Showing posts with label Temple sacrifices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temple sacrifices. Show all posts

Friday, December 24, 2021

ON CHRISTMAS EVE - SOME THOUGHTS - LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

 

ON CHRISTMAS EVE -
SOME THOUGHTS
Lilaclady Junebug2


LUKE 2. 16 

And they came with haste,  and 
found Mary, and Joseph, and 
the babe lying in a manger.

Quite often, it gets lost in the 
telling of the Birth of our 
Lord Jesus Christ
that the Shepherds 
were outside of Jerusalem
in the Bethlehem hills 
taking care of Sheep for 
the Temple Sacrifices.
They were smelly,
dirty,
unclean
and not 
welcome
at the Temple
or in town.

Sheep are harder in 
some ways to 
care for than
pigs, 
because they 
are so dependent
on the Shepherds 
to care for them.

Do you know 
someone 
who is like that ?
the dirty,
the unlovely,
the hard-working poor,
the ones 
who do the work
no one else 
wants to do.
And here they are 

Luke 2.8 And there were in 
the same country shepherds
abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flocks
by night.
Luke 2.9 And, lo, the 
Angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord 
shone round about them,
and they were
sore afraid.
Luke 2.10  And the 
Angel said, Fear not: 
for, behold, I bring you 
good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
Luke 2.11 For unto you 
is born this day 
in the city of David 
a Saviour, 
Which is Christ the Lord; 
and ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes
lying in a manger.
Luke 2.11  And suddenly 
there was with the angel 
a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, 
and saying,
Luke 2.12  GLORY TO GOD
IN THE HIGHEST,
AND ON EARTH
PEACE, GOOD WILL 
TOWARD MEN.



Luke 2. 16  And they came with haste, 
and found Mary, and Joseph,
and the babe laying in a mange.

DO YOU SEE THE WONDER
OF IT ALL? 
THE GLORY OF IT ALL? 

A babe promised from the 
time of Adam's fall was to 
be "of the seed of a woman" 
And we know that women only
have "eggs"  not seed.

SO GOD DID THE MIRACLE 
OF ALL WHEN THE 
BABE WAS CONCEIVED 
IN MARY'S WOMB - 
A BABE OF THE LINE OF 
DAVID 

A BABE THAT WAS 
TO BE BORN IN 
THE CITY OF DAVID -
BETH-LE-HEM.

A BABE THAT 
WAS TO BE 
GOOD TIDINGS OF 
GREAT JOY
TO ALL PEOPLE.

A BABE THAT
WAS WRAPPED
IN SWADDLING CLOTHES
These were what
people used to 
wrap the dead in 
so it was 
a sign of 
WHY HE CAME

-
\These Shepherds knew
about death and dying
and about sacrifice
they knew
for 
they 
took care of 
the Temple sheep
which had to 
be 
CLEAN 
PURE 
SET APART
AND 
WITHOUT BLEMISH
for the 
sacrifices in
the Temple.

These Shepherds were
the first to hear 
the news.

As I approach this 
CHRISTMAS EVE 
I remember His Coming
with Holy Awe 
with JOY 
and with 
the  knowledge
that without 
THIS DEAR BABE 
IN THE MANGER 
I WOULD
BE 
;LOST.

without 

THE SACRIFICE HE 
MADE TO COME 
FROM HEAVEN FOR ME
TO DIE ON THE CROSS 
THAT I MIGHT 
BE SAVED 
ETERNALLY,
AND 
THAT I 
MIGHT LIVE
AND WALK
IN THE GLORY
AND THE 
KNOWLEDGE
OF 
HIS 
LOVE 

SO WORSHIP WITH ME 
ON CHRISTMAS EVE 
THE ONE 
WHO 

CAME 
FROM HEAVEN 
TO DIE 
ON THE CROSS 
THAT WE
MIGHT 
LIVE 
ETERNALLY.



EPHESIANS 1. 7 
In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to 
the riches of his 
grace

JOHN 1.12 
11. As many as received him,
to them gave he power 
to become the sons of 
God, even to them
that believe on his name,

Titus 2. 11 - 14
11. For the grace of God that 
bringeth salvation 
hath appeared to all men, 
12. Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness 
and worldly lusts,  we
should live soberly, righteously, 
and godly, in this present world, 
13. looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing
of the great God and our
Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ:
14. Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself
a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works.

REVELATION 22.20  
SURELY I COME QUICKLY