- Luke 1:27-38 – Mary visit
- Mary was a virgin, important that she was a virgin, she did not remain a virgin indefinitely.
- Mark 6:3 – shows that she at least had seven other children.
- Mary was a virgin at the point of giving birth to Jesus Christ.
- Proverbs 3:1-4
- The angel tells her that she will give birth to Jesus all while a virgin:
- He shall be great.
- Son of the Most High
- He will be given the throne of His Father David
- He will reign over the house of Jacob forever.
- His Kingdom will never end.
- 2 Samuel 7:11-12
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
- Matthew 1:20
- We read in Genesis 1, that everything reproduces after it’s own kind.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
- Jesus had to be of a different seed, a different kind.
- Shepherds – Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 2:4-20
- Luke 2:4-20
- Mary gave birth in Bethlehem while they were going to pay taxes.
- here then came a multitude of heavenly hosts singing praises.
- Further reading about angelic
- Genesis 28:12
- Genesis 31:1-2
- Mary kept these things and pondered them referring to all that was told to her by the angels, Elizabeth, and Shepherds.
- What do we ponder because we have Jesus every day with us?
- Matthew 1:18-25
- Isaiah 7:14 fulfilled.
- Verse 25 – Jesus was her firstborn, this was noted by Matthew also because it was known Mary had other children.
- Wisemen – Matthew 2:1-12
- We also read the beginning in verse 13 of where the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph about needing to flee to Egypt because Herod would want to kill Jesus.
Bible Study – The Birth of Jesus
by
Tags: