Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Light to Lighten the Gentiles - Part 1\n Luke 2:22-24\n 02\/03\/2025\n\n\n 22 And when the time came for their purification\n according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up\n to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord\n 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every\n male who first opens the womb shall be called holy\n to the Lord)\n 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said\n in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or\n two young pigeons. (ESV)\n\n Yesterday was Groundhog Day, a celebration of spring that\n has its roots in the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in\n Jerusalem. This sounds far fetched, but this week we will be\n looking at the Presentation, and some of the traditions\n surrounding this day.\n\n The Presentation of Jesus, also known as the Purification of\n Mary, happens forty days after Christmas. Saint Luke recorded:\n And when the time came for their purification according\n to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem\n to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law\n of the Lord, Every male who first opens the womb shall\n be called holy to the Lord) and to offer a sacrifice\n according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a\n pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.\n\n\n Jesus came to fulfill God's Law on our behalf, not to\n abolish the Law. This included His circumcision and naming on\n the eighth day of His life, which we discussed on January 1.\n This included the rites of purification for Mary, forty days\n after the birth of a male, and the redemption sacrifice required\n for a first-born son.\n\n On His fortieth day, therefore, Jesus was in the Temple, a\n dove was sacrificed on His behalf. Jesus was under the Law for\n our benefit. He took on the requirements of the Law for our\n salvation.\n\n May our Lord grant that we see Jesus as our Savior, the\n perfect Son of God. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 3, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}