Lesson& Infancy&Narra0ve,&Part&2& (2:&1952)& Infancy"Narra+ve,"Part"2"
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1 Lesson& Infancy&Narra0ve,&Part&2& (2:&1952)& 1"
2 In#Lesson##3#we#saw#that#Luke#begins#his#gospel#with#the#Annuncia7on,# God s#offer#to#mary#that#she#become#the#mother#of#his#son,#an#offer# that#is#framed#by#god s#announcement#to#zechariah#that#he#will# become#the#father#of#john#the#bap7st,#jesus #cousin#and#forerunner.### Gabriel s#announcement#in#the#temple#to#zechariah#structurally# parallels#his#announcement#in#nazareth#to#mary,#followed#by#mary s# visit#to#elizabeth#in#the#hill#country#of#judea,#where#she#stays#un7l# John s#birth.# We#learned#that#crea7ng#an#exact#parallel#between#the#announcements# to#zechariah#and#mary,#and#then#sending#mary#to#elizabeth s#home# where#she#visits#with#elizabeth#and#awaits#the#birth#of#john,#creates#a# 7ghtly#woven,#cohesive#narra7ve#with#interlocking#parts.# 2"
3 With#John s#birth#in#chapter#1,#we#move#seamlessly#to#jesus # birth#in#chapter#2.##as#lesson##4#opens,#luke#sets#the#scene,# both#historically#and#geographically.##historically,#the#scene# opens#when#caesar#augustus#(in#rome)#issues#a#decree#that#a# census#of#the#roman#world#be#taken;#this#was# when& Quirinius&was&governor&of&Syria. ##Mary#and#Joseph#make# their#way#100#miles#south#from#nazareth#to#bethlehem,# Joseph s#ancestral#home#and#the#town#of#david,#where#jesus# will#be#born,#fulfilling#the#prophecy#of#micah#5:#1\2.### 3"
4 I m#looking#forward#to# the#birth#of#jesus#story.## It#doesn t#appear#in#such# detail#in#ma]hew#or# Not#me.## Mark." Merry# Christmas!# 4"
5 The# birth#of#jesus #story#begins# with#caesar#augustus#issuing#a# decree#that# the&whole&world& should&be&enrolled. & Ma]hew#focuses#his#gospel#on# the#jewish#world;#mark#on#the# Chris7ans#in#Rome.##Luke the# only#gen7le#writer#in#all#of# Scripture expands#his#focus#to# include#all#of#humanity,#both# Jew#and#gen7le.### 5"
6 L;# In#fact,#the#very#architecture#of#Luke/Acts# emphasizes#the#universality#of#the#gospel# message.### No7ce#how#the#gospel#begins#with#the# en7re#roman#world, #and#then#narrows# that#world#down#to#judea,#galilee,#iturea,# Traconi7s#and#Abilene,#finally#focusing#on# Annas#and#Caiaphas,#the#high#priests#in# Jerusalem.## In#like#mo7on,#Jesus#moves#from#heaven# itself#as#the# Son#of#God #(Luke#1:35)#to# Galilee#and#Judea,#finally#ending#his#public# ministry#in#jerusalem#at#the#cross#and#the# empty#tomb.### The#shape#of#the#narra7ve#looks#something# like#this:## 6"
7 .# 7"
8 L;# Forty#days#ader#Jesus #resurrec7on,#he#leaves# Jerusalem#and#ascends#back#into#heaven,# leaving#his#apostles#with#the#command#to#be# his#witnesses# in&jerusalem,&and&judea&and& Samaria,&and&to&the&ends&of&the&earth &(Acts# 1:8).##And#that#is#precisely#what#happens.### Ten#days#ader#Jesus #ascension,#the#holy# Spirit#descends#from#heaven#and#the#Church# begins#moving#out#into#the#world,#star7ng# with#peter s#sermon#on#pentecost#at#the# temple#mount#in#jerusalem#and#moving#with# Paul#through#his#1 st,#2 nd #and#3 rd #missionary# journeys,#each#progressing#farther#and# farther#into#the#roman#world,#ending#with# Paul#in#Rome#awai7ng#trial#before#Caesar,# where#our#story#in#luke#began.### The#shape#of#Acts#looks#something#like#this:### 8"
9 9"
10 L;# Structurally,#Luke&and&Acts# make#up#one#unified#work,# each#the#mirror#image#of# the#other.## 10"
11 Now#THAT#is# very#cool!" Not#me.## It#sure#is!# 11"
12 So,#let s#get#started#on# the#journey#to# Bethlehem#in#Luke#2:# 1\7.# 12"
13 Geertgen#van#Haarlem.##The&Na0vity&at&Night&(oil#on#oak),#c.#1490.# Na7onal#Gallery,#London.# The&infant&Jesus&is&the&source&of&light.&&The&angel&appears&to&shepherds&on&a&hill&in&the&background.&& 13"
