A Christmas Fortnight???  A Word from THE WORD!!! #296

Due to an injury to my finger, I’m not very able to type right now, so I will be sharing a series of Christmas Fortnight articles from the past.  I pray that they will be a blessing to you.

Bible Ballistics: BBs #117  A Christmas Fortnight-Angelic Messengers!!!

The birth of our Lord Jesus Christ was a supernatural event.  God stepped into time and became man.  Why would he do this?  Because HE loved us and as scripture reveals in Hebrews 2:14-18:

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers

of flesh and blood,

he also himself likewise

took part of the same;

that through death he might destroy him ‘

that had the power of death,

that is, the devil;

15 And deliver them who through fear of death

were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;

but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him

 to be made like unto his brethren,

that he might be a merciful

and faithful high priest

in things pertaining to God,

to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted,

he is able to succour them that are tempted.”

He can comfort YOU!!!

He was born to die: to take on flesh and blood for you and me– to pay the debt of sin that we owe and give us eternal life through the cross.  HE WAS BORN TO DIE FOR ME!!!  And that’s cause to celebrate!  God made all this known to the parties involved through angelic messengers.  This God who hadn’t spoken openly for over 300 years, now stepped into time and humanity and announced this great event through His angelic messengers.  They were sent to three special, chosen, particular people who would play a part in God’s great unveiling.  Just regular, every day, godly servants of the Most High God—chosen to receive messages from God Himself.  Ponder on these things as we celebrate the birth of our Lord.

Luke 1:11-13, “And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord

standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 And when Zacharias saw him,

he was troubled,

and fear fell upon him.

13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias:

for thy prayer is heard;

and thy wife Elisabeth

shall bear thee a son,

and thou shalt call his name John.”

A birth announcement to an elderly father-to-be!!!  Amazing!

Luke 1:26-29, “And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel

was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,

named Nazareth,

27 To a virgin

espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,

of the house of David;

and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said,

Hail, thou that art highly favoured,

the Lord is with thee:

blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him,

she was troubled at his saying,

and cast in her mind

what manner of salutation this should be.”

A birth announcement to a young virgin girl engaged to be married.

Matthew 1:19-21, “Then Joseph her husband,

being a just man,

and not willing to make her a public example,

was minded to put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold,

the angel of the Lord appeared unto him

in a dream, saying,

Joseph, thou son of David,

fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:

for that which is conceived in her

is of the Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a son,

and thou shalt call his name Jesus:

for he shall save his people from their sins.”

Confirmation to a righteous and gentle man in the midst of a dilemma, of God’s will for his life, Mary’s life and her child’s.

While we don’t generally see ‘angelic’ messengers, the same God who spoke then, speaks to hearts and lives today.  Whatever HE is speaking to your heart, won’t you listen?

Amen and Amen!!!