20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, [a] because he will save his people from their sins."
[a] Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the LORD saves.
Is this a hint of what is to come? God is asking Joseph to love Mary despite the apparent fault of becoming pregnant by someone other than himself. Can we in today's world imagine this. If your wife ( or husband brought home a child from another woman that he fathered) were in this situation could you do the same? It is a powerful indication of what He will come to teach us. It makes me wonder what was going through his mind during such a troubling time. It awes me at the power of God to set such a powerful message in motion.
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