In Luke chapter one God moved the final pieces into place. An elderly, infertile couple joyously got pregnant. A virgin girl understood, thanks to an angelic visitor, her role in delivering the Savior to the world.

Friends and neighbors shared their joy. The virgin girl’s fiancee strapped on the responsibility of a child uniquely not his own.

Then things settled down. Thirty-ish years later, God’s moves played out. Human history peaked as first John the Baptist, then Jesus of Nazareth, appeared to the public.

We use the phrase “this changes everything,” when promoting cell phones and vacations and tacos. But 2,000 years ago, these two young men, in marvelous, magnificent, and matchless ways, absolutely changed everything.

Week 10 of reading the Bible cover to cover