21. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.
22. When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23. (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord"),
24. and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
25. Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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Joseph and Mary obeyed Jewish Law. They circumcised their baby on the eighth day and named his as God commanded. Thirty-three days later, a Jewish mother was then to make a sacrifice of a lamb - or if she was too poor, she would sacrifice two doves or two pigeons. Jesus' parents were poor but devout. Jesus came into the world, not to break God's laws, but to fulfill them.
I remember that Jesus is greek for "Joshua." I don't remember what Joshua means, but I do know that it is a bloody book in the bible (one that has always troubled me). It is full of violence, vengeance, and conquering. Is that what Jesus will be like when he next returns to the world? I believe that is the kind of messiah that the Jewish people at the time were expecting.
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