God did not send Christ to us - God came to us in Christ.
“In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, ‘Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!’ Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean, ‘Don’t be afraid, Mary,’ the angel told her, ‘for you have found favor with God!’”
Luke 1:26-30, NLT
“…the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel which means ‘God is with us’”.
Isaiah 7:14
God gives Mary 7 gifts:
1. She will become pregnant.
Verse 31,
“You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.”
2. She will give birth to a son.
“…it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.”
Hebrews 2:17-18
3. His name will be Jesus.
“And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:21
“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ and I am the worst of them all.”
1 Timothy 1:15
“There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12
4. He will be great.
“For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.”
Psalm 47:2
“God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command.”
Hebrews 1:2-3
5. He will be the Son of the Most High.
Verse 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.”
“This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
Matthew 3:17
6. His kingdom will never end.
Verse 33,
“And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!”
“For when you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong. He is the one who will build a house – a temple for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.”
2 Samuel 7:12-13
Verse 34
“Mary asked the angel, ‘But how can this happen? I am a virgin.’”
7. He will be the Holy One.
Verse 35a
“The angel replied, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.”
“Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.”
Exodus 40:34
Verse 35b
“So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.”
Verse 36
“What’s more, your relative Elizabeth, has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.”
Verse 37, CEV
“Nothing is impossible for God!”
Verse 38
“Mary responded, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.’ And then the angel left her.”
