God’s messengers can take many forms as God communicates with us in many ways. The Messenger – Archangel Gabriel is a visual representation of the presence of God’s messengers in our lives.
In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to communicate God's will to humanity. In the Gospel of Luke the angel Gabriel appears to both Zechariah foretelling the birth of John the Baptist, and Mary foretelling the birth of Jesus the Christ.
The Messenger – Archangel Gabriel, Mark Hewitt 2008, heralding the coming of ‘The Christ’ at Christmas.