When God became man: Day 16

The progress of His coming: The testimonies of an unborn child and his mother

And she cried out with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb? And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?” (Luke 1:42-43).

After Gabriel’s announcement to Mary, she apparently went quickly to visit her relative Elizabeth, who the angel had told her was carrying a child. As described in Luke 1:39-44, two supernatural events took place when Mary greeted Elizabeth in her home: Elizabeth’s son leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth immediately recognized Mary was bearing the Messiah. Based on the information we have in Luke 1, the Son in Mary’s womb apparently was not much beyond conception when these affirmations of His deity were made. The embryo in the virgin’s womb was God, and Elizabeth and her unborn son attested to it. Even then, as the smallest of all human beings, Jesus’ power and majesty were being manifested.

Song: “Once in Royal David’s City”