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1.3 KiB
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28 lines
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title = "Luke 1:26–38"
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date = "2022-10-18"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk1.26-38)
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The same angel Gabriel is sent to announce another miraculous birth, one even
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more important and highly anticipated. He goes to a podunk town in an obscure
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corner of a conquered nation, to a young woman with the same name as at least
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three other women in the New Testatment, who was betrothed to carpenter. But
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because of God's divine choice, this particular Mary was highly favored, chosen
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to bring the long-awaited Messiah into the world. Out of a no-name village will
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come the one who will reign over the house of Jacob forever, the King of Kings,
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the Son of the Most High.
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When Mary gets over the shock of having an angel visit her to start asking for
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details, she gets to know just how it will happen, but she also gets an extra
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confirmation that it is true. Her relative Elizabeth is also going to have a
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baby when everyone knew that couldn't happen. The unspoken assumption is that
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Gabriel is inviting Mary to go see Elizabeth for herself, and know that God can
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make anything happen. Wisely and humbly, Mary accepts the charge to be the
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mother to God's Son.
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* * *
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Let us be ready to accept Your instruction at all times, even when it seems
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impossible.
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