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 All right, well, two weeks ago, we began a new sermon series in the Gospel of Luke.

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 And we looked at Luke's introduction to his Gospel account.

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 We talked about his purpose in writing.

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 It was so that Theophilus and others might have a well-ordered account of what happened with Jesus.

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 And it was also so that we might have certainty of the things that we've been taught about Jesus.

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 In Luke's own words, even though he himself was not from the first an eyewitness,

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 he later carefully investigated everything from the beginning.

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 And we heard two weeks ago from Luke about where the first signs of God at work began to take place.

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 It all started with Zechariah, the priest, at the temple of the Lord.

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 God sent his angel, Gabriel, to appear to Zechariah in the holy place at the temple in Jerusalem.

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 And the angel brought good news from God.

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 Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, would have a son.

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 And they were to name that son John.

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 And John would be great in the sight of the Lord.

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 He would be someone to cause great joy for many people.

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 He would come in the manner of Elijah, the prophet from long ago,

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 meaning that he would do similar things to what Elijah did,

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 which was to call people to repent and to turn back to God and to God's ways.

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 And we heard two weeks ago that Zechariah did not believe the angel's words.

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 He and his wife were elderly and Elizabeth had been barren and unable to conceive.

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 And because of his unbelief, Zechariah was given this disciplinary consequence

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 of becoming mute and unable to speak until the birth of John.

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 And just as the angel had declared, Zechariah's barren and elderly wife conceived.

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 She became pregnant.

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 And this was the first sign, the first indication that God was on the move.

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 An angelic messenger, a miraculous conception,

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 and a priest who lost his speech in the hill country of Judea.

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 Well, the months went by and Elizabeth's baby bump began to grow.

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 She came to the sixth month of her pregnancy, third trimester about to begin.

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 And at this time, Luke tells us of another supernatural sign,

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 another angelic encounter, another message of a coming child.

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 Let me read it for you from Luke chapter 1, verse 26.

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 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth,

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 a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph,

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 a descendant of David.

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 The virgin's name was Mary.

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 So the same angel, Gabriel, the same one that said to Zechariah,

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 I am Gabriel.

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 I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you

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 and to tell you this good news.

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 God sends that same angel now to Nazareth, a town in Galilee.

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 Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, they lived in the hill country of Judea,

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 which was in that southern part of Israel, down around the same area as Jerusalem.

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 The capital city was located.

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 But Nazareth was way up north in the region of Galilee,

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 a little south and a little west of the Sea of Galilee,

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 a very small, inconsequential town in the northern hill country of Galilee.

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 And Luke tells us that there in Galilee was a virgin

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 who was pledged to be married to a man named Joseph.

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 The word for virgin here means more than simply young woman.

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 This word was often used very specifically to refer to a young woman of marriageable age

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 who had never been with a man.

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 And that this is meant is confirmed later by Mary's own words.

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 We're going to get to that in a minute.

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 The other detail that Luke highlights here is the family lineage of Joseph,

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 the man that Mary is pledged to be married to.

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 Luke says that he was a descendant of David,

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 that is, King David, who lived a thousand years before this.

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 And this too we're going to see the significance of in just a moment.

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 So here's this couple.

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 They're living in Nazareth.

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 They're not yet married.

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 In our word today we might say engaged.

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 They're engaged.

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 In the Jewish culture of that day,

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 engagement was much more than it is in our day and in our culture.

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 They actually had the legal status of being husband and wife

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 during that period leading up to the wedding.

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 And then for them to break off that betrothal was the equivalent of a divorce.

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 Nevertheless, they had not yet had the wedding.

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 They had not yet had the consummation.

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 And they were still living chaste lives apart from one another.

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 And all this is implied in that word betrothed,

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 or pledged to be married, as the translation on screen says.

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 So God sends Gabriel to Mary there in Nazareth.

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 The angel went to her and said,

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 Greetings, you who are highly favored.

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 The Lord is with you.

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 Mary was greatly troubled at his words

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 and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

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 But the angel said to her,

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 Do not be afraid, Mary.

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 You have found favor with God.

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 Can you imagine this?

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 Can you imagine what it would have been like in those moments for Mary?

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 An angel appears to her,

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 seemingly out of nowhere,

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 and begins to speak.

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 Luke says that Mary was greatly troubled,

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 thoroughly startled, shaken.

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 And it's almost like she's just sort of caught in this moment,

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 wondering what's happening here,

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 unsure of what's going on.

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 Luke says she was wondering

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 what kind of greeting this might be.

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 We see in the words of the angel

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 that she was indeed afraid.

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 The angel said,

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 Fear not, or do not be afraid, Mary.

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 And then this statement,

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 You have found favor with God.

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 Two times the angel refers to this, or says this.

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 At the beginning, he says,

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 You are highly favored.

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 Greetings, you who are highly favored.

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 And then at the end,

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 You have found favor with God.

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 This phrase,

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 found favor,

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 others have noted that this was a Hebrew figure of speech

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 that was often used in the Old Testament.

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 It may refer here to how Mary is a person of true faith.

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 It may refer to,

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 or imply that up till now,

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 she has lived well in the sight of God.

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 And so as a result of that,

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 has God's favor or pleasure.

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 But more likely,

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 the main emphasis here

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 is not so much on how Mary has lived up until now.

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 More likely, the main emphasis is about

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 what God is about to give her

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 and do with her in the present

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 and in the immediate future.

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 She is highly favored

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 because she has been chosen by God

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 for something exceedingly special.

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 That word translated favor

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 is often translated elsewhere as grace.

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 It's actually the same word.

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 And it has mainly to do with the giving of a gift.

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 Not because the recipient is so deserving,

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 but because the giver is truly gracious.

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 And generous

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 and kind.

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 In fact, we often define that word grace

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 as unmerited favor.

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 That's most likely what is meant here.

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 You have found favor with God.

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 I don't think it means that God is so pleased

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 with Mary's faith and performance

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 that he's about to give her a reward.

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 I think it means that she's about to know

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 and experience

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 the deep and rich generosity

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 of the Lord who gives.

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 In a very abundant way

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 because of what God is about to do with her.

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 What does the angel say next

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 to explain this favor or grace

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 that is coming her way?

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 Verse 31.

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 Mary,

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 you will conceive

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 and give birth to a son

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 and you are to call him

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 Jesus.

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 He will be great

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 and will be called the son of the most high.

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 The Lord God will give him the throne

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 of his father, David.

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 And he will reign

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 over Jacob's descendants

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 forever.

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 His kingdom

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 will never end.

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 So Mary,

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 this is the favor

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 or grace of God

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 that you were about to receive

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 and know

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 you're going to have a baby boy.

