39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
What an awesome interaction between Mary and Elizabeth! There are few things to note about the overall interaction. First: It says that Mary arose and went with Haste to Elizabeth; this means Elizabeth did not know she was coming and in turn probably did not know of the vision that Mary had seen and heard of. Yet, Elizabeth spoke to Mary as though she knew exactly what had taken place.
The Holy Spirit came upon Elizabeth. This means that before Christ died on the cross, rose again, and ascended to Heaven, the Holy Spirit was here at times to fill people and guide them how the Lord wanted them to go. This means that those in the Old Testament who were not spoken to specifically by an Angel of the Lord, the Angel of the Lord, or some other way, could have been filled by the Holy Spirit while He guided them to do as God the Father wanted.
Another thing is that when Mary spoke it states “the baby leaped in her womb.” This is significant for a couple reasons. The Lord spoke to Elizabeth and Mary on separate occasions and mentioned what their children would be in life. This means we are designed for a specific purpose. Second, The child “leaped” while in the womb. Holy Scripture states that this was a child … in the womb. If anyone wants to try and justify abortion you have no case if you believe the Bible is Truth. Abortion is flat murder of a child, period. Scripture shows that here.
Mary's child would be Elizabeth's Lord as she states herself. Also, Elizabeth shows what is to be praised in Mary, her belief of what had been spoken to her by the Lord. It is not Mary to be praised, but her belief.
Heavenly Father, thank you so much for your Word and the lessons we can learn from it. Thank you for your prophesy about the Messiah and His coming to this world for a sinner like me.
No comments:
Post a Comment