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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">“<font size="3"><b>TWO
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">September 10, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>FEB
29 - LUKE 2 - JESUS: FROM BIRTH TO TWELVE</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
2:7 (2:1-7) JESUS: HIS BIRTH. “And she was delivered of her
:firstborn :son; and they swaddled him and laid him in a manger,
because <i>there </i><span style="font-style: normal;">was not room
for them in the inn” (NNT). </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Your
Kingdom comes, Father, in the unexpected; in the suddenly; in the
common ways; in what man counts as nothing; among the poor; in what
man counts as foolishness. O give us the wisdom of true perception!
</span></span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></p>
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<b>2. 2:11-12 (2:8-20) JESUS: THE SHEPHERDS. “For this day is
born to you in David's city a Savior, who is Christ <i>the</i> Lord.
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">12</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And this </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>is</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
a sign for you: You shall find a child swaddled, and lying in a
manger.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
we will submit to the rule and the way of Your Kingdom. We will be
prepared for angelic visitation should this be Your will. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 2:21 JESUS: NAMED BY
GABRIEL. “And when eight days were fulfilled for :circumcising
him, his name also was called JESUS, which was </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>so</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
called by the angel before he was :conceived in the womb.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Jeremiah
had his commission before conception. Ishmael, Isaac, Cyrus and John
the Baptizer were also named before conception. How </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">great</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
You are, Father! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
2:38 (2:22-38) JESUS: BLESSED BY SIMEON AND ANNA. “And coming up
at that very hour she [Anna] gave thanks to :God, and spoke of him to
all that were looking for </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
redemption of Jerusalem.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Not
all perceived Your Son at His first coming, Father. Thank God for the
shepherds, Simeon and Anna. O forgive us for our blindness, and
slowness to believe! Make us perspective. Anoint our eyes with eye
salve that we might see. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread, Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
2:39. JESUS: BROUGHT TO NAZARETH. “And when they had
accomplished all the </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
according to the law of </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Lord, they returned to :Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
was born under the law, and all things according to the law were done
unto Him. You superintended this Father. We bless You for it. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
2:40 JESUS: BEFORE TWELVE. “And the child grew, and became
strong, filled with wisdom: and God's grace was upon him.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
You must have loved Your Son in His humanity, Father! This was the
One Whom You would later make Lord and Christ! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
2:42, 49 (2:41-52) JESUS AT TWELVE IN THE TEMPLE. “And when he
[Jesus] was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the
feast; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">49</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and he [Jesus] said unto them, How is it that you sought me? Did you
not know that I must be about my :father's </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">business</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">?
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Imagine
being the human parents of God's only begotten Son! Father, we marvel
at Your salvation in Your Son! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
2:51-52 (2:41-52) JESUS: HIS AMAZING EXAMPLE OF OBEDIENCE! “And
Jesus went down with them, and came unto Nazareth, and was subject to
them: but His mother kept all these sayings in her heart. </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">52</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And Jesus advanced in :wisdom and stature, and in grace with God and
men.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
write deeply on our hearts this example of Your Son Jesus! Lord
Jesus, live out Your life of humility and submission to Your Father
and His delegated authority, through us!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The life of Jesus falls
naturally into 4 parts: His birth to age 12; His Hidden years from 13
to 30; His 3 years of preaching, teaching and healing; His death,
burial and resurrection, followed by His Ascension and 10 days later
the Gift of the Holy Spirit to replace Him.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Actually, the last week of Jesus
takes precedence over all, and takes up a large part of all 4
Gospels. Since the fall of Adam, the most significant event in the
planning of God is the coming of the Second Adam, God's only begotten
Son.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Three events in the history of
man allow all other events to hang upon them: the Abrahamic Covenant
in 1896 BC; the Solomonic Temple in 986 BC; and Calvary and the
Resurrection of Jesus in 30 AD. To understand these 3 events is to
see from God's perspective the true meaning of world events. History
is only truly understood from God's perspective, not from the
surmising of even the most highly educated of men.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Turn to our Website
<b><<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a>></b>
and click on Archives. Then scroll down to 2011-02-08 Panin's Bible
Chronology. At the close of this article click to get a PDF copy of
these 3 events within the context of 21 significant dates of the 245
- that are deducible from Bible evidence alone. Then through Panin
they are confirmed by Bible Numerics. This time frame of 4000 years
is divided into 8 periods, each ending with a Blood Covenant.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Jesus - is the High Point of <u>all</u>
history! He alone gives complete meaning and understanding to all the
purposes of God. In Him we can and should live and move and have our
being. To please Him is to please the Father. He and the Father are
<u>one</u>!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">And for our Psalm for the day -
<b>59:17 (59:1-17) DELIVER ME FROM MY ENEMIES. “O my Strength, I
will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God
who shows me steadfast love [CHEsed]” (ESV). </b>When our enemies
seek to overwhelm us - yet You O Father, are <u>well able</u> to
deliver us, and You <u>do so</u>! You are the God of the “nick of
time” (Hebrews 4:16). We can trust You <u>completely</u>!
J.A. Watt</font></p>
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