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 You're going to conceive

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 and give birth to a son

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 and the name of your son,

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 you shall call him

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus is the Greek equivalent

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 of that Hebrew,

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 Yeshua

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 or Joshua

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 which means

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 Yahweh saves.

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 The Lord saves.

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 And then the angel

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 goes on to tell Mary

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 about who her son

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 will be

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 and what he will do.

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 And

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 this must have

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 utterly

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 blown

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 Mary's

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 mind

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 and heart

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 away.

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 your son

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 Mary

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 will be

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 great

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 and will be

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 called

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 the son

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 of the most

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 high.

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 The most

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 high

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 is one of the names

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 of God himself.

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 It was one of the ways

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 that God was referred to

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 in ancient times

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 as far back

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 as the days

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 of Abraham.

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 Maybe you remember

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 the story of

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 when Melchizedek

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 the priest

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 of God

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 most

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 high

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 came

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 and blessed

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 Abraham.

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 He was referred to

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 there as

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 the creator

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 of heaven

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 and earth.

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 And now

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 here is Gabriel

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 telling Mary

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 that her

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 son

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 will be

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 called

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 the son

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 of the

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 most

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 high.

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 Imagine what

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 Mary must have

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 been thinking

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 in this

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 moment.

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 Like are you

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 saying that

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 my child

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 will be

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 the son

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 of

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 God?

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 But before

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 we even have

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 time to think

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 about what

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 that means

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 Gabriel

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 goes on

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 to say

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 more.

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 The Lord

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 will give

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 him the

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 son that

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 you will

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 bear.

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 The Lord

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 will give

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 him the

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 throne

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 of his

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 father

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 David

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 and he

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 will reign

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 over Jacob's

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 descendants

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 forever.

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 his kingdom

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 will never

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 end.

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 Probably the

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 first thing

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 Mary understood

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 from these

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 words

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 is that the

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 angel was

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 telling her

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 that her

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 son would

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 be

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 the long

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 awaited

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 Messiah.

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 The great

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 king whom

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 God had

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 promised.

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 That's probably

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 the first thing

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 she would have

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 thought of.

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 The fulfillment

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 of all that

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 God had

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 promised to

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 King David

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 a thousand

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 years

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 earlier.

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 The reestablishment

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 of David's

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 kingdom

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 through one

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 of his

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 flesh and

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 blood

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 descendants.

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 Gabriel

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 saying that

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 promise of

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 God made

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 long ago

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 all the

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 promises made

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 concerning that

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 kingdom are

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 going to be

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 kept through

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 the son that

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 you will

00:13:00.099 --> 00:13:00.399
 bear.

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 Mary

00:13:01.419 --> 00:13:04.779
 your son

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 will be

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 the son

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 of David

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 who sits

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 on his

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 throne

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 and reigns

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 over that

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 kingdom.

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 But then

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 here's another

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 mind-blowing

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 thing.

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 Your son

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 the son

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.559
 you will

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 conceive

00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.439
 the son

00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:24.679
 you will

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 give birth

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 to Mary

00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.000
 he will

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 reign

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:29.539
 forever.

00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:32.500
 His

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 kingdom

00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:33.159
 will

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 never

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 end.

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 Like just

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 imagine that

00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.139
 you are

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 Mary for

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 a moment

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 here.

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 Like it's

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 one thing

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.379
 to be the

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 mother of

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 a king

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 that part

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 we can wrap

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 our heads

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 around.

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 Okay

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 I'm going

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 to be the

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 mother of

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 the Messiah

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 the greatest

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 king to

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 ever live.

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 But up

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 until this

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 point in

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 human history

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 there has

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 not been

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 a human

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 king

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 who has

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 reigned

00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:02.860
 forever.

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 Every

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 human king

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 has eventually

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 died.

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 More often

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 than not

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 even the

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 greatest and

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 best of

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 kingdoms has

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 fallen

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 and failed

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 following the

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 death of a

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 great king.

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 Now there

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 were some

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 exceptions

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 some kingdoms

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 passed on

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 to the

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 sun and

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 some for

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 many generations

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 some ancient

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 dynasties

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 lasted a good

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 many generations

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 but all

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 of them

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 have

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 eventually

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 faltered

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 and failed.

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 Even the

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 kingdom of

00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:38.659
 David

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 by all

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 outward

00:14:40.339 --> 00:14:40.899
 appearances

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 has gone

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 this way.

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 The people

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 of Israel

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 and Judah

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 were ripped

00:14:45.079 --> 00:14:45.579
 out of

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.219
 their homeland

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 and taken

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 into exile

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 by the

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 Assyrians

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 and Babylonians

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 and since

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 coming back

00:14:53.319 --> 00:14:53.779
 the people

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 of Israel

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 have scarcely

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 known their

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 own sovereignty

00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:57.419
 like they had

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 before under

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:59.079
 King David

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 and King

00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.460
 Solomon.

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 They've been

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 living in

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 subservience

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.320
 to the

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 powers of

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 the day

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 whether it

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 be the

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 Greeks

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:09.139
 and now

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 the Romans.

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 They have a

00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.180
 king now

00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:13.580
 his name is

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:13.960
 Herod

00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.780
 but he's

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 kind of a

00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.259
 political puppet

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.820
 of the Roman

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 Empire.

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.080
 every human

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 king till

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.360
 now has

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 eventually

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 died

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 and every

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.160
 kingdom

00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:26.920
 the world

00:15:26.920 --> 00:15:27.360
 has ever

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.800
 seen

00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.740
 up until

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 this point

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 has eventually

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 fallen.

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 But Gabriel

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 comes from

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.200
 the presence

00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.680
 of God

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.120
 and says

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.620
 to Mary

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:37.100
 your son

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 will sit

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:38.640
 on the

00:15:38.640 --> 00:15:39.120
 throne of

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.480
 David

00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.680
 and reign

00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:44.140
 forever.

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:47.639
 his kingdom

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.799
 will never

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.620
 end.

00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.740
 The only

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.259
 way that

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:54.840
 this could

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.360
 be true

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.220
 is if

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.580
 somehow

00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:58.179
 Mary's

00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:58.799
 son becomes

00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.360
 the first

00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.120
 man ever

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.919
 the first

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.879
 king ever

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:03.179
 to overcome

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.639
 death

00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:07.120
 either to

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 never die

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:10.279
 or somehow

00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:11.159
 after dying

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.679
 to rise

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.019
 from the

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.279
 dead

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:14.259
 and then

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:14.459
 live

00:16:14.459 --> 00:16:14.839
 forever.

00:16:15.819 --> 00:16:16.500
 I'd love

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.860
 to know

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.279
 just what

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.720
 Mary was

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.240
 thinking as

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.679
 she heard

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.039
 this.

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.100
 The days

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.579
 and years

00:16:21.579 --> 00:16:22.259
 that followed

00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.679
 as she

00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.159
 pondered

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.579
 this.

