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| Advent 2013 |
The third week of Advent we light the Shepherds and Angel's Candle. This candle is lit to remind us that the Good News of Jesus' birth was told to simple shepherds keeping watch over their flocks. God uses ordinary people (like you and me) to do extraordinary things for His Kingdom!
Old Testament: "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge in the fear of the Lord." Isaiah 11:1-3a
New Testament: "In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:1-7
"And he (Joseph) gave him the name Jesus." Matthew 1:25b
Mary and Joseph are in the town of Bethlehem, a town packed full of relatives. Did they find a place to stay? No. Mary and Joseph experienced rejection and judgement for carrying the Son of God.
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