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0:00Luke 2:1
0:02Now in those days a decree went out from
0:05Caesar Augustus that a census be taken
0:08of all the inhabited earth. This was the
0:11first census taken while Corinius was
0:14governor of Syria. This was the first
0:17census taken while Corinius was governor
0:20of Syria. And everyone was on his way to
0:23register for the census,
0:25each to his own city.
0:28Joseph also went up from Galilee, from
0:31the city of Nazareth to Judea, to the
0:34city of David, which is called
0:36Bethlehem, because he was of the house
0:39and family of David. In order to
0:42register along with Mary, who was
0:45engaged to him and was with child.
0:49While they were there, the days were
0:51completed for her to give birth. and she
0:54gave birth to her firstborn son, and she
0:58wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a
1:01manger, because there was no room for
1:03them in the inn.
1:06In the same region, there were some
1:08shepherds staying out in the fields and
1:11keeping watch over their flock by night.
1:14And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood
1:17before them, and the glory of the Lord
1:20shone around them, and they were
1:23terribly frightened.
1:25But the angel said to them,
1:27"Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring
1:31you good news of great joy, which will
1:34be for all people.
1:37For today in the city of David, there is
1:41born for you a Savior who is Christ the
1:45Lord.
1:47This will be a sign for you. You will
1:50find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying
1:53in a manger.
1:55And suddenly there appeared with the
1:57angel a multitude of heavenly hosts
2:01praising God and saying, "Glory to God
2:04in the highest and on earth, peace among
2:08men with whom he is pleased."
2:11When the angels had gone away from them
2:13into heaven, the shepherds began saying
2:16to one another, "Let us go straight to
2:19Bethlehem then and see this thing that
2:22has happened which the Lord has made
2:24known to us." So they came in a hurry
2:27and found their way to Mary and Joseph
2:30and the baby as he lay in the manger.
2:35When they had seen this, they made known
2:38the statement which had been told them
2:40about this child.
2:43And all who heard it wondered at the
2:45things which were told them by the
2:47shepherds.
2:49But Mary treasured all these things,
2:51pondering them in her heart. The
2:54shepherds went back glorifying and
2:56praising God for all that they had heard
3:00and seen just as had been told them.
3:06So this is a phenomenal story. Again,
3:10Luke is very detailed. He tells us that
3:14the census was issued by Caesar
3:18Augustus. He tells us it's while the
3:22Roman general Corinius was governor of
3:25Syria, which would have meant that he
3:27was uh a governor general, probably a
3:30temporary, not a political post, but a
3:32military post, martial law imposed for a
3:36season. He tells us that the census
3:39required them to go back to their
3:41hometown, which has some precedent even
3:44in historical documents.
3:47And then he tells us that there was no
3:50room in the inn, so they ended up
3:53staying in a barn. He tells us that
3:55Jesus was born in a manger. These are
3:58all incredible details.
4:01And then he tells us that God first
4:04announced the birth of his Messiah to
4:07shepherds. In the days of Jesus,
4:09shepherds were the least likely to be
4:13the witness of the Messiah. They were
4:15not considered to be honest. They were
4:19considered to exaggerate.
4:21And so if this was a fictional story or
4:25if God was trying to announce himself
4:29through the elite, he would never say
4:32that he sent the word through shepherds.
4:35But God is trying to spread the hope
4:38through the hopeless people. So, he's
4:41not at all embarrassed to send Mary
4:43Magdalene as the first from the tomb of
4:46his resurrection or to send the
4:48shepherds as the first to herald what
4:51has happened. He's trying to say, "I
4:55don't need your political systems. I
4:59don't need your status. I don't need
5:01your power, politics, and elites. I just
5:05need people who have faith." and it will
5:08become greater and more beautiful and
5:10real than all the politics and power of
5:13man.
5:15And then we have these details where it
5:18says that Mary treasured all these
5:22things, pondering them in her heart.
5:23Again, this sounds like all these
5:26details could have only come from Mary.
5:29And it points to the fact that Luke was
5:32interviewing Mary in writing his story.
5:35And when eight days had passed before
5:38his circumcision,
5:40his name was then called Jesus, Yeshua.
5:45The name given by the angel before he
5:48was conceived in the womb. Jesus
5:52Yeshua in Hebrew
5:55is
5:56where we get the word Joshua.
6:00And of course in Hebrew they don't say
6:03the sounds J. they would say the sound
6:06Yah. So it wouldn't sound like Joshua.
6:09It would sound like Yeshua.
6:12And Yesua is the
6:16conjunction. It's the combining of two
6:18words. Yah,
6:21which means Yahweh, like hallelujah,
6:25and Hosa, which means salvation.
