Why was Jesus born a man (i.e. not a woman)?

[User124]

Because ancient Jews wouldn’t have listened to a woman.

Did they listen to Jesus?

 

[Hunter24]

Did they listen to Jesus?

Some did, the first converts were Jewish.

 

[PRmerger]

what is significant about the sex of Jesus Christ, especially in relation to his making visible the invisible God. Sex is arguably accidental (i.e. incidental) to the person (our soul is not sexed I believe) and so why and what is important about Jesus Christ being born “a man”?

Is it about a mutuality between Man/Woman, Mary and Jesus? Is there anything specific and significant that Jesus Christ was born a man? And if so does his “man-ness” reveal to us something important/ significant about God the Father (bearing in mind that “God Almighty” is properly neither male/female…

Thank-you.

Besides all the other wonderful answers that were already given, I want to add this: Jesus was born a man so he could be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

And the Jewish Passover lamb was a firstborn, unblemished MALE lamb.

 

[anilorak13ska]

Besides all the other wonderful answers that were already given, I want to add this: Jesus was born a man so he could be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

And the Jewish Passover lamb was a firstborn, unblemished MALE lamb.

Another great point!

 

[LucyLight]

(this is a similar post that i made on another thread)

These two posts from Marc Anthony & jmcrae answer your question quite well.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost…8&postcount=52

forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=9489421&postcount=44

I’ll just add: To sum it up Jesus is a man because Adam brought sin into the world not Eve. His death redeemed Adam’s sin, not Eve’s sin.

 

[Charlie_Zeaiter]

what is significant about the sex of Jesus Christ, especially in relation to his making visible the invisible God. Sex is arguably accidental (i.e. incidental) to the person (our soul is not sexed I believe) and so why and what is important about Jesus Christ being born “a man”?

Is it about a mutuality between Man/Woman, Mary and Jesus? Is there anything specific and significant that Jesus Christ was born a man? And if so does his “man-ness” reveal to us something important/ significant about God the Father (bearing in mind that “God Almighty” is properly neither male/female…

Thank-you.

I’ll give you my simple thoughts.

Men are the giver of life, and women receive and nurture the life.

And this applies to eternal life too; Jesus gives the eternal life, and The Church receives it and nurtures it. If Jesus was female, and The Church being His bride is also female, then that would be a homosexual relationship. And as we know, homosexual relationships don’t produce life.