the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and shall name him Emmanuel. "
the angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,
of the house of David,
and the virgin's name was Mary.
"Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus."
Born of Mary, a Virgin
Prophecies: Seven hundred years before she was born, Mary was prophesied to be the mother of Christ. Isaiah wrote, “The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).
But Mary said to the angel,
"How can this be,
since I have no relations with a man?"
And the angel said to her in reply,
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of God."
And after the grandeur of the prophecy, this is the sad part recorded in Luke 2:7
"and she gave birth to her firstborn son.* She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
and in John 1:11
" He came to what was his own,
but his own people* did not accept him."
Now what about you and me ? Do we have a special place for Jesus in our hearts this Christmas ? Accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior means obeying his commandments. Jesus laid aside his divine glory and chose to be born in a manger and die on a cross. Jesus wants us to lay aside our pride and prejudices, and humble ourselves and accept His simplicity and His holiness in our lives.
God Bless.
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