6:31When God first spoke to Moses at the
6:34burning bush, Moses said, "Who are you?
6:37Who shall I say is sending me?" And the
6:40Lord told him, "I am Yahweh."
6:43And he says, "This is my name forever."
6:47And it means I am what I am. And it also
6:51means I will become whatsoever I will
6:53become. So, it's this God who has being
6:59in himself and is determined to become
7:02what we need in order to be like him.
7:06And so throughout the ages, Yahweh
7:10became their provider, El Shadai. Yahweh
7:13became their healing, Yahweh Rafa.
7:17Yahweh became their peace, Yahweh
7:19shalom. Yahweh became their
7:22righteousness, Yahweh.
7:25But in the end, Yahweh became salvation,
7:29Yeshua.
7:30And so it says, "You will call his name
7:33Jesus, Yeshua, for he will save his
7:36people from their sins."
7:38So they were explicitly tying the name
7:41Yeshua to saving,
7:44showing that the name Yeshua means
7:47Yahweh and salvation. Yahweh becomes
7:50salvation.
7:52And when the eight days had passed
7:54before his circumcision, his name was
7:56then called Yeshua, Jesus, the name
8:00given by the angel before he was
8:02conceived in the womb. And when the days
8:05for their purification according to the
8:07law of Moses were completed, they
8:10brought him up to Jerusalem to present
8:12him to the Lord. As it is written in the
8:16law of the Lord, every firstborn male
8:18that opens the womb shall be called holy
8:22to the Lord
8:24and to offer a sacrifice according to
8:26what was said in the law of the Lord, a
8:29pair of turtle doves or two young
8:32pigeons.
8:34And there was a man in Jerusalem whose
8:37name was Simeon.
8:40And this man was righteous and devout
8:44looking for the consolation of Israel
8:47and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
8:51So there was a prophet, there was a holy
8:53man in Jerusalem who was looking for the
8:57consolation of Israel, which means he
8:59was looking for salvation. He was
9:01looking for the appearance of the
9:02Messiah.
9:05And it had been revealed to him to
9:07Simeon by the Holy Spirit that he would
9:09not see death before he had seen the
9:13Lord's Messiah.
9:16And he came in the spirit into the
9:18temple. And when the parents brought in
9:22the child Jesus to carry out for him the
9:25custom of the law, then he Simeon took
9:28him into his arms and blessed God and
9:33said,
9:35"Now, Lord, you are releasing your
9:38bondervant to depart in peace
9:42according to your word, for my eyes have
9:46seen your salvation, Yeshua.
9:50which you have prepared in the presence
9:52of all peoples,
9:55a light of revelation to the Gentiles,
9:58and the glory of your people Israel."
10:03And his father and mother were amazed at
10:06the things which were being said about
10:08him.
10:10And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary
10:13his mother, "Behold, this child is
10:18appointed for the fall and rise of many
10:22in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed,
10:28and a sword will pierce even your own
10:30soul to the end that the thoughts from
10:34many hearts may be revealed."
10:38So this man's been waiting for the
10:40Messiah. And when he sees Jesus and he
10:44says, "Now I can die because my eyes
10:48have seen your salvation
10:53which you have prepared in the presence
10:55of all people. And it's a light of
10:59revelation to the Gentiles." God is
11:01going to turn the light of truth on for
11:04the Gentiles. The Gentiles didn't have
11:07the scriptures. The Gentiles didn't have
11:09the covenant. The Gentiles didn't have
11:12relationship with the one true God of
11:14Israel. But that light is going to go on
11:17and it's going to be the glory to his
11:20people, Israel, which means the presence
11:22of God is going to come and dwell among
11:26mortal human flesh. That's the glory of
11:29Israel.
11:31And then he says this. He says uh this
11:35child is appointed for the fall and rise
11:40of many in Israel. He's just said that
11:42he's going to be the glory of Israel.
11:43But he says this child is going to make
11:46some people fall.
11:48His life is going to be so powerful and
11:51it's going to be so decisive, so
11:54controversial that some people are going
11:57to rise up in power. They're going to be
12:00changed. They're going to be renewed.
12:02They're going to be saved. And others
12:04are going to crash.
12:06They're going to be offended.
12:09They're going to slander. They're going
12:10to blaspheme. They're going to hate.
12:13They're going to murder.
12:16And he says he will be a sign to be
12:19opposed.
12:21People are going to try to stop this
12:24witness. People are going to oppose this
12:27evidence. They're going to try to kill
12:30this undeniable sign from God of what
12:33God is doing.
12:35Now, this is a word to Jesus and about
12:38Jesus, but it's also a word about any
12:41authentic expression of his body.
