The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 2:21-24, “And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision,

His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He

was conceived in the womb.

22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses

were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, ‘EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS

THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD’),

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord,

‘A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS.’”

I’m going back to Luke’s Gospel today to pick up on the Offering of the

Child Jesus to the Father. It was all according to the Law of Moses, and

it took place on the eighth day after His birth. Jesus was circumcised on

the eighth day. One of the discoveries we have from science is that the

best time for coagulation of blood for a newborn is on the eighth day.

It was also on the eighth day that He was officially named “Jesus.”

Under the Law of Moses, every first-born male, even of cattle or sheep,

was holy to the LORD (Deut. 15:19), and was to be offered as a sacrifice.

In the case of human males, however, an animal or a fowl was to be

offered instead. But, what if the parents were too poor to afford

a sacrifice? Leviticus 5:11 says, they could bring “a tenth of an ephah

(bushel) of fine flour for a sin offering.” That is why Hebrews 9:22 says,

“…according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with

blood…”; still, “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”

Thus, when Christ died and shed His blood, no one, however poor they

might be, has any excuse for not coming to Him for forgiveness and salvation.

Love you all BIG bunches,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas