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Luke
Chapter
2
2:2``
This was the first census taken 2:3`` Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
2:4``
So Joseph also went up
2:5``
He went to be enrolled/registered with Mary,
2:6``And
it came to pass,
2:7``
And she gave birth to her first-born son
{The
Shepherds' Receive a Visit}
2:9~~And
the angel of the Lord
2:10~~And
the angel {King/Officer of Arms} said to them, It shall be for ALL people.
11~~Because
today in the city of David
12~~And,
this will be the sign for you . . . {Note: The 'sign' was something unusual . . . babies are not usually found in feeding troughs! However, the REAL unusual thing was wrapping a baby in 'strips of cloth'. Strips of cloth were usually found on the DEAD (like we see on Egyptian mummies)! This again was a foretelling that the death on the cross was the primary reason for the birth of Christ.}
13-14~~Suddenly
there appears {Note: You can not give in worship what you do NOT have. For example, money . . . you can not donate money if you do not have money. This is the same with 'glory'. You can not give 'glory' to the Lord because you do not HAVE any glory. But the elect angels do have glory! We will have 'glory' in our resurrected bodies and then can give praise and glory to the Lord.}
15~~So
it was, when the angels had 'passed in review'/'gone away' {Note: Shepherds understood authority, recognized true authority, operated under authority, obeyed authority and had self-control. They listened to the message, heard the message, obeyed the message and moved out immediately.}
16``And
they came with haste {Note: They persisted in their search, making good decisions from a position of strength (from humility and the motivational virtue of love for God) - doing a right thing in a right way - from a right scale of values . . . no looking back . . . no indecisiveness. They moved out immediately and did not quit until they found the baby.}
17``
And, having seen this {the sign},
18``And
all who heard it marveled/wondered
19``But
Mary kept on guarding/treasuring in her 'right lobe'/heart
2:20``So
the shepherds returned,
2:21``
And when eight days were completed
His
name was called Jesus
{Jesus'
Presentation at the Temple
2:25``And
behold, there was a man in Jerusalem,
2:26``
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit
2:27-32``So,
directed by the Spirit,
2:33``
So the child's father and mother were marveling/amazed
2:34-35``Then
Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,
2:36``And,
there was also a prophetess,
She
was very old, having lived with her husband
She
never left the temple,
2:38``She
came up at that very moment
2:39``
So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything
{The
Pattern/'Prototype Life' Jesus Christ Left for All Church Age Believers} {Note: Pleroo is the verb meaning to 'fill up a deficiency'. Here it is our understanding of divine viewpoint that is deficient. The intake of doctrine fills that deficiency. In other verses, pleroma refers to one with an 'edification complex of the soul'. See also Romans 8:4.} {Note: Paul tells us to imitate Paul as he imitated Christ. How did Paul imitate Christ? Both 'kept on growing'. This had a double meaning. Not only did the child Jesus Christ grow physically but this verse also tells us His Humanity kept on 'filling the deficiency' of bible doctrine in His human soul. He learned doctrine though much faster and much earlier in life then the rest of us. But this is the pattern. First comes the intake of divine viewpoint, then later, once the wisdom is in place, then is the application to life's experiences. And, throughout the process, the grace of God kept on being on Him - the same with all believers who are growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the bible IS the Mind of Christ).}
{Jesus
in the Temple}
2:42``And,
when He was twelve years old
2:43-44``And,
having completed their stay
His
parents did not know it, 2:44``
2:45``And,
when they did not find Him,
2:46``And
it came to pass after three days,
2:47``
And all who heard Jesus were astonished
2:48``And,
having seen Him,
And,
His mother said to him, Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously." 2:49``And He replied, "Why were you looking for Me?
Didn't
you know that I must be 'about My Father's work'?"
2:50``However,
they themselves
2:51``Then
He went down with them and came to Nazareth, But his mother kept/guarded all these words in her 'right lobe'/heart.
2:52~~And
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