Luke 1:26-38
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, 27 to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. 28 Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!”
29 Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. 30 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!”
34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”
35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. 36 What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she’s now in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God.”
38 Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.
Let’s not miss the importance of this part of the overall Christmas story. The sin nature passes to every man or woman by the seed of the man. It required a miraculous birth … the virgin birth … for their to be a perfectly sinless sacrifice. The Old Testament sacrifices covered the sins of the people for a season … a period of time. The Lamb of God … the Son of God … the only sinless One … Jesus Christ … takes away the sin of everyone who believes for all eternity.
That is why the virgin birth is so important!
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