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November/December 2008 Jim Showers

The Message and the Maiden

The angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she would bear the Son of God became the formal announcement of the Incarnation (Lk. 1:26–38). Beginning in Genesis 3, Old Testament prophecies unfolded of a coming Redeemer. Then, in Luke 1, God sent His messenger to tell an unsuspecting Jewish girl that the time had come for God the Son to become flesh (Gal. 4:4). Jesus’ birth is a remarkabl

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Jim Showers is the executive director and president of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry.

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