[covenantguy]

Was not Jesus "God" before His birth (John 1)?  Was she (Mary) not a "chosen vessel" to bring forth the human manifestation of an eternal (2nd) Person  of the Trinity? How could Mary be the mother of God when God had no beginning?

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

How could Mary be the mother of God when God had no beginning?

"And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" Luke 1:43

Was God a human being before the birth of Jesus? Is Jesus God? "Thomas answered, and said to Him: My Lord, and My God." John 20:28