Receive the spiritual Baptism of My Love... Child Jesus in the Temple ❤️ Jesus explains Luke 2:33-40

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6th Sermon of Jesus… Let yourself be SPIRITUALLY baptized - The Child Jesus in the Temple - Luke 2:33-40

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.”

This chapter begins with My birth, speaks of My circumcision and then deals with the three days I spent at the temple in Jerusalem, when I was twelve years old. The arrival of the three wise men from the east, the slaying of the children, and other things – as, for instance, the flight into Egypt and return after the death of Herod – are not mentioned here, and so I shall skip most of it since you know it anyway from the Gospel of James, the story of My childhood, as well as from My disciples’ records.

So let us stop at the above mentioned text: “And Joseph and Mary marvelled…”

What about?

They marvelled at Simeon’s prophetic words and at Anna’s statements, both of whom had recognized in the child, that had been taken to Jerusalem for circumcision, the Saviour, not only of the Jews, but of all mankind, who had come to liberate the spirit from the constraint of matter.

It is understandable that Joseph and Mary did not comprehend what those two prophesied, for – looking at all the mysterious happenings, beginning with Mary’s conception up to the birth and presentation in the temple, – it is obvious that neither Mary nor Joseph knew what to think of all this.

Although the Jews were used to receiving direct messages from Me through prophets, they did not pay much attention to them while the prophets were still alive, and their prophecies gained importance only when they began to come true.
They were waiting for a Messiah, but their hopes were based on worldly considerations; they were waiting for a Messiah who, most likely born in a palace, would one day as a great hero deliver them from the hated yoke of the Romans. That the son of a carpenter – as what My foster father was known to them – was to become their Saviour was quite beyond their expectations and comprehension.

Therefore, Joseph and Mary marvelled at the words of Simeon and Anna. Mary had had the most miraculous experiences within a short space of time, quite inconceivable to her. She had given birth to a son without having known a man. She had become a mother without having experienced motherhood in its fulness; for normally a child is the link that joins the lives of a man and a woman, uniting them to a whole, to a family.

Mary was a mother and did experience the joy of seeing her offspring before her, but it was more a feeling of pity for the little babe than a mother’s bliss at pressing to her bosom the bond of her husband’s love. Thus she did not and could not understand what took place at the conception, at the birth and later on. She acted only in accordance with higher guidance and was passive rather than active, following as a woman and mother only her emotions that bound her to her infant.

Of course, this vague feeling, the doubts and suspicions, which she believed only she alone was carrying in her heart, grew when she heard others express similar and even greater things as she was taking the child into the temple. Through having the circumcision and sacrifices performed in accordance with the law, I was to be received as a child into the Jewish religion and brought up in it.

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