Family Advent Devotions
Week 1 - Hope (Scene 2)
Scene 2:
Christmas Scripture Reading Plan:
Gabriel Announces the Birth to Mary
Luke 1:26-38; Psalm 89:1-4
It is amazing to imagine the scene: Mary is a young teenager, and an angel of God appears and begins to talk with her! Gabriel comes with a message from God that is, at first, frightening and unbelievable. Mary is told not to be afraid – I think we would all be afraid if we were her. And she is told she will give birth to the Messiah even though she is a virgin. Her side of the story is incredible enough, but it is part of God’s larger plan. His people had hoped for centuries for the Messiah, the Son of David, to come and take the throne of God. Now, he is coming. Their hope will be fulfilled.
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It is important that in all these Old Testament promises about the coming of the Messiah, God’s people are facing enemies and an uncertain future. Every time, they need hope. In each passage we read, God promises His people that he will bring them salvation by the birth of their Messiah. The New Testament takes these important passages and reminds us of them at the birth of Jesus Christ.
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