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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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Scriptural Confirmations #96

  
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96. 3. Thus said Jehovah thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Former, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine (Isaiah 4:1).

I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior (Isaiah 43:3).

I, I am Jehovah; and besides Me there is no Savior (Isaiah 43:11).

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 43:14).

I Jehovah am your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King (Isaiah 43:15).

The people which I have formed for Myself: they shall set forth My praise (Isaiah 43:21).

Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts; I am the First and I am the Last: and besides Me there is no God (Isaiah 44:6).

Break forth into singing, ye mountains; for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify Himself in Israel. Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, and thy Former from the womb: I am Jehovah that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone, that spreadeth forth the earth by Myself (Isaiah 44:23-24).

I will blot out as a cloud thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins; return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee (Isaiah 44:22).

Surely God is in thee, and there is none else. Verily Thou art a hidden God, O God of Israel, the Savior. Israel is saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be touched by shame even to the eternities of eternity (Isaiah 45:14-15, 17).

Am not I Jehovah ? and there is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside Me. Look unto Me that ye may be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:21-22).

As to our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 47:4).

Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am Jehovah thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to My precepts, for then thy peace would have been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea (Isaiah 48:17-18).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.