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Matthew chapter 1 verse 20, but as he considered these things behold an angel of the

Lord appeared to him in a dream saying

Joseph son of David do not fear to take Mary as your wife for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

In this passage you put yourself in Joseph's shoes and you're preparing to divorce your wife quietly because you know

you've not yet consummated marriage,'s pregnant you're wondering okay how do we

cover this up I don't want to embarrass her but this is not good and then you

receive this message from an angel of the Lord saying to you,

what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit, that this is quite literally a supernatural child.

And yet, so this is the mystery of the

fully divine this baby is fully divine and fully human so that's part of how the

incarnation is a reality through this conception from the holy spirit.

Now obviously this is not and I when I talk with Muslim friends or go to different places in the world where I'm talking with

people I meet who are Muslim and they say wait a minute yeah no we don't we don't believe

that God the father and Mary got together and had a baby.

I mean, and I say, well, I'm glad you don't believe that because I don't believe that either.

And that's not what the Bible teaches. What the Bible teaches is

that God did a miraculous work in Mary's womb by bringing about his son into the world, God in the flesh, that and I don't pretend

to be able to explain all the mystery of the incarnation,

but this is clearly what the Bible teaches,

and it's glorious because Jesus is fully human and fully God,

he is uniquely God. He is uniquely able to represent us before God, to offer a sacrifice for our sins before God,

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