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December 23, 2007
 
Matthew 1:18-25 \\ /18 //Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way.
When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.//
//19 //And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.//
//20 //But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.//
//21 //She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”//
//22 //All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:// //23 //“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).// //24 //When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,// //25 //but knew her not until she had given birth to a son.
And he called his name Jesus./
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Mary
A. Nazareth was a small and insignificant town.
Nothing great or noteworthy ever happened in Nazareth until this day.
Isolated in a small sheltered valley, built on a hill, this little city was home to a simple family who had a daughter named Mary.
She was probably around 14 years old.
She was betrothed.
Betrothed is like being engaged but betrothal in that day meant more than it does today.
Being betrothed meant that Mary’s father had entered into a formal agreement for marriage with the groom’s father.
Joseph’s father had already paid a bride price to Mary’s father.
The betrothal was legally binding.
It was a pre-marriage marriage.
They had pledged their faithfulness.
The engagement could not be broken except through divorce.
Mary would be called Joseph’s wife and Joseph would be called Mary’s husband even though they had not become married yet.[1]
Mary was betrothed to Joseph, who was from the house of David.
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