“And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.” ~ Nehemiah 8:12
Ok, girls, I know Christmas is over and all, but this was just too neat for me not to share it with you! On Christmas day as I was reading my Bible, the LORD pointed out this verse to me. It is similar to the verse I shared a few days ago from Esther, when the Jews began celebrating Purim. If you read earlier in Nehemiah chapter 8, Nehemiah and Ezra even instructed the people to “…send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared…”. They did this in celebrating Purim, also, if you remember.
The part of this verse that I want to draw your attention to, though, is the last part,
“…because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.”
The Israelites were celebrating because the words of the LORD were explained to them – they finally understood the bigger picture of the portion of Scripture that they heard.
So, what does this have to do with us in 2013?
The biggest thing we have to celebrate at Christmastime, girls, is the fact that we understand why Jesus was born as a human baby on this earth! We understand that Jesus was born to die, that He might rise from the dead and claim the victory over our sin! How do we understand this? Through the Bible, God’s very Words given to us in a beautiful Book!
Isn’t that so cool?
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 27
I Thessalonians 3
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