Many nativity scenes include the wise men alongside the shepherds, but their timing is different from one another. The shepherds were the first to be notified of Jesus’ birth and are an important part of the nativity story.
William Brassy Hole, 'The Angel of the Lord Announces the Arrival of Jesus to the Shepherds' (1906), oil on canvas. "8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord...
prophecy of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. The prophet Ezekiel foresaw a day when the Bible — the stick of Judah — and the Book of Mormon — the stick of Ephraim — would be combined to convince the world that there is one Shepherd over all: Jesus Christ, the Eternal God...
No doubt Jesus took full advantage of the images of this festival. Jesus Christ is the first fruits from the dead (Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20–23), having been the first to be raised from the dead. He spent forty days on earth (Acts 1:3) and then ascended. On the fiftieth day,...
Yet as I have been reflecting during these unsettling times, my heart has been troubled as I consider the people I know who are in churches but aren't known by their pastor. People whose souls aren’t being watched. These people aren’t “flaky” or “fringe” or whatever other labels ...
Indeed, some of the earliest followers of Jesus will find in Him the fulfillment of these hopes, dreams, and aspirations. 9 As for the false prophets: Deep in my chest, my heart is broken.I am shaken to the core, like a man who is drunk, overcome by too much wineAll because of ...
Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,left the Jordanand was led by the Spiritinto the wilderness,2where for forty dayshe was tempted[k]by the devil.He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. ...
so he kind of got into it. And I was going to his place and playing my favourite records –‘Ah, check this out, this is the best’ – and then he was playing me the records that they sampled… he was breaking my heart every day. All my heroes who I thought were making these ...
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I could cry right now just thinking about the hugeness of this task; this task of parenthood. This mother no doubt, did nothing but live, eat, breathe, sleep, and speak of Christ to her son. That sweet boy saw Jesus every day. He saw him dwell in his mother with such severity that...