Lee Strobel

bring up todd a lot todd is todd is who i do my bible study with yeah i know every time i mention his name he's like oh boy where are we going but um but i remember the very first bible study i ever did um actually yeah ever did with with todd yeah

and just ever and um we were talking about genesis yeah and it was genesis 3 15. and he says and i have this recording maybe i'll play it for you if i don't describe it right he says that

that God is basically telling Satan that his nemesis that's going to crush him is going to be from the seed of a woman.

That's right.

But Todd then also says the woman does not have a seed.

That's right.

The man is the one that has a seed.

And so we knew all the way back in Genesis when God told Eve that the Messiah is going to come from a virgin.

Right.

So through this kind of cryptic type way, right?

Is that a prophecy right there?

Why was it so important that Jesus was born of a virgin?

Yeah, very important because— And that's a miracle in itself, so I do understand the symbolism.

So it's not that there was no sex.

There was no sex to conceive.

That's not it.

It is wiping out a lineage that would have had

Well, if Mary was a sinner, then why was she the one that was chosen to give birth to Jesus?

When did Mary find out that she was going to carry the Son of God?

So let's go back to Mary.