Isaiah 7:10-14 / Luke 1:26-38
The Bible is divided into two sections – the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Old Testament prophesied about the coming of the Messiah or the Saviour.
The New Testament tells us how this promise of God is fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ.
In the 1st reading, the prophet spoke of a sign from God:
The maiden will give birth to a son whom she will call Emmanuel, a name which means “God-is-with-us”.
That name Emmanuel not only comforts the People of God in their distress, it also assures them that God is still with them and has not abandoned them.
The gospel account is about the Annunciation, which is the moment in which the promise of God is about to be fulfilled.
The angel Gabriel told Mary that she is to conceive and bear a son, and she must name him Jesus.
The name Jesus means “God saves” or “God is salvation”.
Indeed Jesus fulfilled the prophesies of the Old Testament and even going beyond.
He is God became man, He is the God-is-with-us, and He is the God who saves His people from their sins.
And like Mary, Jesus also wants to make His home in our hearts and in our lives.
Let us like Mary, say “yes” to Jesus, and everything will be possible because God is with us and His love has saved us.