Good morning. When John the Baptist’s father came out of the temple, he could not speak.
He finished his term of service and went home. His wife became pregnant, but did not tell
anyone. In the sixth month of her pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to Nazareth
to talk to Mary. She was engaged to Joseph, a descendant of David. The angel tells her that
she has found favor with God. He tells her that she will bear son and name Him Jesus. He will
be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father
David. Mary wanted to know “how can this be, since I am a virgin?“ The Holy Spirit will come
upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy
child shall be called the Son of God. That would make anyone wonder if that were true. The
angel gives her a sign: your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age, and she
who was called barren is now in her sixth month. That helped to confirm that everything was
true. For nothing will be impossible with God. I believe the king James called Elizabeth Mary’s
cousin; but that is not the proper translation. It simply meant a female relative. If in fact she was
Mary’s aunt instead of cousin, that could be significant. The genealogy of Jesus that comes
soon was supposedly that of Mary and not of Joseph; Joseph’s being in Matthew. If so that
would mean that not only Joseph was a descendant of David, but also Mary was, but not
through Solomon. Elizabeth being her aunt would mean that she and Mary’s mother were
sisters. That’s because Elizabeth, being a daughter of Aaron, would be of the tribe of Levi, not
Judah of which Mary’s father was. So if Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron, so was Mary’s
mother; so was Mary; and so was Jesus. This would mean that Jesus was a direct descendant
of King David and of Aaron the high priest. Father thank You that You love the reader so much - more than he/she could ever imagine. You only want the best for him/her.

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