00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.740
 This would

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.279
 take great

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.159
 faith to

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.579
 believe.

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.839
 Statistically

00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:29.720
 the chances

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.079
 of this

00:16:30.079 --> 00:16:30.379
 happening

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.899
 naturally

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.860
 are zero.

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.139
 Everybody

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.839
 dies.

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.100
 We could

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.559
 maybe point

00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.079
 to Elijah

00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:36.600
 the prophet

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.019
 who was

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.459
 caught up

00:16:37.459 --> 00:16:37.839
 to heaven

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.539
 by a

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:38.879
 chariot

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.379
 of fire

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.559
 before he

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.079
 died but

00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:42.240
 generally

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.039
 everybody

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:44.720
 dies and

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.120
 yet God

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.820
 says Mary

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:47.860
 your son

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.759
 will reign

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.639
 forever

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.720
 over a

00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:52.200
 kingdom that

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.620
 will never

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.980
 end.

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.019
 Now imagine

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.539
 you're Mary

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:56.919
 in this

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.220
 moment.

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.720
 What's your

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.620
 first question

00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:00.299
 for the

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.560
 angel?

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.900
 There were

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.400
 probably so

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.019
 many questions

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.400
 that she

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.759
 could have

00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.160
 asked.

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.960
 So many

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.299
 that she

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.819
 wanted to

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.319
 ask in

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.839
 this moment.

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.160
 And this

00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:13.400
 is the

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.720
 question

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.259
 that Mary

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:15.620
 chose to

00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:16.019
 ask.

00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.039
 How will

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.660
 this be?

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.740
 Mary asked

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.200
 the angel

00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:21.980
 since I'm

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.400
 a virgin.

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.620
 Of all the

00:17:25.620 --> 00:17:26.039
 things she

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.359
 could have

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:26.799
 asked,

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.579
 like are you

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.140
 saying that

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.880
 my son will

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.180
 be the

00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:30.559
 son of

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:30.940
 God?

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.200
 Are you

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.700
 saying that

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.440
 my son will

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.759
 be the

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.180
 Messiah?

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.980
 Are you

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.420
 saying that

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.140
 my son will

00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:38.779
 live forever?

00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:38.859
 forever?

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.839
 Yet there's

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.359
 no question

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:42.940
 of whether

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.519
 it will

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:43.980
 happen.

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:44.920
 This is

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.339
 not like

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.259
 Zachariah who

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.359
 expressed his

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.920
 disbelief with

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.740
 his question.

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.639
 The first

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.259
 question Mary

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.079
 asks has to

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.399
 do with

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:53.759
 how.

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.339
 Not if,

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.299
 not whether,

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.279
 but how.

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.259
 How will I

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.700
 conceive and

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.399
 give birth to

00:18:02.399 --> 00:18:03.079
 this child

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.359
 since I'm a

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.599
 virgin?

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:07.439
 Actually this

00:18:07.439 --> 00:18:08.139
 translation on

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:08.579
 screen is

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.079
 kind of giving

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.480
 us the

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.000
 dynamic

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.740
 equivalence.

00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.139
 It's

00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:12.579
 translating

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.279
 idea for

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:14.000
 idea, but

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.599
 let's hear the

00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:15.240
 word for word

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.839
 translation.

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.619
 Quite literally

00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.419
 Mary asks,

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.179
 how will

00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:18.839
 this be

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.959
 since I

00:18:19.959 --> 00:18:20.719
 have not

00:18:20.719 --> 00:18:22.399
 known a

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:22.699
 man?

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.219
 And that

00:18:25.219 --> 00:18:25.500
 phrase,

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:25.899
 known a

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.519
 man, is

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.519
 indeed a

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.919
 figure of

00:18:27.919 --> 00:18:28.419
 speech for

00:18:28.419 --> 00:18:28.839
 what you

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.480
 think it

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.759
 is.

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.139
 So she's

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.679
 asking the

00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.259
 angel about

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.919
 the logistics

00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:34.919
 of this.

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.000
 Since

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.919
 presently, by

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 the natural

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.759
 way of

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:40.039
 things, conceiving

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.480
 is biologically

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.219
 impossible.

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.759
 Like I've

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.240
 never been

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:45.219
 with Joseph

00:18:45.219 --> 00:18:46.339
 or any

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:46.919
 other man.

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 So like

00:18:50.399 --> 00:18:50.719
 is this

00:18:50.719 --> 00:18:50.980
 going to

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.919
 happen after

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.759
 Joseph and

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.439
 I have

00:18:53.439 --> 00:18:53.919
 the wedding?

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 Or

00:18:55.219 --> 00:18:57.319
 what?

00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:00.359
 The angel

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.819
 answered,

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.740
 the Holy

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.899
 Spirit will

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.459
 come upon

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.620
 you and

00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:06.200
 the power

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.740
 of the

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.460
 Most High

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.400
 will

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.200
 overshadow

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.559
 you.

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:11.279
 So the

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.920
 Holy One

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.340
 to be

00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.680
 born will

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 be called

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.920
 the Son

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:17.319
 of God.

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.779
 So the

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.440
 angel very

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.920
 clearly

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.900
 answers

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.539
 Mary's

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 question.

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.660
 The

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.100
 conception

00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.579
 of this

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:27.960
 Son is

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.460
 not going

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.920
 to happen

00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.840
 in the

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.240
 natural

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 way.

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 it's

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.439
 not going

00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:32.799
 to happen

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.299
 from you

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.919
 knowing

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.619
 a man

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.220
 Mary.

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.299
 This is

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 how it

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:36.980
 will happen.

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.579
 The Holy

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.319
 Spirit of

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.659
 God

00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:40.299
 will come

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.879
 upon you.

00:19:42.199 --> 00:19:42.799
 His

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.639
 power will

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.439
 overshadow

00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:44.819
 you,

00:19:45.699 --> 00:19:46.119
 causing

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.619
 you

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.859
 to

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.359
 conceive.

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.500
 This is

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.699
 going to

00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:53.079
 be a

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.659
 supernatural,

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.779
 miraculous

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:57.579
 conception

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:59.319
 with no

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.720
 human

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.139
 father.

00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.859
 God

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.279
 himself

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.779
 is going

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.259
 to make

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.799
 it happen

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.759
 in the

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.019
 womb.

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 And so

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:10.379
 therefore

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.179
 as a

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.639
 result

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.720
 the Holy

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.099
 One

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.519
 to be

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.899
 born

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:15.460
 will be

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:15.939
 called

00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:17.919
 rightly

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.480
 called

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.859
 the

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.199
 Son

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:22.720
 of God.

