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What if, living in Israel 2000 years ago, you knew that the Messiah was going to come to earth the next day? The breakthrough that you had longed for all of your life and all of your ancestors had longed for many centuries was about to happen. The Eve of God coming to earth was […]

Did Mary become pregnant with Christ before she believed God’s promise to her, given by Gabriel, or after she believed? This is a really important question because it gives us insights into the ways of God, or “in Christ ways.” When Gabriel first approached Mary, he called her “favored one” and said, “The Lord is […]

When the angel Gabriel came to Mary and announced to her that she was going to be pregnant with and give birth to the Messiah, Mary asked the logical question, “How?” In light of the fact that she had never been with a man, Mary was asking how this was going to happen. The angel […]

The union of God and man in Christ is what the Nativity in the incarnation is all about. This was God’s plan for salvation. God came to earth and clothed himself in our humanity, and in so doing, the journey of our redemption was inaugurated and finally consummated in the death, resurrection, and ascension of […]

Luke 1:34-35,37,45 NASB95 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” [35] The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of […]

Luke 1:35 NASB [35] The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God. Psalm 91:1-4,9-10 NASB [1] He who dwells in the shelter of the Most […]