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Luke 1:26-38 : The Annunciation to Mary

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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.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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True Christian Religion # 683

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683. What is a name without something to refer to, but a useless sound, and a mere noise such as that thrown back from trees in a wood or from ceilings, what is called an echo? Or like the more or less meaningless 1 sounds made by dreamers, or like the sound of the wind, the sea or a machine, which serve no purpose. Indeed, what is the name of king, duke, consul, bishop, abbot or monk without the office the name belongs to but vanity? So what is it to bear the name of Christian, and yet to live like a barbarian and contrary to Christ's commandments, but as it were to contemplate the sign of Satan in place of the sign of Christ; yet His name is woven into baptism with golden threads?

[2] What are those who after receiving the seal of Christ then laugh at His worship, snarl at His name, and claim that He is not the Son of God, only the son of Joseph, but rebels and regicides? What are their utterances but blasphemies against the Holy Spirit, blasphemies which cannot be forgiven, neither in this age nor in that to come? These people are like dogs agape to bite the Word and tear it to pieces with their teeth. In their case, confronted with Christ and His worship,

All the tables are full of vomited matter, Isaiah 28:8; Jeremiah 48:26.

Yet the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of the Most High God (Luke 1:32, 35); the only-begotten (John 1:18, 3:16); the true God and everlasting life (1 John 5:20); in whom all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily (Colossians 2:9); and He was not the son of Joseph (Matthew 1:25), not to mention thousands of other passages.

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1. Reading inanis for Latin inanimis 'lifeless'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.