Luke’s gospel comes finally to the moment we have been expecting—the birth of the one who will be named Jesus, “The Lord is our Savior.” We read the story so often, and see it represented in pageants so often, that perhaps we are no longer surprised by its emphasis upon time and space: dates, places,Continue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Nativity 6: When the Days were Fulfilled”
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Light from the Old Testament Upon the Nativity 4: The Blessed, the Humble, and the Mighty
Luke 1:39-56; 1 Samuel 2; 2 Samuel 6 We come to that intriguing vignette in Luke’s gospel where two women prophesy about the greatest divine action of all time, and when two unborn babies exemplify what happens when God meets with humanity. Luke 1:39-56 is well known, but let’s put the sights and sounds intoContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Nativity 4: The Blessed, the Humble, and the Mighty”
Light from the Old Testament on the Nativity 3: Our LORD and His Cousin, John
Luke 1:26-38; Gen 18; Ezekiel 8; Haggai 1, 2 Sam/2 Kingdoms 7, Isaiah 29:22 In our last episode we saw how the story of Jesus our Savior is set up in Luke by relating first the story of his cousin, John. I mentioned then that in Luke the links between the two children and theirContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament on the Nativity 3: Our LORD and His Cousin, John”
Edith M. Humphrey 