Mary: Mother of Salvation

LORD

Numbers 6:24 “The LORD bless you and keep you;”

Numbers 6:25 “the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;”

Numbers 6:26 “the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”

Numbers 6:27 ““So shall they put my NAME upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.””

Luke 1:31 “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his NAME Jesus.” Yehoshua, YHWH saves.

He will be son of the Most High

Favor

… “face to shine” to show favor or do good for someone.

Luke 1:30 “And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found FAVOR with God.”

—God’s face shines on you.

Luke 1:35 “And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the MOST HIGH will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called HOLY—the SON OF GOD (YHWH).”

Genesis 22:18 “and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.””

Mission

Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”

This ensured that

she could “see God when He appeared” and “recognise his messenger at his arrival.”

God “made his face shine on her”

and his NAME was upon her, and he became flesh within her

Genesis 22:18 “and in … [her] offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because … [she has] obeyed my voice.”” “

Luke 2:20 “And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”

Just as we have seen and heard, through those who came before us, and so we glorify & praise God for his goodness to us, and make his NAME and GLORY known among the nations.

Holy Mary …

Mother of God, pray for us, that we may be made worthy if the promises of Christ

That his face shining on us may cause “all the nations of the earth be blessed, because … [we] have obeyed … [his] voice.””