Who’s Your Daddy Now? – Part 1
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.” [Luke 1:35]
Once upon a time there was this young Jewish maiden of lowly estate. Her name was Miriam of the tribe of Judah. Well, a strange thing happened to her on the way to bed one night. Would you believe an honest to goodness angel from heaven appeared to her? Yes, he did! What do you mean, “No, he did not!” Did so.
Anyway, Miriam was taken aback. Don’t ask me why. Just because she was a young lass of probably 14 years old or thereabouts and all alone in the dark, that was no reason for her to get all scaredy cat on us. Well, maybe it was. Nowadays we are so numbed at the unusual by TV and movie syfy, that we no longer have the good sense to get scared out of our gourd should a strange man appear to us glowing in the dark.
But Miriam had no TV set. She was broke and couldn’t afford one. Besides, no one bothered to invent a TV set yet, so the malls and internet wholesalers didn’t carry them. Come to think of it, there weren’t any malls or internet back then either. Those guys didn’t bother to invent anything, it would seem! But enough of this. Let’s exit Digression Boulevard and return to Miriam, shall we?
She saw this glowing alien and her knees began knocking rather loudly. So the alien attempted to comfort her with gentle words. He said, “Fear not, Miriam!” Unfortunately, but the alien was not accustomed to life on earth and mere mortals with sensitive ears. When he spoke those words, the walls of Miriam’s lowly abode rattled and shook fiercely. She well-nigh leaped out of her nightie!
So the alien, er, I mean angel, started over. He whispered in very small, soft words, “Don’t be afraid, little lass. You’re going to have a baby boy soon.”
Miriam was no longer afraid. Now she was offended! After all, she wasn’t a trollop. She wasn’t easy. She was a deeply godly young lady. She was saving herself for her future husband, she wanted that alien to know. How dare this alien, er, I mean angel, accuse her of being promiscuous! Why the nerve of this, this, this…whatever he is! Miriam retorted, “You lunatic! I’m a virgin, and virgins don’t have babies! Didn’t your mama ever teach you about the birds and the bees?”
In reply the angel uttered the remarkable words we quoted at the beginning of this post. In our next post we will continue this fantastically wonderful saga.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my books Genesis: Volume 1 and Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
Once upon a time there was this young Jewish maiden of lowly estate. Her name was Miriam of the tribe of Judah. Well, a strange thing happened to her on the way to bed one night. Would you believe an honest to goodness angel from heaven appeared to her? Yes, he did! What do you mean, “No, he did not!” Did so.
Anyway, Miriam was taken aback. Don’t ask me why. Just because she was a young lass of probably 14 years old or thereabouts and all alone in the dark, that was no reason for her to get all scaredy cat on us. Well, maybe it was. Nowadays we are so numbed at the unusual by TV and movie syfy, that we no longer have the good sense to get scared out of our gourd should a strange man appear to us glowing in the dark.
But Miriam had no TV set. She was broke and couldn’t afford one. Besides, no one bothered to invent a TV set yet, so the malls and internet wholesalers didn’t carry them. Come to think of it, there weren’t any malls or internet back then either. Those guys didn’t bother to invent anything, it would seem! But enough of this. Let’s exit Digression Boulevard and return to Miriam, shall we?
She saw this glowing alien and her knees began knocking rather loudly. So the alien attempted to comfort her with gentle words. He said, “Fear not, Miriam!” Unfortunately, but the alien was not accustomed to life on earth and mere mortals with sensitive ears. When he spoke those words, the walls of Miriam’s lowly abode rattled and shook fiercely. She well-nigh leaped out of her nightie!
So the alien, er, I mean angel, started over. He whispered in very small, soft words, “Don’t be afraid, little lass. You’re going to have a baby boy soon.”
Miriam was no longer afraid. Now she was offended! After all, she wasn’t a trollop. She wasn’t easy. She was a deeply godly young lady. She was saving herself for her future husband, she wanted that alien to know. How dare this alien, er, I mean angel, accuse her of being promiscuous! Why the nerve of this, this, this…whatever he is! Miriam retorted, “You lunatic! I’m a virgin, and virgins don’t have babies! Didn’t your mama ever teach you about the birds and the bees?”
In reply the angel uttered the remarkable words we quoted at the beginning of this post. In our next post we will continue this fantastically wonderful saga.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my books Genesis: Volume 1 and Deuteronomy: Volume 5 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
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