Section 6
Verses 26 and 27 say, "Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary." Galilee was a region without fame, and Nazareth was a city people despised (John 7:52; 1:46). The virgin Mary lived in a despised city of a region without fame, but she was a descendant of the royal fam ily of King David (Luke 1:31-32; Matt. 1:16).
According to Luke 1:28-30, the angel told Mary that she was a favored one, one endued with grace, and that she had found favor, grace, with God.
Then in verse 31 the angel Gabriel went on to say, "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus." "Jesus" is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Joshua (Num. 13:16), which means Jehovah the Savior, or, the salvation of Jehovah. Hence, Jesus is not only a Man but Jehovah, and not only Jehovah, but Jehovah becoming our salvation. Thus, He is our Savior. He is our Joshua bring ing us into rest (Heb. 4:8; Matt. 11:28-29), which is Himself as the good land to us.
In Luke 1:35 we see clearly that the Man- Savior was conceived of the Holy Spirit: "The