already overused.
2006-10-24 22:39:17 · answer #11 · answered by Maria Isabel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