Best objection to the Messianic view: teknogonia is an odd word choice for the Messiah

Guthrie objects: if Paul meant the birth of the Messiah, 'he could hardly have chosen a more obscure or ambiguous way of saying it.' Using the word teknogonia (childbearing) to refer to the future birth of the Messiah is a strange word choice when Paul had other ways to express this. Mike acknowledges this has weight but notes: (1) Guthrie himself still holds the Messianic view despite this difficulty; (2) Teknogonia is a noun, not a verb — 'childbearing' as an abstract concept connects more naturally to Genesis 3:15 than a specific moment of giving birth; (3) There are only four known extra-biblical uses of teknogonia, so our data on its semantic range is limited.