Автор:Barbara Hodgson Год: 2011 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 324 ISBN: 9781616639150 'Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you'll conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be the son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And he'll reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.' Luke 1:30-33 (NKJV) On that fateful day long ago, the angel Gabriel spoke to Mary and told her she would bear the Son of God. Though scared and confused because she had not been with a man and was betrothed to Joseph the carpenter, she accepted God's will for her life. For thirty years she watched Jesus grow from a tiny babe into a man, and each day she wondered how he would claim the throne of King David that God had promised him. When the day came, three years into his ministry, she found it to be far beyond her imagination. The meaning behind Simeon's words, 'A sword will pierce through your own soul,' became clear. Christ was...
