"She began to speak about him to all who were anticipating the redemption of Jerusalem," Luke 2:38.
That was the old prophetess Anna speaking of six-week old Jesus in the temple. The baby embodied God's answer to the people's hope for redemption. All Jerusalem, seat of ancient Israel's royalty, throne of the house of David, waited for God somehow to pay the ransom from oppression. For their liberty. And Anna praised God to say, here he is! And in this way, the two doves sacrificed in ransom for this first-born baby boy's own redemption, put him on the path toward his own sacrifice for ours.
We visit with a brother or sister today recognizing our ransom was paid over his lifetime of service. And together we declare with Anna praise and wonder for such a God.
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