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Luke 1 Gabriel The Angel, Birth of John and
Jesus
Luke 1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to
set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely
believed among us,
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Luke means Light Giver
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Luke was an medical doctor
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Believed = which have been fully accomplished,
in fulfillment of prophetic announcement
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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I want to get this right, from the beginning,
from the birth or ministry of the Lord
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus,
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Theophilus means Beloved of God
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From the very first = from above
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Having had perfect understanding = having followed up accurately
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Moreover, having understood them "from above", he necessarily understood
them from the very beginning, as well as perfectly, or accurately.
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou
hast been instructed.
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Mightest know = get to have full knowledge
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain
priest
named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
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Zacharias = Zachariah =
means Remember of God
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Courses of
Abia = 24 courses of the priests, 6 months
aparts, Abia means eights
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1 Chronicles 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz,
the eighth to Abijah,
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Our calendar =
June 15 to June 19
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Eight meaning new beginning
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Elisabeth was an Levi a daughter of Aaron.
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The female
descendants of Aaron always married priests.
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Elisabeth was Mary first Cousin
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they
both were now well stricken in years.
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Elisabeth birth
John, the promise seemed to come too late
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Mary birth Jesus, the promise seemed to
come too early
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before
God in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn
incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
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This time = June 13-19
= is the course of Abia
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Burn incense, smoke going up, everyone wanted to be there,
because it was the time their prays would go up to God.
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the
time of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the
right side of the altar of incense.
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Verse 19, This angel was Gabriel
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Gabriel means man of God
12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
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Hebrew origin = OT:2148 =
Zacharias = Zechariah
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.
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Zacharias = Zachariah
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Gabriel told Zachariah
his wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and
thou shalt call his name John.
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John means God gift or God sheweth Favour
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his
birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the
Holy
Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
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Strong drink, any intoxicating drink not from
grapes.
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Holy Spirit or power from on high
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Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of
Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in
the land of Benjamin:
2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days
of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the
thirteenth year of his reign.
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the
eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king
of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem
captive in the fifth month.
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I
knew thee; and before thou camest forth
out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot
speak: for I am a child.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their
God.
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With His teaching, there will be many to know
the truth
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He came in the spirit of Elijah
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Elias = Elijah
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The spirit, the powerful spirit
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Disobedient = unbelieving
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Did it said, John was Elijah?
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No, he shall go before him
in the spirit and power of Elijah
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Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the
heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth
with a curse.
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John came in the spirit of Elijah
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Matthew 11 if the people would of receive Jesus, he would of been Elijah
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I
am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
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Zachariah was question
Gabriel, he didn't believe
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Zachariah was a Levite
priest, he has been praying for this
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Once Gabriel told him, he didn't believe
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For I am an old man, To Zechariah the promise
seemed to come too late
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For Mary too early, for she was not married.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in
the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee
these glad tidings.
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Gabriel = The mighty man of God
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Gabriel the mighty man of God, The messenger of
the Restoration, as Michael is the messenger of
Israel's deliverance from judgment. (Revelation
12:7) (Daniel 10:13-31)
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Am = was
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Shew = announce.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day
that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my
words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
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Thou shalt be dumb - Continuous silence
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To performed = come to pass
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Believest not = didst not believe
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Gabriel speaks to Daniel 9 = This would be about
400 years before Gabriel speaks to
Zachariah
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Daniel 9:21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
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22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now
come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
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23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and
I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.
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24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
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25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so
long in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they
perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto
them, and remained speechless.
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Because he didn't believe, he could not speak
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Zachariah was Levite
priest, he has been praying for this
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Beckoned = kept making signs
23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration
were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
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About 40 miles away, it took him about two days
to get home, June 20
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He didn't get home until
June 22
24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself
five months, saying,
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Elisabeth means The oath of God
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Elisabeth conceived, hid herself 5 months.
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Elisabeth time would be around November 24
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The conception of John
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days
wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a
city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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Sixth months, After the vision of Zechariah,
this is the passage which gives John's age six
months older than the Lord's.
