Why did god need a virgin woman to birth god. couldn't he of just made him fully grown out of dirt or something?
2007-04-07 07:10:48 · 16 answers · asked by Banana tree 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
her hips were so delicate, mellifluous and charmful
2007-04-07 07:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Artistic Hand 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
She was a descendant of David.
In the bible, the Angel Gabriel called her "Full of Grace."
What is grace? Grace is a gift from God: natural and supernatural, which He provides to us because of His mercy. So if she is "Full of Grace," she couldn't possible have room for sin. If she hadn't been a virgin, esp. since she was unmarried, that would have been a sin.
So why did God choose a virgin? Would you put something precious and clean into something not clean? Would you put new wine in old wine skin?
What was the holiest object from Old Testament (OT) religion? It was the Ark of the Covenant. In Exodus 25, God gave meticulous instructions for constructing the Ark. It had to be made of acacia wood (supposedly incorruptible), plated inside and outside with pure gold. It must be kept free from all impurity and profanation. In 2 Samuel 6:6-7, God struck Uzzah dead because he dared to touch the Ark.
From the earliest centuries, Christians saw the OT Ark as a type of Mary. The connection is clear. That Ark carried the written Word of God; Mary carried the living Word. Mary is the living Ark of the living Word.
2007-04-07 11:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by momo5j7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did not need Mary. He could have done things any way, for all things are possible with God. He could have done it the way you describe, but He didn't. Why?
The choices of God are a mystery to us. But there is one thing that we can know: whatever He does, He does in love. The choice of the Blessed Virgin Mary by God is a choice of love. He loved her in a special way, and when you love someone, you want to give that person things. What did God give Mary? He gave her the gift of purity, of humility, of tenderness and goodness. He gave her the gift of being Immaculate (without Original Sin), of being assumed body and soul into Heaven (the Assumption). But the greatest gift that He gave her was the gift of His Son. She was to bear a Son, the Eternal Son of God. She was thus to become the Mother of God, which is a very ancient title attributed to her from the early Church.
God chose Mary because He loved her. You can't ask someone who says that he loves you, "Why do you love me?" He just does. There is no reason for love other than love itself.
I hope this helps you.
2007-04-10 08:53:15 · answer #3 · answered by uiogdpm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being grown out of dirt is a interesting way to do it but GOD needed to make his son into a man so that he would have temptation like every man does. And overcome it because he was the perfect sacrifice
2007-04-07 07:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by john s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While none of us can know the mind of God (his wisdom is unsearchable) the scriptures declare that Mary was chosen for her purity and her willingness to obey God. She was from the lineage of David, from which the messiah was promised, so this also fulfilled prophesy.
God chose to be born of a woman so that he could be both wholly human and wholly divine at the same time! He was the only one who could live sinlessly as a man and be holy enough to become a perpetual sacrifice for sin.
He didn't have to do this, but I'm so glad he did.
2007-04-07 07:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by amazingly intelligent 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mary & Joseph have been engaged to be married. Luke a million:26,27 Joseph in basic terms nicely-known the placement after an angelic bypass to. Matthew a million:20 God chosen Mary (& Joseph) because of the fact he replaced into approximately to grant duty of his 'son' to people. Who could you opt on? God needed his son to adventure genuine relatives existence, having a father & mom, so if He chosen a single woman (as a replace of an engaged person) Jesus would desire to have been 5, 10, or 12 years previous earlier having a father. Joseph & Mary had for sure shown their adherence and devotion and God considered them qualified for the job.
2016-10-21 07:04:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sin is passed down throught the seed of man, so Jesus had to be born of the Holy Spirit and by a virgin woman. Jesus had to be both human and God, without sin.
2007-04-07 07:19:16 · answer #7 · answered by beano™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God wanted his son to be made flesh, on the other hand it was ordained that Mary was to be the Mother of Jesus.
2007-04-07 07:18:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because She was very good and she had lead a very good life and honord God.
Jesus had to start life just like the rest of us, as a baby.
2007-04-07 07:18:01 · answer #9 · answered by jons2375 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the story is metaphorical. The virgin birth is a commonly-used metaphor to represent the awakening of consciousness (enlightenment experience) where one experiences oneself as not identified with the physical body, brain, and personality (hence, the symbolism of a new realization or new birth that is not of the body). It has NOTHING to do with Mary, mothers, or actual birth. It was used to describe Jesus' and Buddha's enlightenment; literalists then came along and destroyed the metaphor.
2007-04-07 07:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by Swamp Thingy 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
He needed to be mortal so he couldn't of just poofed him there cause he had to die.
He chose her because she was probably the most innocent, and virtuefull
2007-04-07 07:15:22 · answer #11 · answered by Justin H. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