At the beginning of the New Testament, an angel shows up to a young couple about to be married… Mary and Joseph. The angel made it clear to them that Mary would give birth to God’s son—the Messiah! Now, that’s no small thing! That’s actually pretty life changing… eternally life changing for all of history and for all of humanity! What a weighty responsibility. Yet when Simeon prophesied over Jesus, saying, “With my own eyes I’ve seen your salvation; it’s now out in the open f

Luke 1 For years—decades even—Zachariah and Elizabeth had prayed for a child. Many a month came and went, and disappointment upon disappointment mounted as the years passed. But they continued to pray and hope. Every month the anticipation would rise, then fall when the sign of an empty womb would show up again… until finally, it quit showing up all together. Then all hope was gone. All anticipation was gone. Dreams… gone. Elizabeth had passed the age of childbearing. Her dre