And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. (Luke 1:26-28) Gabriel was not sent to Mary by chance. He was sent because the stage had been prepared. An entire nation had repented. The

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) One of the most powerful and often overlooked principles in the Kingdom is that God responds to repentance. He does not respond to performance, religious activity or how long you have been saved. He responds to genuine repentance. When the nation approached John and confessed their sins in the Jordan River, something shifted in the spirit. The sta

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. (Mark 1:4-5) God had a plan for Israel. He was going to send the Messiah, but not into a nation full of unrepentant sin. So, as He always does, He prepared the way first. Seven hundred years before John the Baptist showed up, I