12:45When people encounter Christ, even among
12:48his people,
12:50they're going to, some are going to be
12:52very encouraged. They're going to rise
12:54up in blessing. others are going to be
12:56offended and they're going to oppose it.
12:59And then he he tells Mary whom he's just
13:02blessed, he says, "A sword will pierce
13:05even your own soul."
13:09Do you think a sword pierced Mary's soul
13:11when she heard Jesus say, "Who is my
13:15mother?"
13:16and realized that she had gotten
13:20offended at him and thought he had lost
13:22his mind when she and the relatives went
13:24to take him because he'd gone crazy and
13:27he said, "Who is my mother?" You think a
13:30sword pierced her heart?
13:33You think if a sword pierced her heart
13:36when he was at the wedding at Kaa and
13:39said,"Woman,
13:41my time has not yet come."
13:44You think a sword pierced her heart when
13:47she saw him hanging naked, nailed to a
13:51cross and saying, "Mother, behold your
13:56son. And son, behold your mother." And
13:58putting her into the care of John.
14:02Yes. But a sword also pierced her heart
14:05when she saw him raised from the dead.
14:08and a sword also pierced her heart when
14:10on the day of Pentecost she understood
14:13the glory that had been promised to
14:15Israel and she was part of it. She was
14:18there.
14:20People can say many things about their
14:22intentions, about their honor for God,
14:25but when they encounter an undeniable
14:28witness of his grace, their thoughts are
14:33revealed.
14:34They get off the fence. They're either
14:37going to rise or they're going to fall,
14:39but a sword is going to pierce their
14:41heart.
14:42And there was a prophetus Anna, the
14:45daughter of Fenuel of the tribe of
14:48Asher. She was advanced in years and had
14:52lived with her husband 7 years after her
14:55marriage and then as a widow to the age
14:59of 84.
15:01She never left the temple, serving night
15:04and day with fasting and prayers.
15:08At that very moment, she came up and
15:12began giving thanks to God and continued
15:15to speak of him to all those who were
15:18looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
15:23So Luke is telling us that there were
15:26two witnesses
15:28both who were servants in the temple. He
15:31is saying that the sanctuary and old
15:34worship
15:36of the Jewish people confirmed what God
15:40was doing through Jesus. Simeon and Anna
15:44and even Elizabeth and Zachcharias
15:48that he's telling us that it was
15:50consistent with what God had done
15:53before.
15:56When they had performed everything
15:58according to the law of the Lord, they
16:00returned to Galilee to their own city of
16:03Nazareth. The child continued to grow
16:05and become strong, increasing in wisdom,
16:09and the grace of God was upon him.
16:14Now his parents went to Jerusalem every
16:17year at the feast of the Passover. And
16:20when he became 12, they went up there
16:23according to the custom of the feast.
16:26And as they were returning after
16:28spending the full number of days, the
16:31boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.
16:35But his parents were unaware of it,
16:38but supposed him to be in the caravan
16:41and went a day's journey, and they began
16:44looking for him among their relatives
16:47and acquaintances.
16:49When they did not find him, they
16:52returned to Jerusalem looking for him.
16:55Then after 3 days they found him in the
16:58temple sitting in the midst of the
17:00teachers both listening to them and
17:04asking them questions.
17:06And all who heard him were amazed at his
17:10understanding and his answers.
17:14When they saw him, they were astonished.
17:17And his mother said to him, "Son, why
17:20have you treated us this way? Behold,
17:23your father and I have been anxiously
17:26looking for you. I think most moms would
17:30be just that mad, if not angrier.
17:34And he said to them, "Why is it that you
17:37were looking for me?"
17:40Did you not know that I had to be in my
17:43father's house?
17:46But they did not understand the
17:48statement which he had made to them.
17:50and he went down with them and came to
17:53Nazareth. And he continued in subjection
17:57to them. And his mother treasured all
18:00these things in her heart. And Jesus
18:03kept increasing in wisdom and stature
18:08and in favor, meaning grace, with God
18:10and men.
18:13Again, this is such detailed
18:18information about family conversations
18:21and how Mary felt, what Mary was told by
18:26Simeon and details that she's the only
18:29common denominator. This has to be
18:31coming from her and what she told the
18:35writer Luke. Jesus is telling them that
18:38they should have expected that he would
18:40have been in his father's house. Um, but
18:43he doesn't elaborate and it does tell us
18:45that he was in subjection to them. He
18:49stayed submitted to his parents even
18:51though he upset them by staying in the
18:54sanctuary a little too long. He stayed
18:56obedient. He submitted to the form of
18:59relationships as a son to his parents.

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