suffering servant and a conquering king, both human and divine. The truth is that Mary’s question is also our question. These things cannot be done by human means. Christmas is not, therefore, a fable, but a miracle. Fleming Rutledge, a theologian, writes this: Natural processes could not have brought the Son of God.… It is beyond the capacity of human parents to produce a child who is God. Humankind cannot bring forth a Jesus, any more than it can bring forth true and lasting peace. Only God can do it.