Luke 2:21-24 - "According to the Law of Moses"

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Sep 10, 2024 · 5m

Now in verses 21-24, Luke shares with us what happened in the first forty days of our Lord’s humanity. Someone said, our Lord's first experience on this planet was one of pain (v. 21). Jesus experienced this rite of circumcision on the eighth day. The rite of circumcision was the covenant sign between Abraham, his seed, and God. It symbolized the cutting off of the flesh as useless as a means of producing a sinless life. The Lord's circumcision identified Him with the ruined race that He had come to save. On the natural level, it identified Him as a member of the Jewish nation (Gen. 17:14)…