Implications of the Incarnation: The Incarnation is New Creation

The Magnificat invites us to enter into, consider, and embrace the worldview of a teenaged Jewish girl and her geriatric aunt: The one bearing the prophet Elijah which was to come and the other carrying within her womb the God whom she and her nation worshipped and feared.

Sometimes it is the unnamed characters in the Bible who can most help present-day readers find their own place in the biblical story.

Even though they have reasons to fear, the peace of God that transcends all other reasons now guards, patrols, and garrisons their hearts and minds.

Waiting is not easy, but after waiting a long time, one would at least expect us to be ready when the time came.