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:22.799
 God

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:27.620
 this

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:27.920
 was one

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.120
 of the

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.319
 first

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.600
 things

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.960
 Gabriel

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.519
 said to

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:30.700
 Mary

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.240
 just a

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.480
 moment

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.839
 before

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.160
 this

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.400
 that

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.579
 he

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:32.759
 would

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:32.940
 be

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.360
 called

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.920
 the

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.339
 Son

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.960
 of

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.180
 the

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.640
 Most

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.339
 High.

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.339
 What

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:41.740
 is Mary

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.160
 thinking?

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.500
 Like are

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.160
 you saying

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.700
 that people

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.200
 will call

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.480
 my

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.900
 child

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.160
 the

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.360
 Son

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.519
 of

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.900
 God?

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.180
 And

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.519
 with this

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.059
 explanation

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.480
 Gabriel

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.960
 is saying

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.600
 yes

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.279
 they will

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.740
 call him

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.019
 that

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.460
 and in

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.960
 reality

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.899
 that is

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:56.119
 what?

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.879
 That is

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.440
 who

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.980
 he will

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.240
 be.

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.480
 And at

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.920
 that moment

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.319
 I just

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.619
 sort of

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:02.980
 imagine

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.440
 Mary's

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:03.639
 eyes

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:03.980
 going

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.440
 wide.

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.440
 I

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.799
 imagine

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:06.940
 it

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.220
 because

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.440
 of what

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.599
 the

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.879
 angel

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.220
 says

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.759
 next.

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.759
 What

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:10.859
 the

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.059
 angel

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.379
 says

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.720
 next

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:11.980
 seems

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.160
 to

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.559
 offer

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.339
 assurance

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.700
 that

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.059
 God

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.279
 can

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.460
 in

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.660
 fact

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:14.920
 do

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.259
 this

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.660
 thing

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:15.879
 that

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.059
 is

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.399
 seemingly

00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.180
 impossible.

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.599
 The

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:18.839
 angel

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.259
 says

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.559
 even

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.039
 Elizabeth

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.359
 your

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.759
 relative

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.299
 is going

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.660
 to have

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:22.819
 a

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.259
 child

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.799
 in

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:23.960
 her

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.279
 old

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.779
 age

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.339
 and

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.680
 she

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:27.980
 who

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.160
 is

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.379
 said

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.680
 to be

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:28.920
 unable

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.180
 to

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.619
 conceive

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:29.940
 is in

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.099
 her

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.480
 sixth

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.960
 month

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.940
 for

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.220
 no

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.559
 word

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:33.779
 from

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.160
 God

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.879
 will

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.259
 ever

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.660
 fail.

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.740
 So

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:38.900
 the

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.119
 angel

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.359
 just

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.559
 kind

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.680
 of

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:39.980
 spells

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.140
 it

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.319
 out.

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.859
 Yes

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.640
 this

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.039
 is

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.539
 seemingly

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.400
 impossible.

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.700
 This

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:44.980
 is

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.940
 naturally

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.059
 impossible

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.480
 just

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.740
 like

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.220
 for

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.400
 your

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.740
 relative

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.160
 Elizabeth

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.559
 who's

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.700
 now

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.059
 six

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.319
 months

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.779
 pregnant.

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.359
 It

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.519
 was

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.720
 said

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:52.980
 about

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.180
 her

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.460
 she

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.059
 can't

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.259
 have

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.700
 children

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:57.220
 and

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.400
 now

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.720
 she's

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.079
 elderly

00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:00.640
 but

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:00.920
 just

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.099
 as

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.339
 God

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.700
 said

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.259
 according

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.519
 to

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.759
 his

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.039
 word

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.339
 which

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.900
 came

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.359
 through

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.539
 me

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.359
 Gabriel

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:09.799
 she's

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.039
 in her

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.259
 sixth

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.579
 month

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.980
 now.

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.279
 What

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.519
 God

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.019
 says

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.059
 he

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.240
 will

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.519
 do

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.920
 however

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.599
 impossible

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.980
 it

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.359
 seems.

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.299
 Same

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.539
 goes

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.720
 for

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:20.879
 you

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.200
 Mary

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:23.779
 you

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:23.940
 will

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.500
 conceive

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.500
 you

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.639
 will

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.799
 give

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.079
 birth

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.259
 to

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.420
 a

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.680
 son

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:29.559
 he

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.680
 will

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.819
 be

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.039
 all

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.339
 these

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.639
 things

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:30.819
 he

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:30.940
 will

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.079
 do

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.240
 what

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.359
 I

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.500
 have

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.720
 said

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:31.839
 and

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.000
 all

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.159
 this

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.299
 will

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.519
 take

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.839
 place

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.139
 apart

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.440
 from

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.159
 any

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.559
 union

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.799
 with

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.000
 any

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.399
 man

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:37.740
 because

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.099
 God

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.259
 will

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.519
 be

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.980
 the

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.279
 father

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.500
 of

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.680
 this

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.079
 child.

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.879
 Let's

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.039
 take

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.180
 a

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.420
 moment

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.980
 just

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.139
 to

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.359
 think

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.599
 about

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.839
 the

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.460
 biological

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:48.799
 aspect

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.599
 of

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.819
 this

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.240
 miracle.

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.480
 For

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.700
 those

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:51.819
 of

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:51.919
 you

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:52.019
 who

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.059
 have

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.299
 studied

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.839
 biology

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.139
 how

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.339
 does

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.500
 a

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.799
 new

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.539
 human

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.000
 life

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.799
 come

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:55.960
 to

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.180
 be?

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.700
 Well

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:58.859
 there's

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.079
 one

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.460
 cell

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.619
 from

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.740
 the

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.079
 man

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.180
 that

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.359
 meets

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.579
 up

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.720
 with

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.019
 one

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.519
 cell

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.299
 from

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.519
 the

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.819
 woman

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.240
 and

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.399
 the

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.799
 two

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:07.419
 merge.

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.480
 Each

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.759
 one of

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:10.960
 those

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.319
 cells

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.539
 on

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.720
 their

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.019
 own

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.539
 contains

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.819
 only

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.259
 half

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.460
 the

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.039
 chromosomes

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.839
 needed

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.059
 for

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.359
 human

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.779
 life.

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:17.259
 And so

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.480
 these

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.779
 two

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.099
 cells

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.339
 they

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.200
 merge

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.539
 at the

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.819
 moment

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.019
 of

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.480
 conception

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.859
 and

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.039
 a

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.279
 new

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.639
 human

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:21.960
 being

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.279
 comes

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.539
 into

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.180
 existence.

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.940
 Without

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.480
 that

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.899
 cell

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.399
 provided

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.639
 by

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:27.839
 the

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.160
 man

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:31.399
 meeting

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:31.639
 up

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:31.779
 with

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.000
 that

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.359
 cell

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.779
 from

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:32.940
 the

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.200
 woman

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.119
 it

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.339
 is

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.220
 biologically

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.379
 impossible

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:38.339
 for

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.720
 a human

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.019
 life

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.200
 to

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.539
 begin.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.099
 100%.

