Believing is Seeing [The Presentation]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Luke 2:22-40 Believing is Seeing What did they see? In the crowded chaos of the Temple, what did these prophets see that made them notice this family with this baby? Day after day the Temple square filled up with pilgrims and pray-ers – throngs of people. Some of the families brought babies. Babies are miraculous but they are also incredibly common. Every person is at one time a baby. And most babies look pretty similar – especially newborn babies. So what did they see in this baby with this family? The family was just a common family from the north country, from the hill country. They were not at all remarkable. In fact, they were poor; in our Gospel text, Mary and Joseph offer the peasants' offering in the Temple – no sheep, apparently they could not afford a sheep; instead they offered just a couple of small birds. They paid the reduced rate – a merciful provision all...