THE BIRTH OF JESUS FORETOLD
Tags: David, Elizabeth, Galilee, God, Mary, Nazareth, the Holy Spirit, the Most High, the Son of God, the Son of the Most High
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a
town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The
angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored!
The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of
greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,
Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and
give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will
be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God
will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and
the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one
to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative
is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren
is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have
said.” Then the angel left her.
(Luke 1.26-38).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!