Reflections on the Christmas story
Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
The angel Gabriel visited Mary. 500+ years earlier this same Gabriel visited Daniel to explain a vision given to him of upcoming warfare (in Daniel 8).
Six months ago, the angel Gabriel went and visited Zechariah in the temple, telling him that Elizabeth will have a son and to call him John, meaning Gift of God. Now Gabriel comes to visit Mary.
Later, Joseph will be visited by angels a couple of times in his dreams, to flee Herod’s massacre and to return when the danger was past. We don’t know for sure, but want to bet who those angels were?
Hebrews 13:2 tells us that God is still sending angelic messengers, but they have a human appearance. Angel means messenger. We see in the OT with the prophets and in the NT with the disciples that God has human messengers too. Any time you have personal devotions you have a message to share.
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