Angels Amongst Us – Luke 1
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“But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has
been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him
John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his
birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord.” – v. 13-14
“Do not be afraid, Mary; you have
found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to
call him 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 Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” – v. 30-33
Angels come upon the world when it is required. In the 1st book of Luke, we see it happen twice. First, when the Angel Gabriel visit’s
Zechariah in the inner temple to deliver the news of his wife’s conceiving at
her old age to give birth to John the Baptist.
The second was Gabriel’s visit to Mary, the young woman from Nazareth,
to express God’s plan of salvation through her.
Even though she was not presently married, but betrothed, God chose her
to bear His only begotten Son, through
miraculous conception.
Mankind can’t understand the miraculous works of the Lord, nor the presence
of Angels in our midst. They will say
she was raped. They will say she was covering up an out of wedlock
pregnancy. They will abandon her, even attempt to kill her. They will
say she lies and should be stoned. Take away the miraculous conception and the
story falls apart. For without the conception being perfect, holy and
righteous; there is no Messiah, no Savior, no Deity.
Even today, mankind is no different. I have friends of the Islamic religion and they cannot, nor will even attempt to believe that a holy God would procreate with a human. This fundamental reason prevents them from accepting Jesus Christ as a Messiah and Savior, so they view him more as a Prophet and Spiritual Leader. As a Christian though, I believe God, through the Holy Spirit, conceived within Mary a holy and perfect child. In doing so He broke the chain of sin in the world and provided a way by which all sin could be redeemed. For without accepting the Immaculate Conception, the Christ-child cannot be perfect and holy.
You see mankind is sinful, all the way back to Adam and Eve. Upon conception, each new child born since then has likewise been sinful as a part of this blood line. Biologically, as the sperm fertilizes the egg with the chromosomes, DNA, and blood of the father, the bloodline continues, and this blood comes from a sinful man and therefore the fertilized egg carries this forward.
The immaculate conception though, God, through the Holy Spirit, conceived within Mary a child of holiness from the Father and thereby washing away the sinful nature of her past. As the baby is born, it is born 100% holy, righteous and perfect. Through His life, He lives perfectly in alignment with God the Father, unlike Adam; or any other human being. It is because of this perfect Holy creation that Jesus Christ could become the Lamb of God, and the sacrificial atonement for our sins.
I do not believe that the story of Mary’s incarnation is just a story made up for us to feel good, it is an integral part of God’s miraculous path of salvation and key to His holy plan of salvation. It is often glossed over in the materialistic “me focused” world today, but is a sure sign from God the Father, that His love for you and me is overwhelming. Why would we question the authority of God to do whatever He chooses to do? He is omnipotent and sovereign and all powerful.
There is nothing beyond His capability.
Even today, mankind is no different. I have friends of the Islamic religion and they cannot, nor will even attempt to believe that a holy God would procreate with a human. This fundamental reason prevents them from accepting Jesus Christ as a Messiah and Savior, so they view him more as a Prophet and Spiritual Leader. As a Christian though, I believe God, through the Holy Spirit, conceived within Mary a holy and perfect child. In doing so He broke the chain of sin in the world and provided a way by which all sin could be redeemed. For without accepting the Immaculate Conception, the Christ-child cannot be perfect and holy.
You see mankind is sinful, all the way back to Adam and Eve. Upon conception, each new child born since then has likewise been sinful as a part of this blood line. Biologically, as the sperm fertilizes the egg with the chromosomes, DNA, and blood of the father, the bloodline continues, and this blood comes from a sinful man and therefore the fertilized egg carries this forward.
The immaculate conception though, God, through the Holy Spirit, conceived within Mary a child of holiness from the Father and thereby washing away the sinful nature of her past. As the baby is born, it is born 100% holy, righteous and perfect. Through His life, He lives perfectly in alignment with God the Father, unlike Adam; or any other human being. It is because of this perfect Holy creation that Jesus Christ could become the Lamb of God, and the sacrificial atonement for our sins.
I do not believe that the story of Mary’s incarnation is just a story made up for us to feel good, it is an integral part of God’s miraculous path of salvation and key to His holy plan of salvation. It is often glossed over in the materialistic “me focused” world today, but is a sure sign from God the Father, that His love for you and me is overwhelming. Why would we question the authority of God to do whatever He chooses to do? He is omnipotent and sovereign and all powerful.
There is nothing beyond His capability.
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