Category: The Life of Jesus Christ

HIS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION The testimony of the disciples who witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and afterward encountered their rising Lord has confirmed the resurrection of Jesus to be a historical truth. This is confirmed by the Apostle Paul, who claims that around 500 brothers saw Jesus at once before He went into Heaven and that he, too, saw the Lord as “one born out of due time” after Jesus’ ascension ([1 Corinthians:15:5-8]). In the hours after His crucifixion and before the appearances He made to them in the days leading up to His ascension, much doubt lingered in the hearts of

ANGEL GABRIEL’S VISIT TO THE PARENTS OF JESUS Mary The same archangel appeared to a devout, dedicated, and humble Galilean woman with the most crucial message of all. She was a virgin who had been betrothed to a man named Joseph. God’s message assured her that she was blessed and that the Lord was with her. She wanted to know how the things she’d been told would come to pass, not out of doubt, but so she could know God’s will for her and what she needed to do to carry it out. She was informed that the Holy Spirit

Luke 1:1-38; Matthew 1:18-25 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:” Luke 1:32 INTRODUCTION The Predictions Before His Birth It’s been nearly 400 years since Israel received the last angelic pronouncement or prophesy. It had been a long time since God had manifested Himself in this way on behalf of His chosen people. Gabriel, the archangel, appeared to the Prophet Daniel with a word from God concerning the captivity, which was the last documented angelic apparition. At the moment, Gabriel