Were the angels lying?
"The angel said to them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."
The angel said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David’s town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master.
Questions
1. Were the angels lying?
2. Is the mega joy announced truly for all people?
3. What does all mean?
Hopefully they weren't lying to Daniel........
Daniel 8:16
And I heard
a Man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, “
Gabriy'el, make this man understand the vision
Daniel 9:21 While I speaking in prayer and the man<36>
Gabriy'el whom I saw in a vision in beginning, fainting in faintness, touching to me as of time<6256> of present-offering<4503> of evening. 22 And he is explaining and speaking with me and saying, "
Daniye'l, I now come forth to give intelligence<7919> of thee understanding<998>".
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Malachi 3:1 Behold! sending messenger of Me, and-he paves way before Me
And suddenly the Lord/0113 'adown shall come to His temple of, Whom ye are seeking, and the Messenger of the Covenant, Whom ye delighting. Behold! he comes says Yahweh of Hosts.
2 and who enduring the Day to come of Him................
This story in Luke 1 is truly one of the most awesome chapters in the NT
Gabriel and the father of John the Baptist:
Luke 1:
8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,
9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,
10and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.
11And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,
12and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;
13and the messenger said unto him, ‘Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name
John,
14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,
15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother’s womb;
16and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,
17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones,
to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.’
18And Zacharias said unto the messenger, ‘Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?’
19And the messenger answering said to him,
‘I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,
20and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.’
Gabriel and Mary:
26And in the sixth month was
the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which [is] Nazareth,
27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.
28And the messenger having come in unto her, said, ‘Hail, favoured one, the Lord [is] with thee; blessed [art] thou among women;’
29and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.
30And the messenger said to her, ‘Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name
Jesus;
32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,
33and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.’
34And Mary said unto the messenger, ‘How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?’
35And the messenger answering said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;
36and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;
37because nothing shall be impossible with God.’
38And Mary said, ‘Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,’ and the messenger went away from her.
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They meet at the Jordan
Jhn 1:29
The next day
John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Tools
Jhn 1:36
And looking at
Jesus as He walked,
he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”