The Angel Gabriel actually first shows up on planet Earth over five hundred years before the first Christmas.
Daniel 8:16-17
“I heard a voice calling… “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.” So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the times of the end.”
*Daniel, the heroic Bible figure had two responses to his encounter with Gabriel:
- Terrified
- Fell Facedown
This is a messenger of God. Note the fearful, reverent, respectful response of a courageous Daniel to this messenger:
- Terrified
- Fell Facedown.
This Christmas, as I read the Bible and the accounts of all the characters associated with the Birth of Jesus, do I possess anything close to this type of posture?
Action Point: I need to get off my chair and on my face