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.339
 It

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.519
 will

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.920
 never

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.379
 happen.

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:45.460
 There

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.740
 cannot

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.140
 be a

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.340
 human

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.640
 being

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.840
 with

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.020
 just

00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:47.560
 23

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.780
 out

00:23:47.780 --> 00:23:47.900
 of

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.420
 46

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.080
 chromosomes.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.220
 They

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.540
 must

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:51.780
 be

00:23:51.780 --> 00:23:52.140
 paired

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.420
 with

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.940
 23

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.540
 pairs

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:56.020
 half

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.420
 supplied

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.620
 by

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.780
 the

00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:57.040
 mother

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.780
 half

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.180
 supplied

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.380
 by

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.560
 the

00:23:58.560 --> 00:23:58.900
 father.

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.720
 Each

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:00.820
 of

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.020
 those

00:24:01.020 --> 00:24:01.460
 chromosomes

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.800
 is

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:01.980
 made

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.120
 up

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.220
 of

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.360
 a

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.640
 single

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.080
 DNA

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.620
 molecule

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.340
 that

00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:04.760
 contains

00:24:04.760 --> 00:24:05.180
 many

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.860
 genes.

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.540
 That's

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:07.680
 the

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.220
 information

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.580
 that's

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.040
 required

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.380
 to

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.860
 assemble

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.540
 you

00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.100
 properly

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.540
 or to

00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.000
 develop

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.320
 you

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.059
 into

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.279
 a

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.500
 fully

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.980
 functioning

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.299
 human

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.659
 being.

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.839
 Think

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.079
 about

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.379
 Down

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.720
 Syndrome

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.179
 for a

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:19.419
 second.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.460
 It

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.819
 occurs

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.019
 when

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.259
 there's

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.379
 an

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:21.799
 additional

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.359
 copy

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.200
 of

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.659
 chromosome

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.339
 21.

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.720
 Just

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.099
 one

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:28.139
 chromosome.

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.579
 And

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:29.879
 as you

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.039
 know,

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.200
 the

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.720
 implications

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.159
 of that

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.399
 one

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.700
 little

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.319
 error

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.700
 in the

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.259
 process

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.579
 are

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.019
 life

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.700
 altering.

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.839
 And

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:36.960
 so

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.099
 there

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.460
 simply

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.839
 cannot

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.159
 be

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.399
 a

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.659
 human

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:38.960
 being

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.139
 of

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.399
 any

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.819
 kind

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.399
 without

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.240
 both

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.700
 the

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.059
 DNA,

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.680
 the

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.980
 genetic

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.600
 information

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.100
 supplied

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.880
 by both

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.620
 mother

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.059
 and

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.539
 father.

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.160
 It's

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.059
 biologically

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.960
 impossible.

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.600
 And so

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.120
 with Joseph

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.500
 out of

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.680
 this

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.180
 equation,

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.360
 what's

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.799
 required

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.319
 for Mary

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.559
 to

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.019
 conceive

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.940
 is no

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.799
 less

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.460
 than the

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.100
 miraculous

00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:00.220
 supernatural

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.220
 intervention

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.400
 of God.

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.440
 God.

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.380
 I mean,

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:05.580
 it's

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:05.759
 so

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.300
 impossible

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.759
 according

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.220
 to the

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.019
 natural

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.600
 biological

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.140
 laws

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.880
 that we

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.360
 know of

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.880
 that we

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.220
 might be

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.480
 tempted

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.019
 to ask

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.280
 whether

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.840
 God

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.800
 can

00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:14.120
 even

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.620
 do

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.040
 this.

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.240
 But

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.460
 let's

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.640
 not

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.019
 forget

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.900
 who

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.180
 God

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.460
 is.

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.880
 He

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.420
 is

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.720
 the

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.120
 most

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.600
 high.

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.440
 He

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.820
 is

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.040
 the

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:25.519
 creator

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.400
 of

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.560
 the

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:26.880
 heavens

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.080
 and

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.220
 the

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.440
 earth.

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.640
 He

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.900
 is

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.140
 the

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.620
 author

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.480
 of

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.980
 life.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:32.440
 He

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.640
 not

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:32.860
 only

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.279
 fashioned

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.519
 the

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.799
 first

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.160
 man

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.319
 and

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.519
 woman

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.740
 out

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:34.819
 of

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:34.980
 the

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.240
 dust

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.400
 of

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.559
 the

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:35.880
 earth

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.579
 but

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.299
 breathed

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.680
 into

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:37.940
 them

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.140
 the

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.460
 breath

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.640
 of

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.039
 life

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.559
 and

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:39.779
 made

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:39.920
 them

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.120
 to

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.400
 live.

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.160
 He

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.380
 didn't

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.620
 just

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.299
 form

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.519
 the

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.779
 first

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.160
 man

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.640
 and

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:45.839
 woman

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.039
 by

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.279
 his

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.740
 power

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.000
 but

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.319
 he's

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.480
 the

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.759
 very

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.400
 source

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.740
 of

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.039
 the

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.480
 idea

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.740
 and

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.200
 design

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.420
 of

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.599
 who

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.799
 they

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.160
 are.

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.220
 Who

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.400
 they

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.700
 were.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.140
 Every

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.660
 functioning,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:56.940
 every

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.460
 detail.

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.440
 And

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.559
 if

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.779
 God

00:25:59.779 --> 00:25:59.980
 can

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.159
 do

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.480
 that

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.659
 and

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:00.819
 he

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.139
 can

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.659
 he

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:01.980
 did

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.480
 then

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.679
 by

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:03.919
 his

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.240
 power

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.460
 he

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.679
 can

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.220
 cause

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.059
 Mary

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.279
 to

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.720
 conceive

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.039
 without

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.240
 a

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.440
 human

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.859
 father.

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.059
 He

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.240
 is

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.500
 all

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.980
 powerful.

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.799
 He

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.019
 is

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.259
 the

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.799
 almighty

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.460
 one.

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.339
 Is

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.859
 anything

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.519
 too

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.980
 hard

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.980
 for

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.279
 him?

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.000
 Even

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.279
 our

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.639
 ability

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:22.899
 to

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.200
 wonder

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.419
 and

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.639
 think

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.899
 about

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.299
 this

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:26.399
 comes

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.720
 because

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:26.940
 he

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.259
 gave

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.559
 us

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.059
 that

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.519
 ability.

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.900
 to

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.220
 think

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.420
 and

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.559
 to

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.920
 reason.

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.079
 Of

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.319
 course

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.559
 God

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.740
 can

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.920
 do

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.299
 this.

