And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb.– Luke 2:21. All mankind is conceived and born in …
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New Year’s Day
I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. – Genesis 28:15. Today you enter a new year, O Christian, and you know not what it has in store for you. In …
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Christmas Week – Wednesday
We have also a more sure Word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place. – II Peter 1:19. In the East, for centuries, there had been a …
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Christmas Week – Tuesday
The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple. – Malachi 3:1. The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to …
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Christmas Week – Monday
They are dead which sought the young Child’s life. – Matthew 2:20. We learn from Matthew 2:13-23 that when the Wise Men had departed from Bethlehem, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: “Arise, …
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Christmas Week – Sunday
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, …for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. – Luke 2:29-30. When Christ was born, there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of …
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Christmas Week – Saturday
This Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel. – Luke 2:34. Aged Simeon, of whom we read yesterday, finally blessed Joseph and Mary. And then he prophesied concerning the Christ-Child, saying to Mary, His …
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Christmas Week – Friday
Thus saith the Lord: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. – Isaiah 9:2 We learn from Luke 2:8-20 …
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Christmas Day
Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given. And the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. — Isaiah …
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Fourth Sunday in Advent – Christmas Eve
When the fullness of the time was come. — Galatians 4:4. We will now speak of the time when God, according to His eternal counsel, began to fulfill all the prophecies and promises regarding the coming of the Savior. For over a …
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