to the Fourth Gospel Sunday of Advent: an introduction.
The child she is of the Holy Spirit.
The tree at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel is not meant as a contribution to genealogy, but as a theological statement about Jesus and the meaning of Israel's history. Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. And his story that is actually moving through all the successes through sex. He is the Promised One, since David and of Abraham. In it the history of Israel has reached its goal of him will decide the way ahead of Israel and all nations.
Today's Gospel is under the central message: "God is with us". The evangelist quotes the prophecy from the prophet Isaiah, to identify the mystery of the incarnation as a creative, saving intervention of God. Through the power of the Holy Spirit had received Jesus Maria: He is a pure gift of grace, and therefore the possibilities of God and his Spirit of love.
Joseph is surprised: he senses the presence of God and his work. When God comes near, then the righteous fear of God is recognized. Joseph was "just", that is, in the language of the Bible: he was kind. So he wanted to Maria, whose secret he did not understand, dismissed in peace. But now he becomes the Confidant and agent of the divine work. On his first decision to fire Mary, he is acknowledged the appearance of an angel, and it is the will of God revealed. In contrast to Ahaz, Josef the character and mission of God, he is the legal father of Jesus and give him as such is also the name of Jesus, which means "Yahweh saves.
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