What was the angels meassage to Mary?

Answer 1

This story can be found in Matthew, Mark and Luke however Luke has the most detailed version. Mary was a girl about 16 years old when one day the Angel Gabriel came to visit her. To her he said But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end." (Luke 1:30-33). Mary was a virgin and didn't understand how this would happen. Gabriel told her that the Holy Spirit would come and that by the power of the Most High she would become pregnant. The child would be a child of her and of God. Mary, though afraid, said that she was the Lord's servant and obeyed.

Answer 2

You will find Zechariah the Priest mentioned in relation to Mary mother of Christ Jesus, written in the book of Luke, in the first 3 chapters. Now this is very important as this text will verify the dating of Christ's birth and the tribe of Israel to whom Christ was born.

Luke 1

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Break this down

1) Zacharias was a temple priest of the course of Abia (8th course), Priests would serve in the temple two courses per year and all Priests would serve at the appointed festivals (Leviticus 23). Dig into understanding the Hebrew civil calendar and the calendar of the Hebrew temple.. Then look up the course of Abijah in the Old Testament

2) Note that Elisabeth was of the daughters of Aaron (Priest line of the tribe of Levi) , Again you will have to do some searching through the Old testament, however its easy to find

3) Next you will read further in Luke 1 and discover a couple of things which are important

3a) John (the baptist) is the Son of Zacharias and Elisabeth

3b) Mary mother of Jesus is cousin to Elisabeth, making her a daughter of the house of Aaron as well

3c) You are going to discover that there is 6 mo difference between John and Christ

Luke 1

24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.