14 Nazareth###! Fording#point#at# ####Scythopolis# Jericho#!#! Fording#point#at# #####Jericho# Jerusalem## Bethlehem#(7#km#south#of#Jerusalem)# Luke#2:#41\52# 14"
15 Church#of#the#Annuncia7on,#lower#Church#with# Mary s#house. # Nazareth,#Israel.& Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 15"
16 Church#of#the#Annuncia7on &in#nazareth.& Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 16"
17 Nazareth#and#the# Brow#of#the#Cliff #overlooking#the#jezreel#valley.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 17"
18 Ford#the#Jordan#River#at#Scythopolis,#crossing#to#the#east#bank#of#the#Jordan.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 18"
19 Mary#and#Joseph#would#parallel#the#lower#Jordan#River.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 19"
20 East#Bank# (Jordan#of#today)# N# Pilgrim#Route## S# Jordan#River# West#Bank# (Israel#of#today)# The#pilgrim#road#south,#along#the#east#side#of#the#Jordan#River#to#Jericho.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 20"
21 Jericho,#the# city#of#palms. " Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 21"
22 Our&historian&Josephus&writes&that&the&1 st & century&roman&road&from&jericho&to& Jerusalem&is&150&Roman&stadia,&or&17.25& miles.&&& Old&Roman&Road&!&&## "#Jericho# Mt.#of#Olives#!# Jerusalem#!"" "#Bethphage/Bethany# X# "#Bethlehem# 22"
23 From#Jericho#the#old#Roman#Road#ascends#3,400#feet#in#eleva7on#to#Jerusalem.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 23"
24 The#road#clings#to#the#southern#wall#of#the#Wadi#Qelt,#with#a#precipitous#ver7cal#drop#on#the#right.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 24"
25 Near#the#top,#the#4 th \century#st.#george s#monastery#clings#to#the#northern#wall.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 25"
26 Bethany,#home#of#Mary,#Martha#and#Lazarus,#is#1.5#miles#east#of#Jerusalem#on#the# south\eastern#slope#of#the#mount#of#olives.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 26"
27 Dome#of#the#Rock#!# (Temple#in#Jesus #Day)# "#Eastern#Planorm#Wall#!## Walking#down#the# Palm#Sunday #road,#the#path#that#jesus#later#walked#as#he#entered# Jerusalem# on#a#colt,#the#foal#of#a#beast#of#burden, #to#the#cheers#of#the#crowd.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 27"
28 East#Gate#!## The#Temple#in#Jesus #day,#as#he#would#have#seen#it#from#the#mt.#of#olives.# (1.50&scale&model&of&1 st 9century&Jerusalem,&Israel&Museum.)# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 28"
29 Southern#Steps#!# Southern#planorm#wall## Southern#steps#of#the#Temple#area#where#later#Jesus#would#teach.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 29"
30 Arriving#in#Bethlehem,#7#kilometers#south#of#Jerusalem,#Mary#and#Joseph#may#have# stopped#at#the#local# Stars#&#Bucks!# 30"
31 The#Church#of#the#Na7vity#remembers#where#Jesus#was#born.##Commissioned#in#A.D.#327# by#the#emperor#constan7ne#and#his#mother#st.#helena,#the#church#sits#over#a#cave.## 31"
32 In#the#cave,#the#14\pointed#star#marks#the#tradi7onal#place#where#Jesus#was#born.# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 32"
33 Now#we#turn#to#the# shepherds#in#the#fields# east#of#bethlehem,#the# very#same#fields#where# Ruth#met#Boaz#in#the# Book&of&Ruth.# 33"
34 Shepherds #fields,#looking#east#from#the#observa7on#planorm#in#bethlehem.# Photo&by&Phil&SieVes&(godwardpassion.blogspot.com)& 34"
35 Julius#Schnorr#von#Carolsfeld.##Ruth&in&Boaz s&field&(oil#on#canvas),#1828.# Na7onal#Gallery,#London.# 35"
36 Gerard#van#Honthorst.##Adora0on&of&the&Shepherds&(oil#on#canvas),#1622.# Wallraf\Richartz#Museum,#Cologne,#Germany.# 36"
