ENCOUNTERING GODJesus’ Virgin Birth and Deity
Yogi Bhajan taught that the birth of Jesus
resulted from the normal sexual union of a
man and a woman, that Jesus was actually an
illegitimate child, and that God could never
be so personal as to overshadow a virgin and
plant a seed of life within her womb. However,
the Scripture teaches that Mary “conceived ...
of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:20). Isaiah even
prophesied about eight centuries beforehand that
a virgin would bear a child and call His name
“Immanuel” meaning God with us (Isaiah 7:14).
So this lowly Nazarene was no ordinary man.
He was the Son of God. Because of His unique
birth, in a far more profound sense than any
normal human claiming to be divine, Jesus was
“God ... manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16).
When He referred to God as “His Father,” He did
not mean it in a general sense – after the natural
creation – something that all human beings can
claim, but in a unique, powerful and supernatural
sense. Jesus even declared, “He who has seen Me
has seen the Father” ( John 14:9).
“Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him,