00:00Welcome to
00:29Welcome back to our online Bible school. Brothers and sisters, in this lesson we will look at the births.
00:37of John and Jesus, two children who will be a joy to everyone, but above all these children will be the
00:45Salvation for all humanity. Birth and manifestation of John. Before the gift that God
00:53He grants to Elizabeth and Zechariah, and the people who rejoice with them respond, because all grace is granted to Elizabeth and Zechariah, and all grace is granted to the people who rejoice with them, because every grace is granted to Elizabeth and Zechariah.
01:02Divine is a cause of joy for all who hear it or experience it, even more so when faced with incapacity
01:10Human compassion and divine mercy act in favor of the little ones and those who suffer.
01:18Circumcision inserts the male into the salvific history of the Jewish people, through it,
01:27The man becomes a man of God in full right and enjoys the prerogatives that God grants him.
01:34They come because they are allies and friends of God. During circumcision, it was customary to bestow the name
01:42The child was usually given the name of his father or paternal grandfather, as was the custom. Zechariah
01:51If Isabel says that her son's name is Juan, it's an indication that an action is taking place.
02:00wondrous work of God, because the name John means God has been favorable or has shown us
02:09His favor. Brothers, it is in this moment of full joy that God's promise has become
02:17In reality, Zechariah can speak again, and his first words were prompted by the Holy Spirit.
02:25They are a hymn of praise to divine greatness and mercy, just as he had done with
02:34Mary, before the Jewish priest, father of the Baptist. Again, this canticle is not a piece
02:42that we can attribute entirely to Luke, nor can we attribute it entirely to Zechariah.
02:51This hymn is called Benedictus, due to the influence of the Vulgate on the church throughout
03:00from the centuries before Vatican II. Apparently, Lucas has combined two short hymns
03:08Jewish-Christian traditions in which he recognizes the salvation that God has given us through Jesus. And on the other hand
03:16In part, it highlights the role that John the Baptist plays before Jesus as his precursor. We will see how
03:26something consistent with Luke's theology that all the songs have Jesus as their center.
03:35And just as with Mary's song, the one Zechariah proclaims is a reminder
03:43of God's actions throughout the history of salvation. The way in which they are presented
03:51The verbs suggest that God always acts in favor of his people, and his actions are of a salvific nature.
04:01At the conclusion of his proclamation, Zechariah mentions a fundamental theme for Luke: the peace that it implies
04:10total harmony with the world, with one's neighbor, with oneself, and with God.
04:16And finally, brothers, Luke takes John the Baptist out of the dinner table, and presents him to us as maturing and growing.
04:25in different deserts, which shows us that his life is marked by
04:32the intimate and total encounter with God.
04:37Birth and manifestation of Jesus
04:39Brothers, before entering this section, we must remember something we had already learned.
04:48God has spoken to men in a human way.
04:52This means that God uses human language to reveal divine realities.
04:58One of the categories of written human language is literary genre, which has its own specific way of doing things.
05:07to communicate a reality or to manifest the truth.
05:12If I read a poem, I don't expect to find a historical truth, but I do expect to find
05:18a message that communicates something to me, that reveals something to me, and in the case of the Bible, that reveals to me
05:26something of God, of his plan or of his saving will.
05:31Father Raymond Edward Brown states that a story inspired by God is not necessarily
05:40historical, which means, brothers, that God has other means of communicating his
05:47truth in addition to historical or historiographical truth.
05:52At the beginning of chapter 2, Luke wants to continue with the theology characteristic of the narratives of the
05:58Annunciation. Now it shows us the historical details surrounding the birth.
06:04of Jesus and the divine details with which God surrounds these events.
06:11Luke places Jesus in the time of Herod and Emperor Caesar Augustus, although
06:18The census that he mentions in the time of Quirinius or Sirinus as governor of Syria is something that
06:26It would not have affected Galilee, already ruled by Antipas, but it would have affected Judea, which had left
06:34having Archelaus as its monarch and had initiated the type of government called prefecture or procuratorship
06:42Romans. The author's intention is to move Joseph and Mary from their home in Nazareth to
06:51Bethlehem, the place where the traditions of Matthew and Luke locate the birth of Jesus, without
06:59that we overlook the fact that Luke sees in it the realization or fulfillment of a promise
07:06divine.
07:08Whereas Matthew does not need to make such a change, because he already presents Mary and Joseph living
07:14In Bethlehem, Luke needs to move Jesus' parents from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and for this
07:23It uses the reason for the registration and the departure of Maria and her husband to the homeland of
07:30Joseph. This census would not have been mandatory for Mary, nor because of her pregnancy.
07:38Nor because of her status as a woman who did not pay taxes to Rome, something that is also not explained
07:46Joseph lived under the rule of Herod Antipas. To present Jesus as the one who
07:54He receives, welcomes, and is fed for all humanity; Luke tells us that Mary and Joseph did not.
08:02They found lodging in Bethlehem and had to take refuge in a manger, where they
08:09It protected the animals and fed them. The mention of diapers brings to mind the
08:16The care and pampering given to a child are not a sign of poverty or humility.
08:24Luke returns to the subject of David when he mentions the shepherds to whom the message is announced.
08:31that a savior has been born, while the Roman Empire considers Augustus its savior and the
08:41peacemaker. Luke tells us that the true and only savior of all men is Jesus and his
08:50Peace will be proclaimed by the angels when they sing their hymn of glory, when it is affirmed that glory
08:59It is for God and peace for men. In this section, Luke introduces us to Mary for the first time.
09:08meditating deeply on all the wondrous events in which God has manifested himself.
09:29Thank you!
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