Why Jesus could not be like us
Jesus was fully human, yet He was not born like us. That statement alone separates biblical Christianity from every other belief system that attempts to explain Jesus merely as a moral teacher or spiritual guide. If Jesus had been born exactly like every other human being, He would have entered the world under the same sentence that rests upon all of Adam’s descendants. A Savior who inherits Adam’s condition cannot redeem Adam’s race. Redemption required something radically different at the point of origin.
From the beginning, Scripture makes clear that life is in the blood. When Adam sinned, corruption entered his blood, and death followed. That corruption did not stop with Adam; it passed through him to all humanity. Flesh alone is not the carrier of sin—blood is. This is why death reigns universally. It is not simply because people commit sins; it is because they are born into a condition that guarantees death. Therefore, if Jesus were to be the Redeemer, He could not inherit Adam’s blood.
This is where the virgin birth becomes absolutely necessary. Jesus did not merely need to live a sinless life; He needed to begin life without sin. A sinless life cannot undo a sinful origin. Salvation required a man who was not only obedient but uncontaminated. God solved that problem at conception.
Modern science now confirms what Scripture quietly assumed all along. The unborn child does not receive blood from the mother. Nutrition passes. Oxygen passes. Waste products pass back. But blood never mingles. Blood is formed within the embryo itself, and life does not begin until conception occurs. An unfertilized egg cannot produce blood. Without the male contribution, there is no living blood.
God designed the female body with this reality embedded in it long before science ever discovered it. This was not a coincidence—it was preparation. The virgin birth was not symbolic; it was surgical in its precision. Mary contributed the flesh. The Holy Spirit contributed the blood. Because that blood was not inherited from Adam, it was not corrupted by sin.
Jesus entered the world as a real man—hungry, tired, emotional, tempted—yet untouched by Adam’s fall. He did not need to overcome sinful blood; He never had it. This is why He could live without sin and why death had no rightful claim over Him. Redemption required a sinless man, and that required a sinless blood source.
Takeaway Thoughts
A Savior born under Adam’s condition could not save Adam’s race. If Jesus had been born like every other human, He would have inherited the same corrupted condition that guarantees death. Redemption required a different beginning, not just a better life.
Sin is a condition carried in the blood, not merely actions in the flesh.
Scripture teaches that life is in the blood, and Adam’s corruption passed through it to all humanity. Jesus could not inherit Adam’s blood and still be the Redeemer.
The virgin birth was precise, not symbolic. Mary provided real humanity; the Holy Spirit provided uncontaminated blood. Because Jesus did not inherit Adam’s blood, He entered the world fully human yet untouched by the fall—able to live sinlessly and die without death having a rightful claim.