New Testament Evidence 1. In the New Testament age (a much shorter period of time than that of the Old Testament, only covering approximately a hundred years), God reinaugurated the revelatory process that had ceased with Malachi. The first messages were Gabriel’s words to Zechariah and to Mary (Luke 1:13–20, 28–37) and five supernatural dreams to Joseph and the Magi (Matt. 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22). 2. God later spoke through John the Baptist, with Luke 3:2 reporting the emergence of revelation with