How is the virgin birth possible?

Admittedly, all these many centuries after Matthew’s divinely inspired gospel declared that Jesus was born of a virgin, His miraculous conception remains impossible to understand by human reason alone. It was a miracle, and there is no natural explanation for it. We don’t need a scientific or analytical explanation for it, any more than we need scientific proof of how the intricacies of the universe were created from nothing. Scripture is peppered with miracles and mysterious doctrines. How can God be one being in three persons? How could Christ rise from the dead? We can’t even explain precisely what happens when depraved sinners are born again as they repent of their sins and trust Christ. Many of the essentials of Christianity are beyond the capacity of human minds to fathom. That’s okay. We can’t comprehend infinity either, but no one doubts the concept. Scripture is full of truths that transcend human thoughts. “For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has been His counselor?” (Romans 11:34). God wants believers to accept the truth of His Word by faith.