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The last "Sacrificial Lamb"
(My Unusual Road of Life....)
** Jesus was The Last Sacrificial Lamb of God! **
Date: 12/20/2018 3:22:05 AM ( 6 y ago)
Dec 2018
Adapted From an FB post by Stan Snyder
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I love the subject of Jesus birth, it has so little to do with the Christmas celebration. Why isn't Jesus birth important enough to be taught from a biblical, historical standpoint, instead of from the old religious, pagan celebrations that we continue to celebrate?
First, let's look at something that I find very interesting and compelling from the perspective of God and the fact that God is perfect in all that He does.
Almighty God, the Father of Jesus Christ is not a willy-nilly plan of God. Nor is it without a purpose, everything that He does has a plan as well and a purpose!
The birth of His Son, the last "Sacrificial Lamb",
(please take note of this).
The Sacrificial lamb of God was by God's intent, and we must ask how and why a lamb for temple sacrifice was chosen?
If we look at where Jesus was born, in Bethlehem, then we must believe that God had chosen Bethlehem for His reason. Historically, just 1000 paces outside of Bethlehem was a place mentioned twice in The Old Testament, Genesis 35:21 and Micha 4:18 KJB, Migdal Edar, aka The Tower of the flock! This was a place chosen for the breeding and birth of the lambs that would be sacrificed at the temple, a very special place where everything was just as God would have it.
These shepherds were not ordinary shepherds but shepherds under a ban of Rabbinism because of their necessary isolation from religious ordinances and their manner of life which rendered strict legal observances. They were dedicated to their lives of service to God and to the task of keeping the flocks that were chosen by the temple priests safe and sound for sacrifice.
The tower of the flock is described as a two-story stone building, with the second floor where the shepherds could get a good view of the flocks and the surrounding land. The first floor was where the shepherds would take the newborn lambs to prepare them and keep them from blemish, they had to be unblemished.
This property was just outside of Bethlehem on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, it was known as the Old Hebron Rd. Bethlehem is about 5 miles south of Jerusalem.
The sacrificial lambs were taken at birth, inspected for any blemish and the unblemished were wrapped in a sterile linen material called swaddling. They were wrapped snugly so as to replicate the mother's womb and to keep them from injuring themselves and becoming blemished.
The area on the first floor of the tower was not a dirty stable filled with horses, camels, cows, or any other common farm animal, it was very clean for the purpose of birthing these special lambs. The last sacrificial lamb of God {Christ} was very probably born at the Tower of the Flock at the direction of God who was in control of Jesus conception by The Holy Spirit and His birth.
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The mysterious Magi:
These Kings {Learned men or destined observers} are only mentioned in the gospel of Matthew 2:1-2; and 2:11-12.
With few details, most of our knowledge comes speculation and some tradition.
The Holy Scriptures do not say how many Kings there were {generally thought to be 3 because of the gifts that were brought}.
They recognized Jesus Christ as the Messiah while he was a child after having traveled many hundreds of miles just to worship him. By this time Jesus was a young child, not an infant, implying they arrived a year or more after his birth. The Star did guide them to the Christ child on the 25th of December.
Their gifts symbolize Christ's identity and mission: Gold for a King, Incense for a God, and Myrrh, used to about the dead. God honored these wise men in a dream to go home another route and not to report back to King Herod!
** Far be it for me to question God's intent for the conception, birth, life, and death of my Lord Jesus Christ, what I do know is that He, God is capable of His intent, even His intent for you and me.
Now it is time to stop all the Hollywood productions which have created a false story of Jesus birth for some religious and monetary purposes.
Start looking for the absolute truth, the obvious truth of the Gospels! Pray for the Truth to be known and if you seek it - it will be found!
Matt 6:33 Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and the other things will be given to you!
** Note: Neither Santa or any other person had anything to do with the Birth of Jesus Christ and were added to the Christmas story years later. In fact Santa Claus idea came from the poem written over a hundred years ago called " It was the the night before Christ " and all the red suit etc were modern additions - never fact!
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