Hereof, where does blessed and highly favored come from?
Luke 1:28. And my subject is "You Are Blessed and Highly Favored". Stand, please. "And the angel came in unto her, and said, 'Hail, thou art highly favored.
Likewise, who received favor in the Bible? Abraham received God's favor (Genesis 18:3), and the added distinction of being called God's friend (Isaiah 41:8, James 2:23). Moses also received God's favor, and the unique blessing of seeing God's glory (Exodus 33:17-23).
Keeping this in view, what does the word highly favored mean?
Being highly favored means you are chosen to fulfill a particular task. When someone says they are highly favored what they should mean is speaking their aspirations into fruition, sort of like a self-fulling prophecy but greater.
Who is the blessed person in the Bible?
From a Biblical point of view, a blessed person is first and foremost a man or woman who is in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and who no longer submits to the world but now submits to the word.
