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According to the teachings of The Urantia Book, which its adherents often refer to as the "5th Epochal Revelation," the conception of Jesus was a natural biological event.

 

Here is a detailed explanation based on its text:

 

The Official Answer from The Urantia Book

 

Mary was impregnated by her husband, Joseph.

 

The text is very clear that Jesus was conceived and born just as any other child of the realm. There was no supernatural or divine intervention in the process of conception.

 

The Larger Context: A "Bestowal Mission"

 

While the conception was natural, the entity that would become the consciousness of Jesus was not. According to The Urantia Book, Jesus of Nazareth was the final "bestowal" on Earth of a divine being known as Michael of Nebadon—the Creator Son of our local universe.

 

Here is the sequence of events as described in the Revelation:

 

1. The Decision: Michael of Nebadon, a sovereign creator of our local universe, decided to undergo a seventh and final bestowal experience on one of his inhabited worlds to fully understand his creatures. He chose Earth (Urantia) for this mission.

 

2. The Preparation: A being known as Gabriel (a high administrator in the universe) selected a pair of individuals, Joseph and Mary, to be the prospective parents. They were chosen for their superior health, intelligence, and spiritual character—they were ideal candidates for parenting such a child.

 

3. The Conception: At the appointed time, a "Life Carrier" (a type of being responsible for initiating life on planets) was dispatched. The Life Carrier's role was not to physically impregnate Mary, but to perform a "physical rearrangement" of Mary's "germ cell" (ovum) to ensure that the child would be of purely human origin, free from any potential genetic defects or moral taint. Immediately following this biological preparation, conception occurred naturally between Mary and Joseph.

 

4. The Fusion: At the moment of conception, the "identity circuit" of the Creator Son, Michael, was connected to the newly formed embryo. This is described as the fusing of a divine "Thought Adjuster" (a fragment of God) with the developing human life. From that point forward, the developing child was the human incarnation of a divine being, growing and learning as a human from infancy.

 

Summary of Key Points:

 

· No "Virgin Birth": The Urantia Book explicitly rejects the doctrine of the virgin birth as a later, non-historical addition by well-meaning but misguided followers who wanted to align Jesus' story with older pagan myths.

 

· Joseph was the Biological Father: The book states that both of Jesus' parents were fully human and that he was the "natural" child of Joseph and Mary.

 

· The Divinity was in the Consciousness, not the Conception: The "miracle" was not the method of conception, but the fact that the consciousness of a universe creator was perfectly united with a human life from its very beginning, experiencing a genuine human existence from birth to death.

 

In short, according to the 5th Epochal Revelation, the answer is Joseph, acting through a natural biological process that was divinely prepared and overseen to ensure the perfect incarnation of Michael of Nebadon as Jesus of Nazareth.