Luke 1:35 AMPC
[35] Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.
We come to the season of the actual manifestation of the gift that God promised and which several people had prophesied about. It took quite a long while, but like all things God, He is never late or out of time, because all creation answers to Him. He is the author and controller of times and seasons and He decides when is the best time for anything under the sun. As He had promised, the woman had to be prepared and ready to receive the seed that would change the course of human history. The virgin that would miraculously conceive and bear a son was now identified, and an angel was sent to visit and give her the good news. Of course, it was natural that a woman who understands how the law of conception works would ask the right question about how this process will work, and the message to her was that with God, there are no impossibilities.
We take a look at creation around us, and we are content to accept the things we do not fully understand as miraculous. We see the seasons change like clockwork, and once in a while, there are cosmic events that science tries to explain as best as it can, but you cannot really fully explain a phenomenon that predates whatever equipment or knowledge you may have acquired. If I could believe that a divine power made the earth, and sustains it on its axis since its creation, how can I struggle to accept that God can make a virgin conceive without the law of conception applying to her? If the law had applied, the law of sin would have also applied to the child, and he would not be an appropriate offering for sin. He would have inherited the sinful nature, and would then be subject to God's righteous judgment of sin. He had to be free from the burden of sin in order to be the perfect offering for sin, in line with the law of God.
By the power of God, there has now been a conception and a birth. The Son of God has been brought in the likeness of the people He needed to save, so He could walk in their shoes and feel their pain. That was the best way for God to provide the help and support man needed to walk in line with the will of God. By the work and operation of the Holy Spirit, the Holy child has been born and of course, all who put their trust in the child are given the power and enablement to walk in the path of holiness. You cannot walk in it by your own power or intellect; you cannot fake it or pretend to walk in it; without the help of the One who secured it in the first place, you cannot successfully achieve the demands of God for this new life. The gift is here; life is here. All that i need for life and Godliness have been made freely available. God waits for my decision, as well as yours. What would it be? God's time of favour is here.
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