MIRACULOUS CREATIONS

Gospel-writer St. Luke has provided us a detailed description of one of the greatest stories of all time – the Story of Two Women who miraculously conceived almost at the same time. Although St. Luke didn´t categorically call it a miracle, we cannot forever hide the fact that the circumstances were outside the scope of science – therefore a miracle!

In Chapter 1 of his evangelium St. Luke has given us the following details:

-That Zechariah and Elizabeth were advanced in years and that Elizabeth was barren.  (i.e. the couple could no longer have a baby on there on.)

-That Mary was still a virgin when betrothed to a certain Joseph.  She was doing Temple services perhaps as a helper or an attendee in a church.

-That a Heavenly Messenger informed the Priest Zechariah that his wife Elizabeth shall bear him a son - John.   The same messenger also informed Mary she shall conceive and give birth to a son - Jesus.

-That John was great before the eyes of the Lord and Jesus is to be called the son of the Most High.

-That John has had the Holy Spirit from the womb and this same Spirit did overshadow Mary too. 

It is believed that John was conceived in the same manner as Jesus and the timing of the Holy Spirit is the point of their conception.  The cousins became righteous right in those moments.

-That Zechariah doubted the good news;  Mary humbly accepted.

Miraculous, Yes

Elizabeth was barren and medically speaking she had an infertile and atrophied ovary. This means that there was no chance for an ovum to be present in the ovary.  The ovum is the female egg cell for sexual reproduction.

In the case of Mary the sperm was totally absent from the ovary since she was a virgin with no premarital union with any man. The sperm is the male reproductive cell that fertilizes the ovum to form the human organism. 

The conception of John and Jesus were miraculous but no one miracle is greater than the other.

The Greater Miracle

Adam was created from a molded clay and formed into a man after God breath in life into it. Eve was created quite differently - from a part of Adam´s rib case. And Melchizedek, the high priest of Salem, was born without parents (Hebrews 7:3). The creations of Adam and Eve (also Melchizedek’s) did not involve any human agency at all like a father or a mother, like a womb, an ovum or a sperm.   The creation of Adam and Eve (and Melchizedek) therefore were far greater miracles than that of Jesus and John.

 Glory be to the Most High God!