Mary, as God’s willing servant, becomes, what Luke hopes for Israel, and for every reader. Her response is what Luke wants Theophilus to say. This is what he wants you to say.

After four hundred years of silence, the world is about to get loud.

Luke's is the Gospel of certainty, of knowing for sure. He calls it a narrative, which is a story. It’s his story of Jesus. But it’s not fictional story. It’s not a myth. It’s the truth. Luke knows better than to deny Jesus and he does not want Theophilus to doubt the truth about Jesus.

Since Moses wrote Genesis and Exodus and served as God’s conduit for saving Israel from Egypt, it’s fitting to end this series looking at how Jesus fulfills, not only the words of Moses, but the ministry of Moses.

We are glory-oriented creatures because God built this glory orientation into us. For all

of our lives, we are attracted to and pursue some kind of glory, but you will never be happy—never be satisfied—until Jesus is at the center of your life. Only he can ‘save’ you in every way.

Jesus stands at the right hand of the Father, his presence interceding for you.

"There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel."

The ark of the covenant symbolized God’s presence, Immanuel, God with us in Jesus.

The items in the ark represented Jesus. The ark and its contents were a shadow of Jesus,

and he is the fulfillment of it.