When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons”.
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And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
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Many months before that journey an angel Gabriel had appeared to Mary with a special message from God. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel”, Isaiah 7:14 reads. It has endured generations, and withstood the ever advancing understanding of mankind that oftentimes renders Knowledge obsolete.
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Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? Those teachings, which affirm the value of love and charity, continue to resonate with those of other faiths, and even with many of those who claim no faith at all. For with God nothing shall be impossible.
When God rescued Israel out of the bondage of Egyptian slavery, He said “I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God”.
The Roman ruler Caesar Augustus had commanded everyone to travel to town where their family is from for everyone to be counted.
This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, Bethlehem…to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great with child.
During this season of goodwill, he asked that people do not think about revenge for what they perceived was wrong done to them, and look at how Jesus dealt with perceived wrong. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.
May the God of heaven stand with His children and encourage His people; to Him be all glory, honor, majesty, power, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord before all ages, now and forevermore.
In an era of terrorism and religious strife, Valley pastors said their Christmas message today will be shining the light on the birth of Jesus Christ and the hope he brought into the world.
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men”. There in a humble stable they found Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus lying on straw in the manger.
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18 and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them. They could tell me things about him that I’d ever know because they were with him but even though I can know more about him, I couldn’t really know my grandfather thoroughly without being around him and talking to him.
