Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Apr 22, 2021 at 16:50
There is so much being presented and in many instances taken for granted when considering this revisionist version of maiden Mary being overshadowed by the power of the Holy Spirit, using terms of physicality in this visitation instead of understanding what really happened, which apparently in the Quran, is not all that well explained. But this actually is beside the point. It appears that the lesson the Quranic version desires to teach is the obedience desired of the maiden/woman; that is the emphasis at the end of the passage.
Reader Prashant provides a very clear presentation in which the reader of the Gospels is able to distinguish the truth of the visit of Gabriel to Mary and the true objective, the sinlessness of her unborn child-to-be, Immanuel, eventually named Yeshua in the Temple, potentially at one of the feast days.
Thank you to reader Prashant.
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