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.639
 But

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:35.759
 it

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:35.940
 will

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.119
 be

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.279
 an

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.599
 amazing

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.079
 miracle

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.079
 of

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.420
 God's

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.779
 power.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.940
 I

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.119
 love

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.259
 the

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.519
 final

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.879
 statement

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.200
 of

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.639
 Gabriel

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.879
 to

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.220
 Mary.

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.259
 For

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.519
 no

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.960
 word

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.339
 from

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.720
 God

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.000
 will

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.279
 ever

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.660
 fail.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.420
 Some

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.920
 translations

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.259
 say

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.460
 for

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.799
 nothing

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.019
 will

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.160
 be

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.680
 impossible

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.700
 with

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.039
 God.

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.220
 And

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.460
 both

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.599
 of

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.799
 these

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.319
 translations

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.639
 are

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.079
 important.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.359
 I

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.519
 think

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:57.740
 each

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:57.839
 of

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:57.960
 them

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.439
 captures

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.339
 something

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.559
 the

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.779
 other

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.099
 misses.

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.699
 First

00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:01.819
 of

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:01.939
 all,

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.220
 this

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.579
 is

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.980
 about

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.299
 God

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.559
 doing

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.759
 the

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.240
 impossible.

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:05.839
 This

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.159
 statement

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.500
 comes

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.759
 in the

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.139
 context

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.339
 of

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.539
 two

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.059
 impossible

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.599
 things

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.319
 seemingly.

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.379
 Elizabeth

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.980
 bearing a

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.279
 child

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.579
 in her

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.179
 old age

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.740
 and

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.099
 Mary

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.919
 conceiving

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.199
 without

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.379
 a

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.599
 human

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.019
 father.

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.399
 But

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.720
 second,

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.000
 this

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.439
 is also

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.740
 about

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.240
 God's

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.759
 word.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.939
 What

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.259
 is it

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.439
 that

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:24.619
 shall

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:24.919
 not

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.079
 be

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.599
 impossible

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.299
 with

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.659
 God?

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.359
 Quite

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.859
 literally,

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.139
 every

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.019
 word

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.039
 shall

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.279
 not

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.460
 be

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.939
 impossible

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.819
 with

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.159
 God.

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.659
 Some

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.139
 translations

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.699
 render it

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:36.859
 as

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.299
 nothing

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.599
 or

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.279
 no

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.720
 thing

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.259
 shall

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.439
 be

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:40.879
 impossible

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.179
 with

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.460
 God.

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.659
 But

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:41.919
 that

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.279
 word

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.819
 translated

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.099
 as

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.460
 thing

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.659
 is

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.019
 actually

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.199
 the

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.460
 word

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.899
 word.

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.059
 No

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.439
 word

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:46.699
 shall

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:46.899
 be

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.439
 impossible

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.839
 with

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.199
 God.

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.359
 Hence

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:49.539
 the

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 translation

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.279
 that

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.419
 you

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.599
 see

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:50.779
 on

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:50.899
 the

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.179
 screen.

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.339
 I'd

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.639
 suggest

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:53.899
 to you

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.039
 that

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.319
 both

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.460
 of

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.619
 these

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.939
 taken

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.379
 together

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.720
 point

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:55.859
 us

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:55.980
 to

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.159
 what

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.620
 Gabriel

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.080
 meant.

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.440
 Nothing

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.120
 God

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.900
 has said

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.320
 he will

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:01.660
 do

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.800
 is

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.420
 impossible

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.320
 for him

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.720
 to bring

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.040
 about.

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.380
 And this

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.680
 has been

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.060
 God's

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.400
 pattern

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.060
 not just

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.440
 so far

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.900
 in Luke

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:12.340
 but in

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.940
 all human

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.380
 history

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.040
 right back

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.320
 to the

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.700
 beginning.

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.400
 The whole

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.920
 Bible is

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.420
 the story

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.980
 of God

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.740
 speaking

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.300
 and his

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.700
 word is

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.200
 powerful.

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:22.860
 What he

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.300
 says

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.519
 comes

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.680
 to

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.099
 pass

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.700
 comes

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.059
 about.

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.480
 Nothing

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.059
 he says

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.659
 is empty

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.519
 or impotent

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.299
 and so

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.619
 I think

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.879
 it's

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.559
 both

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.579
 a statement

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.200
 of God's

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.440
 all

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.940
 powerful

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.440
 nature

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.299
 as well

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.599
 as a

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.839
 statement

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.359
 of his

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.279
 faithfulness

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.720
 to keep

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.240
 his word

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.279
 no matter

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.700
 how

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.579
 difficult

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.399
 or impossible

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.980
 that may

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.299
 seem.

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:48.480
 And I

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.779
 love

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.839
 Mary's

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.039
 very

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.399
 simple

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.960
 response

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.379
 of faith

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.700
 here in

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.299
 verse 38

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.919
 she says

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.619
 I am

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.119
 the Lord's

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.500
 servant

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.200
 may your

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.720
 word to

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.000
 me

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.159
 be fulfilled

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:02.359
 and the

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.879
 angel left

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.079
 her.

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.779
 So Mary

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.500
 doesn't doubt

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.039
 or disbelieve

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.000
 like Zachariah

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.259
 did.

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.099
 She says

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.759
 I'm the

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.099
 Lord's

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.440
 servant

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.559
 quite

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.000
 literally

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.720
 I am

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.399
 the Lord's

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.099
 slave

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:16.679
 slave.

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:16.899
 That word

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.179
 has been

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.619
 variously

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.059
 translated

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.419
 as

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.079
 servant

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.439
 bond

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.859
 servant

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.799
 maid

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.240
 servant

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.839
 hand

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.139
 maid

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.679
 bond

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.099
 slave

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.279
 and the

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.719
 reason is

00:29:26.719 --> 00:29:27.039
 because we

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519
 don't have

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.039
 today in

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.579
 our culture

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.319
 slaves like

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.699
 they had

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.240
 back then.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.699
 The most

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:32.959
 recent form

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.419
 of slavery

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:33.879
 that we're

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.379
 all familiar

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.819
 with is

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.259
 that sort

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.139
 of abusive

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.179
 dehumanizing

00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:37.639
 cruelty

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.480
 towards people

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.779
 of a

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.219
 particular

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:39.819
 ethnicity

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.279
 but that's

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.659
 not the

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.039
 kind of

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.639
 slavery that

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.299
 was the

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.819
 norm back

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.139
 then.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:44.919
 People

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.480
 back then

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.919
 sometimes

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.339
 sold

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.759
 themselves

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.059
 into

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.480
 slavery

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.019
 to deal

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.240
 with

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.599
 debts

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.759
 or to

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.200
 survive

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.539
 if they

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.939
 were unable

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.559
 to provide

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.220
 for themselves

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.939
 and it was

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.500
 just the way

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.079
 things were.