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App 179,
the birth of Jesus
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John was born March =
6 months older
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The fact of the Birth of our Lord having been
revealed to the shepherds by the Archangel
Michael on the 15th of Tisri (or Ethanim),
corresponding to September 29, 4 B.C. - the
first day of the Feast of Tabernacles - must
have been known to believers in the Apostolic
Age.
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But "the mystery of iniquity" which was "already
working" in Paul's day quickly enshrouded this
and the other great fact of the day of the
Lord's "begetting" on the first day of the
Jewish month Tebeth (corresponding to December
25, 5 B.C.) - as well as other events connected
with His sojourn on earth, - in a rising
mist of obscurity in which they have ever since
been lost.
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Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked
be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with
the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him (Christ), whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved.
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
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Mary means = a tear = she was a virgin
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Mary's mother was of the tribe of Levi, was of the
priest line and and Mary father was of the tribe of Judah
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Luke 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she
hath also conceived a son in her old age: and
this is the sixth month with her, who was called
barrel.
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Espoused = betrothed
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A year before marriage, Matthew 1:18
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Luke 3:
Mary father was of the house of David, The tribe
of Judah
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Joseph was of the house of David, The tribe of
Judah
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Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus
Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Jesus being King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and
behold a white horse; and he
that sat upon him was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness he doth judge and
make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many crowns;
and he had a name written, that no man knew, but
he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is
called The Word of God. 14 And the
armies which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean. 15 And out
of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it
he should smite the nations: and
he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his
thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw
an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with
a loud voice, saying to all the fowls
that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather
yourselves together unto the supper of
the great God;
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.
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Highly favoured = Thou having been graced by God
= endued with grace
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Mary believed
Gabriel
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his
saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
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Mary believed
Gabriel, but she didn't understand how this was going
to happen
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Mary was of the tribe of Judah and Levites
priest
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Can you see the different,
She asking, how can this be, she believed but
didn't know how it was going to happen.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name JESUS.
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Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of
David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men,
but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Immanuel means God (El) with Us
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God with us, Saviour
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Note the four statements of the angel, combining
the four key-texts of the four Gospels.
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Bring forth a Son, His name Jesus, The Son of
the Highest and He shall reign.
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Thou shalt conceive = forthwith conceive.
The Tense marks a future action, the beginning
of which in relation to future time is past, but
the consequences of which still continue.
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Luke 31:32, emphasizing each detail. Note the
four statements of the angel, combining the four
key = texts of the four Gospels.
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Thou shalt . . . bring forth a Son: "Behold the
Man".
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Thou shalt call His name Jesus: " Behold My
Servant".
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He shall be great . . . the Son of the Highest
(v. 32) " Behold your God".
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He shall reign, etc. (v. 33) " Behold thy
King".
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Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall
save his people from their sins.
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Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I
to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and
observed him: I am like
a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit
found.
9 Who is wise, and he shall
understand these things? prudent, and
he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are
right, and the just shall walk in them: but the
transgressors shall fall therein
32 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:
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He shall be great, Marks the break in the
Dispensations, being yet future.
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Jesus will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords
(Revelation 11, 7th trump)
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The key of David, he was of the tribe of Judah
and Levi of the priest line = King of Kings and
Lord of Lords
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Elisabeth and Mary cousin, Mary cousin Elisabeth,
was of the daughter of Aaron
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Elisabeth mother and Mary mother were sisters of
the tribe of the Levi of the priest line
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Luke 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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Matthew 1:20 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 Spirit.
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his
kingdom there shall be no end.
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Forever, Jacob: Put for all the natural seed of
all the tribes of Israel.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a
man?
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She asking, how can this be, she believed, but
didn't know how it was going to happen.
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Mary's answer shows how she understood the
angel's promise.
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She does not question the fact, as Zechariah did
verse 18, but only inquires as to how.
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To Mary the promise seems too early, as to
Zacharias too late.
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Seeing = since
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Know = come to know
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Spirit shall come
upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son
of God.
