He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
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… in your mind and heart. Then verse 52, he has brought down the mighty from their thrones, exalted those of humble estate. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. Mary is using the exact same language Hannah used in response to the birth of her baby, and you keep reading further down this same chapter. You hear Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, talking about Jesus, and he prays this prayer, blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. Are you seeing this? The Lord himself has come, visited the world to redeem his people, all who trust in his redeeming love, and he has raised up a what? A horn of what? salvation in the house of who? King David. This is the greatest news in the world. Number 19, God is the king who has come for you and me. God, the rock who rules the world, has come to save you from your sin and me from my sin. And his name is Jesus. …
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever. And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home. So, if there are any students out here this morning, and I know there are some of you who fit this category, you are taking Latin. And you have perhaps, in a moment of weakness, dared to say to others, when am I ever going to use Latin? Well, only about every day of your life if you're paying attention. But besides that, this morning, this morning, I want you to think about your Latin because I have some Latin for you. Et, et, Maria. You got that, Maria? Magnificat, anima, mea, dominum. All right, it's too many of you to ask a show of hands for a translation, but that's Luke 1, 46. …
… this. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. I don't know if you can catch this, if you heard this, but this is a revolutionary song, not unlike O Holy Night that was inspired by it, a revolutionary song. Mary's song was inspired by the songs of other women in the Hebrew Bible. So we often think that only men wrote the Bible, and that's true. But there are a handful of songs captured that were composed in Scripture that were composed by women. So let me just mention a few of those. Miriam. Now Mary's name in Hebrew was Miriam, and she's named after the sister of Moses. And after the Israelites were delivered through the Red Sea from the Egyptians and from slavery, she composed a song and she began to sing. Then there's Deborah, the judge, and Deborah sings to God after God had used Deborah to deliver the Israelites from their enemies. …