Q: Could there be another virgin birth?
A: The virgin birth of Christ Jesus was a sacred, one-time event, which fulfilled prophecy (see Isaiah 7:14). It brought the Messiah into human view to demonstrate that God is the only Creator of man. The Christ, which Jesus represented and demonstrated, had no mortal birth or death. This same Christ, Truth, shows us that we also have no mortal birth or death, but are spiritual and immortal ideas of God. And since Christ, the eternal idea of Truth, remains with us always, showing us the way of salvation from the belief of mortality, there is no need for another virgin birth—no need for another Messiah.
Christian Science teaches that God is both the Father and Mother of man, and that each one of God’s children has always coexisted with Him. Mary Baker Eddy made this point clearly in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures when she wrote: “God’s children already created will be cognized only as man finds the truth of being” and, “Whatever reflects Mind, Life, Truth, and Love, is spiritually conceived and brought forth; but the statement that man is conceived and evolved both spiritually and materially, or by both God and man, contradicts this eternal truth” (pp. 69, 303).
