Week 17: The Nativity
Week 17: The Nativity
We come now at last to the culmination of the Old Testament, the event to which the prophets have all in their different ways been leading, namely the nativity, the birth of Jesus the Messiah, especially as the story is told by Matthew and Luke. We are immediately struck by a change of atmosphere. Not only are these early gospel narratives steeped in Old Testament language and culture, but they are also accompanied by the miraculous. There is no need for us to be embarrassed by this. It is surely fitting that a supernatural person should enter the world in a supernatural way. If we believe in the incarnation, it is logical to believe also in the virgin birth.
Sunday: The Annunciation
Monday: Mary’s Song
Tuesday: The Virgin Birth
Wednesday: Mary’s Submission
Thursday: Bethlehem
Friday: The Shepherds
Saturday: The Fullness of Time