The Angel Gabriel
Daniel 8:27 NLT
Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.
Daniel 8:15-19 NLT
As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me. And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, "Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision." As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. "Son of man," he said, "you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end." While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet. Then he said, "I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.
Daniel 9:21-23 NLT
As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice. He explained to me, "Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding. The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.
Daniel 10:5-6 NLT
I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people.
Daniel 10:9 NLT
Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground.
Daniel 10:10-11 NLT
Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees. And the man said to me, "Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you."
Luke 1:11-12 NLT
While Zechariah was in the sanctuary, an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the incense altar. Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.
Luke 1:18-20 NLT
Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure this will happen? I'm an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years." Then the angel said, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news! But now, since you didn't believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled at the proper time."
Luke 1:26-27a NLT
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary.
Luke 1:28-30 NLT
Gabriel appeared to her and said, "Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!" Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. "Don't be afraid, Mary," the angel told her, "for you have found favor with God!
1st Don't be afraid of the future God has for you
Daniel 10:12 NLT
Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel.
Luke 1:13 NLT
But the angel said, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah!
Luke 1:30
"Don't be afraid, Mary," the angel told her
2nd God hears your prayers
Daniel 9:23 NLT
The moment you began praying, a command was given.
Daniel 10:12 NLT
Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
Luke 1:13 NLT
But the angel said, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer.
Luke 1:30 NLT
"Don't be afraid, Mary," the angel told her, for you have found favor with God!
3rd God's will is discovered in God's presence
Luke 1:19 NLT
Then the angel said, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news!
4th Nothing is impossible with God
Luke 1:37 NLT
For nothing is impossible with God.
5th Jesus is God's son, the forever King, sent to save us
Luke 1:28-33
Gabriel appeared to her and said... “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!"