37 L;# And#Mary#kept#all#these#things,# reflec0ng&on&them&in#her#heart ## # # # # # #(2:#19)# Verse#19#offers#insight#into#Mary s#thoughts# surrounding#jesus #birth.&& Reflec0ng&on&them # translates#the#greek#word#sumbavllw#(soom\bal\ o),#a#compound#of#sun&=# with #or# together #and## ballo&=# to#throw ).#An#ac7ve#present#par7ciple,# the#word#carries#with#it#a#sense#of#turbulence,#not# a#gentle# reflec7ng #or# pondering. # This#sense#of#turbulence#increases#when#Simeon# tells#mary#that#jesus#will#be# opposed #and#that# a# sword #will#pierce#her#heart,#as#well.# Finally,#Mary# treasured #all#the#events#in#luke#2# (2:#51).##The#Greek#word#is#diathrevw (dee\at\ay\ REH\o),#which#carries#an#intensified#sense#of# thoroughly. # 37" Ccc#
38 I#had#always#thought#of#Mary# as#gently## pondering #these# things#in#her#heart,#not# wrestling&with#them.##it## Not#me.## makes#sense,#though.###" I#need#to#think## about#that.# 38"
39 Eight#days#ader#Jesus #birth#he#is# named#and#circumcised,#as#was# John#in#1:#59\60.##This#fulfills# God s#commandment#to# Abraham#in#Genesis#17:#1\12.# Forty#days#ader#Jesus #birth# Mary#and#Joseph#go#to#the# Temple#in#Jerusalem#for#Mary s# purifica7on,#as#prescribed#in# Levi7cus#12:#2\8.# Here#they#meet#Simeon#and# Anna.# 39"
40 Albrecht#Durer.##Circumcision&of&Christ&(oil#on#wood),#c.#1495.# Old#Masters#Gallery,#Dresden.# 40"
41 Aert#de#Gelder.&&Simeon s&song&of&praise&(oil#on#canvas),#c.#1700.# Royal#Picture#Gallery,#Mauritshuls,#the#Hague,#Netherlands.# 41"
42 Rembrandt.&&The&Prophetess&Anna&(aka# Rembrandt s#mother )#(oil#on#panel),#1631.# Rijksmuseum,#Amsterdam.# 42"
43 We#conclude#Luke s# infancy#narra7ve#with# the#story#of#jesus#being# lost#at#the#temple,#2:# 41\52.# 43"
44 William#Holman#Hunt.&&The&Finding&of&the&Saviour&in&the&Temple&(oil#on#canvas),#1860.# Birmingham#Museum#and#Art#Gallery,#Birmingham,#England.# 44"
45 To#understand#this#story,# we#need#to#walk#our# now\familiar#old#roman# road#from#jerusalem# down#to#jericho,# descending#from#2,500# feet#above#sea#level#to# 900#feet#below#sea# level.# 45"
46 East#Gate#!## Leaving#the#Temple#area,#we#ascend#up#the#Mount#of#Olives.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 46"
47 Once#over#the#top,#we#pass#Bethany#on#the#down\slope,#home#of#Mary,#Martha#and#Lazarus.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 47"
48 The#road#clings#to#the#southern#wall#of#the#Wadi#Qelt,#with#a#precipitous#ver7cal#drop.## Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 48"
49 Once#at#Jericho,#a#day s#journey#from#jerusalem,#jesus#is#missing!# Photography&by&Ana&Maria&Vargas& 49"
50 Of#course!##For#Mary#and# Joseph#the#only#possible# explana7on#is#that#12\year#old# Jesus#was#fooling#around#with# Not#me.## the#other#boys#and#fell#to#his# death!##hence,#the#3\day# search." Yikes!!!!# 50"
51 1. When#Mary#and#Joseph#make#the#100\mile# journey#from#nazareth#to#bethlehem#for#the# census,#what#might#mary#have#been#thinking?### 2. Why#is#it#necessary#that#Jesus#be#born#in# Bethlehem,#rather#than#Nazareth?# 3. The#angel#Gabriel#appears#to#Zechariah#in#the# Temple,#to#Mary#in#Nazareth#and#to#the# shepherds#in#bethlehem.##what#func7on#do# Gabriel#and#the#host#of#angels#play#in#Luke s# narra7ve?# 4. How#do#you#think#Mary#felt,#hearing#Simeon s# words?# 5. Why#does#Luke#close#his#infancy#narra7ve#with# the#story#of#jesus#being#lost#at#the#temple?# 51"
52 Copyright# #2015#by#William#C.#Creasy# # All# rights# reserved.# No# part# of# this# course audio,# video,# photography,# maps,# 7melines# or# other# media may# be# reproduced#or#transmi]ed#in#any#form#by#any#means,#electronic# or# mechanical,# including# photocopying,# recording# or# by# any# informa7on# storage# or# retrieval# devices# without# permission# in# wri7ng#or#a#licensing#agreement#from#the#copyright#holder.# 52"
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