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By the Holy Spirit, shall come upon thee her,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
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Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of
David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men,
but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Immanuel means God (El) with Us
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in
her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called
barren.
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Elisabeth Conception of John = June 23-24 -
Birth of John = March 28-29
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6 months beginning, the conception of Jesus
began on December 25, birth date of Jesus
= September 29
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Mary conception date - June 24,
There's nothing wrong with celebrating Jesus
birth on December 25, because Christ our Lord
was with us.
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Who said this?
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The angel
Gabriel
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Mary father was of the tribe of Judah, Luke 3,
goes back to Adam, which Christ would come.
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Luke 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the
son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of
David,
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Christ came through Nathan, son of David
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Nathan, In Matthew 1:6, the regal line is shown
through Solomon.
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Thus both lines became united in Joseph: and
thus the Lord being raised from the dead is the
one and only heir to the throne of David.
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Mary genealogy goes back, all the way to the
beginning "Adam son Seth
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Mary mother of the tribe of Levi, the
priests
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Elizabeth, who was of the
tribe of Levi and of the lineage of Aaron.
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Elisabeth and Mary cousin, Mary cousin Elisabeth,
was of the daughter of Aaron
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Elisabeth mother and Mary mother was sisters of
the tribe of the Levi of the priest line
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Mary of the tribe of Judah, Mary father was of
the tribe of Judah and Mary mother of the
tribe of the Levi of the priest line.
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Jesus would be King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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Luke 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about
thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the
son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which
was the
son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which
was the son of Janna, which was the son of
Joseph.
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She had a sister, named,
like herself, and she was connected by marriage,
with Elizabeth, who was of the tribe of Levi and
of the lineage of Aaron.
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The Festival of "Michael and All Angels" is held
on September 29 abundantly clear.
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Our Lord was born on that day, the first day of
the "Feast of Tabernacles"
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Leviticus 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, when ye have gathered in the
fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto
the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a
Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a
Sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the
boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees,
and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord
your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord
seven days in the year. It shall be a statute
for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate
it in the seventh month.
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This was on the fifteenth day of the seventh
Jewish month called Tisri, or Ethanim
corresponding to our September 29 (of the year 4
B.C.)
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The "Begetting" (genesis) Day of the Lord was
announced by the Angel Gabriel.
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The "Birth" Day, by "(the) Angel of the Lord",
unnamed in either Matthew and Luke.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and
saluted Elisabeth.
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Entered, A detail, to emphasize the fact, by
which she recognized the truth of the sign of
verse 36.
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Zachariah
41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit:
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The babe leaped in her womb;
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Because the Holy Spirit was of God
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When does life begin?
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Elisabeth 6 months
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to
me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears,
the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
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The babe leaped in my womb
for joy
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Ask yourself,
When does the baby become alive?
45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me
blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his
name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in
the imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low
degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent
empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own
house.
57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should
be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
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280 days = 40 weeks - forty
sevens, the perfect
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Period of human gestation =
7x5x8=280
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The Component Numbers of
280 are highly
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Significant in this
connection.
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7 denotes Spiritual
Perfection.
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5 denotes Divine Grace.
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8 denotes Resurrection,
Regeneration, etc.
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(Appendix 10).
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1st TEBETH = 25th December
(5 B.C.)
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15th ETHANIM = 29th
September (4 B.C.).
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From 1st TEBETH to 15th
ETHANIM (inclusive) = 280 days.
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From 25th DECEMBER (5 B.C
.) to 29th = SEPTEMBER (4 B.C.) = 280 days.
58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed
great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise
the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called
John.
61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called
by this name.
62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is
John. And they marvelled all.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his
tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these
sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying,
What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with
him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and
prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and
redeemed
his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his
servant David;
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Ezekiel 29:21 In that day will I cause the horn
of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will
give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst
of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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Psalms 132:12 If thy children will keep my
covenant and my testimony that I shall teach
them, their children shall also sit upon thy
throne for evermore.
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been
since
the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and
from the hand of all
that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand
of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou
shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of
their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on
high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of
death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the
deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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