Three pictures of the Archangel Gabriel
Top: The annunciation/ Gabriel and Mary
The Archangel Gabriel is most well known for his role in
the annunciation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Scripture canonical, and apocryphal,
tells us much more than what the bible mentions. Here is just a few of Gabriel’s
attributes. He is known as the angel
of annunciation, angel of vengeance, angel of revelation, and angel of
mercy. The prophet Mohammed said
that it was Jibril (Gabriel) who dictated the Koran to him. Jewish legend tells us that Gabriel
destroyed the sinful cities of
