04-18-2011, 03:47 PM
Mr. Younan,
Wow. Excellent question, one I also haven't put much thought into before.......can I have some time to think about that? <!-- s
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My first reaction is to say that Mary needed to be a virgin otherwise one could claim that Yeshua came through a normal 2 human parent birth and thereby deny his divinity. Also, of course, it was a fulfillment of prophesy that He would be born of a virgin. But once that has been established (his birth through a virgin) I'm not sure if I understand why it is then necessary that she remain in that state forever. (Again, I'm not denying it, only trying to understand it.) Thanks again in advance......
Keith
Wow. Excellent question, one I also haven't put much thought into before.......can I have some time to think about that? <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> My first reaction is to say that Mary needed to be a virgin otherwise one could claim that Yeshua came through a normal 2 human parent birth and thereby deny his divinity. Also, of course, it was a fulfillment of prophesy that He would be born of a virgin. But once that has been established (his birth through a virgin) I'm not sure if I understand why it is then necessary that she remain in that state forever. (Again, I'm not denying it, only trying to understand it.) Thanks again in advance......
Keith