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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”