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Luke 2:1-20
God works in the small details…He wastes nothing and does nothing by accident!
Isn’t this reassuring for us, too?
God is concerned with every small and what we would call “insignificant” detail of our lives!
Jesus came to give life.
That is his ultimate purpose in coming!
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“Rehash” - we are dead…we need to be reconciled to God!
The Big Picture in the Small Details
NAZARETH
Where Joseph had, at some point, relocated and met Mary - where Jesus’s hometown would be.
Does anyone have a guess as to why this is important?
In Hebrew, the word “natzer” is an agricultural term that means “shoot” or “sprout.”
SHOW PICTURE OF OLIVE TREE
Do you know how the olive tree survives for so long?
SHOOTS!
Jesus would be the “shoot” or “sprout” coming out of the “cut down” tree of Israel that would bring new life and revive the people God.
BETHLEHEM
Why Bethlehem?
HOMETOWN OF DAVID
ALSO — “Bethlehem” = “house of bread”
A manger - feeding trough
SHOW PICTURE OF MANGER
JESUS CAME TO BE THE BREAD OF LIFE TO GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE!
SHEPHERDS
I’ve talked before about the irony of God announcing the birth of Jesus to shepherds (flesh out).
I also think there’s imagery, here, that Jesus is the good shepherd (Micah) and Chief Shepherd.
Something more — SHOW PICTURE OF BETHLEHEM
Priests would get the sheep for sacrifices from Bethlehem.
So, it is very likely that these shepherds were tending the sheep that would be used as sacrifices in temple worship.
JESUS WOULD GIVE HIS LIFE AS THE FINAL SACRIFICE!
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