But an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. When Mary’s betrothed, Joseph, heard about the baby he was concerned, because he was not yet married to Mary. This boy was to become John the Baptist and would baptize believers in the River Jordan in order to prepare them for the coming of the Son of God.Ĭhristians celebrate John the Baptist to this day, for giving us the ritual of baptism through which Christians may be forgiven of their inherent sinfulness and prepared to receive the love of God. Elizabeth already knew about Mary’s visitation from Gabriel, and the baby she was to bear.Įlizabeth also knew that her long-awaited son was to be called John, and had been chosen by God to foretell the coming of Jesus since an angel had also visited her husband Zechariah. When Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth and Zechariah her husband, she found that it was as the angel had said. John the Baptistīefore leaving Mary’s side, Gabriel explained that Mary’s cousin Elizabeth had been blessed with a long-awaited pregnancy and that this baby boy was chosen by God to prepare the way for Mary’s baby Jesus. This was a difficult thing for a young, unmarried woman to do and Mary has been praised by Christians through the ages for her obedience and trust in God. Afraid and vulnerable, Mary told the angel that she would place her trust in God.
The angel decreed that Jesus was to be the son of God himself. He said that God had blessed and chosen her, and that he would send her a baby boy for her to deliver. He blessed her and told her, “God is pleased with you”. One day, God sent the angel Gabriel to see Mary. Mary was a virgin and a religious and obedient young woman. She was betrothed to be married to a man in that town called Joseph. Mary lived in the town of Nazareth, in the northern part of Judea.
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