Apr 9 in General discussion
Luke Chapter 2-4: Exploring Our Readings
Alrighty, ya'll! I've been diving into our reading for this week and I just finished wrapping up chapters 2,3, and 4. Here are a couple of realizations I had while I was studying.
- Jesus was laid in a manger which was used to feed animals like donkeys. Which later he’d end up giving up his life as the ultimate sacrifice and become for food for those who follow him. Also, he rode in on a donkey when he entered Jerusalem.
2. When Mary & Joseph need to offer a sacrifice according to the law, it shows how poor they were, only being able to offer a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons. But I found it so unique that they have the ultimate sacrifice, the true lamb of god right there in that moment.
3. The shepherds were responsible for keeping lambs free of any blemish until they were one year old. They wrapped up the baby lambs in swaddling clothes. So when they saw Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes they knew that he was the messiah.
Luke 2:8-19
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And [c]behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made [f]widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
4. Luke’s genealogy traces all the way back to Adam to show how god is working for all people not just of Jewish decent. This also lends to Luke’s global vision of the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
5. Even Jesus was submissive to his parents.
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
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Luke Chapter 2-4: Exploring Our Readings
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