The Events Leading Up to Jesus’ Birth
When did man, as we know man, really start? Our faith tells us it started with Adam and Eve. God gave instructions to Adam and then to Eve. However, temptations set upon them and they made a bad choice.
The angel Gabriel, said to Zechariah, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13, NIV). Zechariah was told that his wife Elizabeth, who was unable to bear children, was going to have a son. Elizabeth and Zechariah were well beyond childbearing age, this caused Zechariah to question how this could be. Gabriel responded, “I’m Gabriel! I stand in God’s presence. God sent me to tell you this good news. But because you didn’t believe what I said, you will be unable to talk until the day this happens. Everything will come true at the right time” (Luke 1:19-20, NIV). Zechariah and Elizabeth are the parents of John the Baptist and Elizabeth is also Mary’s cousin.
Sixth months later, Gabriel came to Mary to tell her she would have a baby boy and would name him Jesus. Gabriel said to Mary, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be …show more content…
How can one rate what teaching of Jesus is superior over another? All were powerful under the situation of the event. Trying to describe the bible in a paragraph or two is something that cannot be done, that is similar to rating the teachings of Jesus. From reading the Bible and listening to others I think the major teaching of Jesus can be summed up in the phrase, “Love your neighbor as yourself”. If everyone took that phrase to heart and practiced it, what a great and peaceful world we would live in. The Bible describes many events of Jesus’s life but most can revert back to the phrase of “Love your neighbor as
When did man, as we know man, really start? Our faith tells us it started with Adam and Eve. God gave instructions to Adam and then to Eve. However, temptations set upon them and they made a bad choice.
The angel Gabriel, said to Zechariah, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13, NIV). Zechariah was told that his wife Elizabeth, who was unable to bear children, was going to have a son. Elizabeth and Zechariah were well beyond childbearing age, this caused Zechariah to question how this could be. Gabriel responded, “I’m Gabriel! I stand in God’s presence. God sent me to tell you this good news. But because you didn’t believe what I said, you will be unable to talk until the day this happens. Everything will come true at the right time” (Luke 1:19-20, NIV). Zechariah and Elizabeth are the parents of John the Baptist and Elizabeth is also Mary’s cousin.
Sixth months later, Gabriel came to Mary to tell her she would have a baby boy and would name him Jesus. Gabriel said to Mary, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be …show more content…
How can one rate what teaching of Jesus is superior over another? All were powerful under the situation of the event. Trying to describe the bible in a paragraph or two is something that cannot be done, that is similar to rating the teachings of Jesus. From reading the Bible and listening to others I think the major teaching of Jesus can be summed up in the phrase, “Love your neighbor as yourself”. If everyone took that phrase to heart and practiced it, what a great and peaceful world we would live in. The Bible describes many events of Jesus’s life but most can revert back to the phrase of “Love your neighbor as