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.639
 People were

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.279
 considered as

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.759
 part of a

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.240
 household

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.119
 if they

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.419
 were a

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.839
 slave and

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.299
 sometimes

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.960
 they were

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.740
 happy

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.859
 and lived

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.740
 happy lives

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.259
 even in

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.379
 a lower

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.939
 kind of

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.559
 situation.

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.159
 Sometimes

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.480
 they were

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.980
 treated very

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.899
 well by

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.500
 their masters

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.700
 but what's

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.480
 Mary expressing

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.960
 here by

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.339
 this?

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.799
 I am

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:12.939
 the

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.399
 Lord's

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.059
 slave.

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.339
 Well the

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.859
 idea of

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.199
 ownership

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:18.459
 was very

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.039
 much still

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.480
 a part

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.000
 of slavery

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.859
 even back

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.159
 then.

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.139
 It's as if

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.619
 Mary is

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.939
 saying

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:26.819
 I belong

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.359
 to the

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.619
 Lord

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.000
 my God

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.019
 he is

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.659
 my master

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:33.699
 it is

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.939
 my place

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.799
 my role

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.379
 to serve

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.599
 him

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:39.000
 to do

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.279
 what he

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.659
 asks

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.019
 or what

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.179
 he

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.579
 chooses.

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.179
 So this

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.639
 is a

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.659
 statement

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.279
 of deep

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.459
 reverence

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:47.179
 and

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.599
 submission.

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.299
 We see

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.719
 an attitude

00:30:49.719 --> 00:30:50.959
 of humility

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:51.399
 here.

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.179
 I am

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.559
 not my

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.759
 own

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.319
 I belong

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.779
 to you

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.219
 Lord

00:30:56.219 --> 00:30:57.839
 and I'm

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.199
 willing to

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:58.639
 do whatever

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.179
 you ask

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.519
 of me

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.599
 to serve

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.299
 however you

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.899
 desire me

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.079
 to do

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.359
 as you

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.699
 have said

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.139
 with me.

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.840
 it's almost

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.180
 like a

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.600
 verbal

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.480
 bowing

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.880
 down to

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.380
 the ground

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.840
 as low

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.160
 as she

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.460
 can.

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.880
 I love

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.580
 this passage.

00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:17.060
 Luke is

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.580
 the only

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.259
 one who

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.080
 details this

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.540
 amazing

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.980
 moment.

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.200
 It would

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.580
 be about

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.340
 30 years

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:24.140
 before Jesus

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.759
 hits the

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.240
 spotlight

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.200
 of the

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.580
 nation

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:28.060
 but isn't

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.520
 it wonderful

00:31:28.520 --> 00:31:29.040
 that Luke

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.460
 went back

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.780
 to the

00:31:29.780 --> 00:31:30.120
 source

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.940
 and

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.360
 carefully

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.080
 investigated

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.580
 everything

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.179
 and quite

00:31:34.179 --> 00:31:34.960
 probably

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.639
 tracked down

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.399
 Mary herself

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.839
 to hear

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.399
 the story

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.799
 of how

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.099
 it all

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.480
 began.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.259
 There she

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.639
 was.

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.879
 She and

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.279
 Joseph

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.059
 pledged

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.299
 to be

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.619
 married

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.000
 with a

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.179
 wedding

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.500
 on the

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.960
 horizon

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:47.220
 when one

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.699
 day out

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.220
 of nowhere

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.859
 God's

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.240
 angel

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.039
 appeared

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.399
 to her

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.839
 with this

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.159
 truly

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.599
 awesome

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.039
 news.

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.500
 You're

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.679
 going to

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.000
 have a

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.559
 baby boy

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:57.919
 and he

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.179
 will be

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.740
 the very

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.379
 son

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.559
 of God.

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:03.079
 Joseph

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.559
 will not

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.819
 be

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.220
 the

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.480
 father

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.679
 of

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:04.859
 this

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.240
 child

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.139
 according

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.440
 to the

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.740
 natural

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.980
 way

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.139
 of

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.399
 things.

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.879
 God

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.059
 will

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.200
 be

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.419
 the

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.700
 father

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:08.919
 of

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.119
 this

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.500
 child

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.700
 and he

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.960
 will be

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.139
 the

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.579
 Messiah

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:14.440
 a

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.940
 forever

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.659
 reigning

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.039
 king.

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.940
 I could

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.359
 preach on

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.899
 this passage

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.359
 all day

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.639
 long.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.859
 This

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.200
 passage

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.679
 is so

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.220
 precious.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.679
 I mean

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.240
 it's here

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.579
 that we

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.139
 understand

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.579
 something

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.980
 of why

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.339
 Jesus

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.679
 is

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.339
 constantly

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.859
 referring

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.099
 to

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.500
 God

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:30.019
 as his

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.359
 father.

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:32.200
 this

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.859
 explains

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.899
 something

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.519
 of the

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.919
 how

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.359
 and the

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.759
 why

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.559
 that

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.019
 was.

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.879
 This

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.159
 is the

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.359
 very

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.759
 start

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.119
 of all

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.379
 those

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.779
 arguments

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.179
 between

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:41.539
 Jesus

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.940
 and the

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.559
 Pharisees

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.000
 over

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.299
 whether

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.779
 he

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.000
 was

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.859
 blaspheming

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.460
 by calling

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.799
 God

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.039
 his

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.440
 father.

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.179
 It

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.379
 all

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.720
 traces

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.099
 back

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.279
 to

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.639
 this.

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.740
 In

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:50.899
 fact

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.079
 that

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.240
 would

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.440
 play

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.599
 a

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.019
 significant

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.379
 role

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.539
 in

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.799
 why

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.019
 they

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.179
 would

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.379
 go

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.700
 after

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.039
 him

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.019
 and

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.159
 try

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.319
 to

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.539
 kill

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.720
 him.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.180
 we

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.380
 see

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.579
 here

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.759
 too

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:00.960
 the

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.319
 promise

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.539
 of

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.900
 God

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.700
 about

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.980
 how

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.360
 Jesus

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.640
 would

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.880
 reign

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.339
 forever.

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.240
 I

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.420
 just

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.600
 think

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.839
 that's

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.339
 amazing.

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.519
 Anticipating

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.000
 the

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.420
 resurrection

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.860
 of

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.160
 Jesus

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.579
 30

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.039
 years

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.480
 before

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.059
 it

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.500
 happened

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:15.660
 and

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:15.819
 then

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.059
 over

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.279
 all

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.420
 of

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.579
 this

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.160
 truth

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.339
 that

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.480
 the

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.720
 angel

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.220
 speaks

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.059
 God

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.299
 will

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.519
 do

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.940
 all

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.180
 that

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.360
 he

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.680
 has

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.019
 said

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.660
 no

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:22.859
 matter

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.099
 how

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.680
 impossible

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.079
 that

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.319
 may

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.660
 seem

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.940
 because

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.339
 no

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.660
 word

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:26.819
 of

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.059
 his

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.279
 will

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.579
 fail

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:27.779
 to

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:27.980
 come

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.259
 true.

