{"id":537,"date":"2025-10-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=537&2025"},"modified":"2025-10-27T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:00:07","slug":"everyones-messiah-luke-1-39-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/everyones-messiah-luke-1-39-56\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone’s Messiah: Luke 1:39-56"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Luke 1:39-56 (GW)<\/div>
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39\u00a0<\/sup>Soon afterward, Mary hurried to a city in the mountain region of Judah. 40\u00a0<\/sup>She entered Zechariah\u2019s home and greeted Elizabeth.<\/p>

41\u00a0<\/sup>When Elizabeth heard the greeting, she felt the baby kick. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42\u00a0<\/sup>She said in a loud voice, \u201cYou are the most blessed of all women, and blessed is the child that you will have. 43\u00a0<\/sup>I feel blessed that the mother of my Lord is visiting me. 44\u00a0<\/sup>As soon as I heard your greeting, I felt the baby jump for joy. 45\u00a0<\/sup>You are blessed for believing that the Lord would keep his promise to you.\u201d<\/p>

46\u00a0<\/sup>Mary said,<\/p>

\u201cMy soul praises the Lord\u2019s greatness!
47\u00a0<\/sup>My spirit finds its joy in God, my Savior,
48\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0because he has looked favorably on me, his humble servant.<\/p>

\u201cFrom now on, all people will call me blessed
49\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0because the Almighty has done great things to me.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0His name is holy.
50\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For those who fear him,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0his mercy lasts throughout every generation.<\/p>

51\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cHe displayed his mighty power.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He scattered those who think too highly of themselves.
52\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He pulled strong rulers from their thrones.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He honored humble people.
53\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He fed hungry people with good food.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He sent rich people away with nothing.<\/p>

54\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cHe remembered to help his servant Israel forever.
55\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is the promise he made to our ancestors,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to Abraham and his descendants.\u201d<\/p>

56\u00a0<\/sup>Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.<\/p>\r\n

Read Luke 1:39-56<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

Often the details surrounding an event are just as interesting as what actually happened.<\/p>\r\n

While reading the passage in Luke that we often call \u201cMary\u2019s Song\u201d, a phrase near the end of it stood out to me as being interesting. As Mary concludes this song, she finishes off by singing, \u201cHe remembered to help his servant Israel forever. This is the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (v. 54-55)<\/p>\r\n

This stands out to me because Mary sees Jesus as the fulfillment of the promise God gave to Abraham, and to the Jewish nation. This is very true. God had promised Abraham that the Messiah would be one of his descendants.<\/p>\r\n

What is fascinating though is not what it said, but what is implied by what is not said. The promise God gave to Abraham was not the first promise God gave regarding sending a Messiah. Immediately following God kicking Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, He promises them a Messiah would come to restore the connection they broke when they sinned.<\/p>\r\n

I wonder if many of the Jews had minimized this reference or dismissed it in their minds. The Messiah God promised to Adam and Eve was a Messiah for all of humanity, but the one they liked focusing in on was one that built up the Jewish nation exclusively. The messiah the Jews were waiting for was one who would come and overthrow the Romans and make their nation independent again.<\/p>\r\n

With this in mind, I also wonder if Mary had this idea in her mind during Jesus\u2019 growing up years \u2013 and if so, I wonder what she might have thought as He was arrested, tried, and ultimately crucified.<\/p>\r\n

Mary\u2019s song was a high point in her life as Jesus\u2019 mother, and while there would be many more high points coming, she was ultimately going to face the event no parent wants to face \u2013 and that event is watching your child die.<\/p>\r\n

But Jesus\u2019 death wasn\u2019t just for the Jewish nation; Jesus died for all humanity, and He made a way for not only Jews to have a restored connection with Jesus, but gentiles as well!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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