Zechariah and Mary

In Luke 1, we see two different stories with similar themes.  The first story is when The angel Gabriel announces to Zechariah the birth of John the baptist.  The second is when the Angel announces to Mary the Birth of Jesus.  Two entirely different results. Zechariah doubts, and pays a price for it. Mary Believes.  Mary's faith was in stark contrast to that of Zechariah, and Zechariah was a priest. A pretty High-up Priest too, he was in the temple, burning incense when the angel appeared to him.  He was scared, I would be too.  I can just imagine him thinking "400 hundred years of silence and now this angel appears, to ME!" Zechariah was then told about the birth of John The Babtist. He asked the angel the question, "How can this be? For I am old and my wife is barren."  In the cenuries before, prophets would, with their prophecies in the far future, propecy of things soon to come.  If those soon things did not come to pass, they would be deemed false prohets, and stoned.  Zechariah's question was logical, but showed signs of a wavering faith.  Gabriel answers, "I am Gabriel I stand in the prescence of God."  Zechariah, how much proof would you need from an angel.  Why would you, a priest want proof from an angel?  Mary, the virgin, however, was told that she would have a baby, believed what she was told.   A  lowly cheesemaker (no offense dad!) believed a more ridicoulous thing than a priest!  May we all have Mary faith, not Zechariah!

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