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.900
 There's

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.059
 so

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.279
 much

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.440
 that

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.559
 we

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.720
 could

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:30.940
 linger

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.200
 over

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.539
 here

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.299
 but

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.599
 as

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:32.720
 we

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:32.920
 come

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.059
 to

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.200
 the

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.500
 Lord's

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.759
 table

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.039
 this

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.379
 morning

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:36.259
 let's

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.460
 linger

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.859
 here.

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.639
 Why

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.019
 is it

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.220
 that

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.660
 Jesus

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.440
 death

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.720
 on

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:41.879
 the

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.299
 cross

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.359
 could

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.799
 atone

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.519
 for

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.740
 our

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.099
 sins?

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.819
 Think

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.059
 about

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.420
 this.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.940
 if

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.240
 Jesus

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.500
 had

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.680
 just

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.860
 been

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.160
 another

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.620
 man

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:54.580
 born

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:54.759
 of

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:54.980
 two

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.360
 sinful

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.920
 parents

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:57.600
 like

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:57.800
 all

00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:57.920
 of

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.080
 us

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:58.380
 are

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.340
 then

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:00.759
 atonement

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:00.960
 for

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.120
 us

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.259
 would

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.360
 have

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.480
 been

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.019
 impossible.

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.800
 Only

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:06.259
 a man

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.580
 without

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.039
 guilt

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.560
 of his

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:07.860
 own

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.720
 can

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.039
 atone

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.200
 for

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.360
 the

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.700
 guilty

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:12.200
 can

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.599
 stand

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.820
 in

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.139
 as a

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.559
 substitute

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.180
 for

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.559
 others.

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.460
 The

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.639
 Old

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.980
 Testament

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.400
 law

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.720
 which

00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:17.980
 God

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.220
 gave

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.400
 through

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.720
 Moses

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.599
 foreshadowed

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.879
 this.

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.480
 Only

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.839
 a

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:22.439
 spotless

00:34:22.439 --> 00:34:22.859
 lamb

00:34:22.859 --> 00:34:23.980
 without

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.539
 blemish

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.119
 could

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.500
 atone

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.759
 for

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.059
 sin.

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.719
 Every

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:28.919
 one

00:34:28.919 --> 00:34:29.299
 of us

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:29.879
 inherits

00:34:29.879 --> 00:34:30.259
 that

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.339
 sinful

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.819
 nature

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:33.119
 and that

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.480
 guilt

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.919
 from our

00:34:33.919 --> 00:34:34.339
 father

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.919
 Adam

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:37.539
 but

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.819
 Jesus

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.079
 is

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.459
 different.

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.239
 He

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.539
 was

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.799
 born

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.079
 of a

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.319
 woman

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:41.779
 and so

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.279
 truly

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.980
 human

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.179
 truly

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.439
 one

00:34:44.439 --> 00:34:44.599
 of

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.919
 us

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.539
 but

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.680
 he

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.920
 is

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.159
 the

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.460
 son

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.740
 of

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.119
 God

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.960
 begotten

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.680
 fathered

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:54.099
 by

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.519
 God

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:56.159
 and so

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.579
 truly

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:56.920
 he

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.400
 is

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.079
 holy

00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.200
 sinless

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.900
 perfect

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.139
 righteous

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.639
 blameless

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.700
 guiltless

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:07.039
 and

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.840
 incorruptible

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:09.639
 just as

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.159
 his father

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:12.139
 because

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.599
 of this

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.000
 he is

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.539
 able to

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.779
 make

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.219
 atonement

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.659
 for our

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.000
 sins

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.279
 he's

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.779
 able to

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.299
 put his

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:17.699
 own

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.399
 flesh

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:18.920
 and blood

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.899
 in the

00:35:19.899 --> 00:35:20.239
 gap

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:22.239
 he's

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.559
 able to

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.940
 take our

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.359
 place

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:24.699
 and to

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.119
 take on

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.579
 himself

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.239
 the punishment

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.719
 that we

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.179
 deserve

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.500
 so that

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.839
 we can

00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:29.339
 be spared

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:32.879
 and so

00:35:32.879 --> 00:35:33.159
 as we

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.599
 look again

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.940
 to the

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.279
 cross

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:34.539
 this

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.899
 morning

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.819
 by way

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.059
 of the

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.379
 Lord's

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.699
 table

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:38.159
 we partake

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.619
 again of

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.099
 the bread

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.460
 and of

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.900
 the cup

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:43.579
 may this

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.000
 word of

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.579
 the angel

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:46.360
 to Mary

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:48.759
 remind us

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.159
 of just

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.940
 whose body

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.259
 was broken

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:54.219
 and just

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.799
 whose blood

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.299
 was poured

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.599
 out

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.119
 for our

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.539
 forgiveness

00:35:57.539 --> 00:36:00.679
 it was the

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.199
 body and

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.819
 blood of

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.219
 the very

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.659
 son

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.019
 of God

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:07.960
 the body

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.460
 and blood

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.039
 of the

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.539
 Messiah

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:13.579
 God's

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.920
 king

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.740
 it was the

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.179
 body and

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.579
 blood of

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.079
 Jesus

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:21.599
 the savior

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.780
 whom the

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.179
 Lord has

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.500
 given

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:28.260
 in just a

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.720
 moment we'll

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.340
 have the

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.780
 bread and the

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.480
 cup served

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.460
 passed around

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.400
 and if you

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.840
 believe

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.019
 in Jesus

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.300
 the Christ

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.800
 the son

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.280
 of God

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.820
 then I

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.360
 invite you

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.960
 to partake

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.480
 with us

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.360
 if not

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.940
 please let

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.400
 the elements

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.920
 pass you

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.200
 by

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:46.060
 we're going

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:46.400
 to take a

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.920
 few moments

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.400
 now just

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.840
 to pray

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.420
 and to

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.840
 reflect

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.440
 quietly

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:53.060
 and as the

00:36:53.060 --> 00:36:53.640
 elements come

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.140
 to you just

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.720
 ask that you'd

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.260
 hang on to

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.780
 them until

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.519
 everybody has

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.060
 been served

00:36:57.060 --> 00:36:57.940
 we'll pray

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.340
 we'll give

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.120
 thanks together

00:36:59.120 --> 00:37:00.019
 and then we'll

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.700
 eat and drink

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.740
 together in

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.460
 remembrance of

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.800
 Christ

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:32.780
 Christ