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In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth. He created the world with many purposes in mind, but one was - to have a relationship with His creation. HE placed man in a perfect garden where He could dwell in his midst. However, man chose sin over God. Instead of giving the rightful punishment for that sin, death, God made a way through a sacrifice that required the innocent blood of a lamb. Man continued to rebel against God, but HIS purpose remained the same as the initial one- To have a relationship with His creation. - He chose a man named Abraham and gave him a "promise" to become "the father of many nations." At the age of 100 God fulfilled His promise through the miraculous birth of a son named Isaac. - The promise remained with Isaac through the birth of twin sons named Esau and Jacob. - The promise continued with Jacob, who married 2 wives and had 12 sons and 1 daughter. - The promise continued through the 12 sons (whose names were later used as the 12 Tribes of Judah). 400 years later the Lord saw fit to anoint a man named Moses to free Abraham's descendants (now the size of a nation) from captivity by showing Himself and His Glory through many miracles (Exodus 7:14-11:10). Once they were freed they were to follow Moses into the Promised Land (Ex. They were instructed to build a tabernacle- A tent of meeting. A place where man could finally be joined back with God. Through rigorous rituals and ceremonies, A High Priest would be anointed and would go through training and rigorous rituals to approach the Holy of Holies to present the sins of the people to be atoned before a Holy GOD at the Mercy Seat (Ex. 25:22, Ex. 26:33-34) on the Ark of the Covenant. The Priest was the only one who could pass a veil that was put in place to protect the people from the Glory of a Holy GOD. The Priest had to enter with bells around his ankles, because if he missed one of the acts of preparation he would be killed instantly by coming face to face with the Glory of God. Out of disobedience they wondered around in the desert for 40 years before finally coming into the Promised Land. 400 Years passed where this was the only way to approach the presence of God: by offering your sins on a lamb, through a priest and praying that your sacrifice was appeasing the wrath of a Holy God. These years were filled with: sin, God's forgiveness and grace, idolatry, more sin and after much warning Captivity. (Jeremiah was a prophet who had spent his life warning the people, crying out to them to listen that God's wrath was coming. Lamentations was written by a broken hearted Jeremiah as he sits and mourns over the loss of Jerusalem and the "Ark"!) and therefore I have hope: his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him." 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 whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy— the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God." And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. Emmanuel- God with us!!!
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Blagovijest ili Naviještenje Gospodnje redovito se slavi 25. ožujka, ali ove godine se poklopilo s Cvjetnom nedjeljom, te se stoga prenosi na prvi dan nakon Velikog i Uskrsnog tjedna, a to je 9. travnja. Sveti Luka izvještava nas o tom događaju u svojem evanđelju: "Poslije šest mjeseci posla Bog anđela Gabriela u galilejski grad imenom Nazaret, k djevici zaručenoj s mužem iz Davidove kuće, komu je bilo ime Josip. A djevici bijaše ime Marija. Kad anđeo uđe k njoj, reče joj: 'Raduj se, milosti puna! Gospodin je s tobom!' Na te riječi ona se prepade i počne razmišljati što znači taj pozdrav. Anđeo joj reče: 'Ne boj se, Marijo, jer si našla milost kod Boga. Evo, ti ćeš začeti i roditi Sina komu ćeš nadjenuti ime Isus. On će biti velik i zvat će se Sin Previšnjega. Gospodin Bog dat će mu prijestolje Davida, oca njegova. On će vladati kućom Jakovljevom dovijeka. I kraljevstvo njegovo neće imati svršetka.'- Kako će to biti – reče Marija anđelu – jer se ja ne sastajem s mužem? – Duh Sveti sići će na te – odgovori joj anđeo – sila Previšnjega zasjenit će te; zato će se dijete koje ćeš roditi zvati svetim, Sinom Božjim. Gle! I tvoja rodica Elizabeta zače sina u svojoj starosti. Već je u šestom mjesecu ona koju zovu nerotkinjom. Jer Bogu ništa nije nemoguće. Marija mu reče: 'Evo službenice Gospodnje, neka mi bude po riječi tvojoj!' Tada je anđeo ostavi” (Lk 1,26-38). Blagovijest – najznačajnija vijest u povijesti svijeta! Kristovo utjelovljenje događaj je spasenja jer se Sin Božji utjelovio da postane Spasitelj. S Lukinim izvještajem nalazimo se na vrhuncu koji povezuje Stari i Novi zavjet. U njega se slijevaju sva proroštva, a iz njega proizlazi sav budući razvoj. Na tom vrhuncu se nalazi Krist, Bogočovjek, Spasitelj, Isus, koji kao Jahve u svetinji nad svetinjama prebiva u Marijinu krilu, a ona je prava Majka pravoga Božjega Sina. Utjelovljenje je povijesni čin, a uključuje duboku tajnu božansko-ljudske veze, bogočovještva, u osobi Isusa Krista. Današnja svetkovina je istovremeno Gospodnji i marijanski blagdan. Marija je toga dana začela, a Isus je začet. Odnosi se na oboje pa kad spominjemo Navještenje Gospodnje, mislimo na Krista, a kad govorimo o Blagovijesti, mislimo na Mariju. I dok je Lukin izvještaj pisan s gledišta Marije, o istom događaju evanđelist Matej piše s gledišta Josipa. Oba evanđelista žele naglasiti da je Isus čovjek, ali i Bog koji postaje čovjek. Njegovo je začeće čudesno, po Duhu Svetom. Tu spoznaju moraju proživjeti i Marija i Josip. Isus je Marijin sin, ali je i Sin Božji. U Blagovijesti dobro osjećamo da se radi o odlučnom trenutku za sve ljude. Bog je došao među nas i Marija je bila tu da primi Boga, koji je postao čovjek, u naše ime. Ne zaboravimo, sam Bog dao je Mariji posebno mjesto, izabravši je za Majku Isusu, a Gospodin Isus opet jedaje i nama za Majku našu.