Luke 1:26-38
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Matthew 5:17-20
Jesus Fulfills the Bible
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus was born into the family of Mary and Joseph...His Mother is Mary and she was a virgin, who was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit... An angel said to Mary before she had her Son, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God...You will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you are to call Him Jesus...He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High...The LORD God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; His kingdom will never end.”
The One that was born in a manger would be the One to fulfill the Bible...
He came from a poor family and rose to a position where many people think that He is divine...And He left earth at a young age via the cross...He personally left few and little traces of Him...He never wrote an article or book...He did not marry or have children...To our knowledge He carried few, if any, things around as He went about teaching...Yet, He is still much remembered today...
One might think He was always carrying a Bible around with Him...But I have not read this in the gospels (that He carried around a Bible)...But He knew the Bible word for word...He spoke about the Law of Moses and the Prophet Books...And He is often quoting the Bible...So He did know the Bible like no other person...And His knowledge of God and the Bible make Him unique and exclusive...In fact, He said that He did not come to abolish the Law or Prophet Books, but He came to fulfill the Bible...Jesus is the Bible...
And through the Bible and the New Testament He is still teaching today...His words will never pass...And as one reads the Bible, we get a part of Him, and He continues on through our knowing Him and His Holy Spirit...He continues on through His LOVE, His mercy, His forgiveness, His Truth, and His grace...And His Kingdom that He reigns over still has not ended...His Kingdom will never end...