Luke 1:34-35 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
[35] And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
When the angel appears to Mary, she is amazed and startled, but is prepared to respond to the will of the Lord in faith.
Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
By sending Jesus into this world through the womb of a virgin, God was able to give His Son a human body and a human nature, and He would be born without sin.
Imagine the faith required for Mary to bear the shame and burden of being the vessel through which God would send His Son into the world.
Jesus lived without sin and died without sin -- a perfect sacrifice for fallen man, 2 Cor. 5:21.
He satisfied God forever through the offering of His Own body on the cross, Heb. 9:11-14; Heb. 10:10-14.
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
“A woman and an angel, a promise and a song.— A word to grand for any mind to hold. — A tax law and a journey, a stable and some straw. — These tell the greatest story ever told.
“Oh sing glory in the highest, he is come our great Messiah. — Come bow before this awesome mystery. — Mighty God and fragile baby, here a lowly manger holds. — And it's still the greatest story ever told.”
Gloria Gaither
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