In the great central event of the whole Bible, God himself came down in the form of a man by sending Jesus to earth to be born of the virgin Mary. And yet the King of Heaven was born in a lowly stable.

The angel Gabriel went to Mary with the great news that she was to bear the Messiah as her son!  In awe, she asked Gabriel how that was possible, and he relayed the news that even her relative, Elizabeth, was expecting a child even in her advanced age.

John the Baptist spent his life pointing to the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ.  He was even witness to Jesus's baptism where the Father proclaimed that Jesus was his son and the Holy Spirit came on him.

Zachariah and his wife Elizabeth were given a great surprise in their old age.  They would have a son who would prepare the way for the coming Messiah!  Not only would they have a son, but the long-promised Messiah was finally about to come!

In this hundredth episode (!!), Haggai warns the people of Israel that they need to rebuild God's temple.  The people thought they were too poor to do it, but it turns out that they were poor because they hadn't served God by rebuilding the temple!

After Jonah ran away, God quickly brought him to repentance, and Jonah went straight to Ninevah.  Surprisingly, the Ninevites repented!  Jonah, however, was upset and complained to God.  However, God had another lesson to teach Jonah about how important even sinful people who come to repentance are to him.

God gave Jonah a big task - preach the Gospel to the sinful city of Ninevah!  Jonah was so sure the people of the city would hate his message, that he ran away.  But God wasn't pleased with this and sent a terrible storm to bring him to repentance.

In another well-known Bible story, God shows his power over all creation by saving Daniel from the hungry lions!  Even though evil men want to kill Daniel and even go as far as having him thrown to the lions, God saves Daniel in a most remarkable way.

In this well-known story, God demonstrates his love and power to Daniel's 3 friends by preserving their lives as they found the courage to disobey the king's sinful command, even though it meant certain death for them.

God showed his everlasting love to Israel by giving Ezekiel a vision.  In this vision, Ezekiel saw a valley full of dry bones.  God, through his mighty life-giving power, brought these dry bones to life, just as he would bring Israel, who was dead in their sins, back to life.