TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth.” (Luke 1:26)

BIBLE TWEET: In the sixth month of Elisabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel, God’s celestial courier, was again dispatched, but this time not to a religious and celebrated place, the temple of God in Jerusalem, but to a remote and common place, Nazareth.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: It has been said that the only remarkable thing about Nazareth was it was remarkably unremarkable. It is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament, in the Apocrypha, or in the writings of the famous Jewish historian Josephus. Still, our Lord is indelibly identified with the place, since He was called “Jesus of Nazareth,” and His disciples were called  “Nazarenes.” (Mark 1:24; John 18:7; 19:19; Acts 2:22; 24:5)