Week 1- Supernatural Beginnings

400 years without a word.  That's how long it has been since God has spoken to His people through His prophets in the Old Testament.  He broke the silence by sending the angel Gabriel to deliver a message to a young virgin named Mary living in Nazareth,  a quiet little town nestled on a hillside ninety miles north of Jerusalem. Mary is engaged to be married to a hard-working carpenter named Joseph.  The nation of Israel has been under Roman occupation and rule for more than sixty-five years when the decree is made that all Jews return to their place of birth for a national census.