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Bar Mitzvah STATUS

Luke 2:41 & 42
"41 Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast."

We are in our multi-week study of young people in the Holy Scriptures, titled "Children of the Heavenly Father." We have studied: "A Child Like Faith." And "Sibling Rivalry." So far. If there is one thing we have learned so far, it is  that we are all "Children of The Heavenly Father."

This week we will focus on; "Growing in Body and Spirit" as we turn to the Gospel of Luke, chapter two, verse forty-one; "Now His parents went to Jerusalem EVERY YEAR at the feast of the passover." Missing Passover for a Jew would be like a Christian missing Christmas or Easter! Unthinkable! In addition there is only One Temple in the entire country. If you want to celebrate Passover; you have to travel to Jerusalem.

This was NOT just another Passover it was in the year our Lord and Savior was becoming a man! "And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast."

This is muy important because it is the Passover preceding Jesus' bar mitzvah. *"One of the most common misconceptions regarding the Bar Mitzvah. The Bar Mitzvah is not a ceremony, it is a STATUS. The term Bar Mitzvah literally means "He who is under [i.e. obligated to do] the Mitzvah" (by contrast, Bat Mitzvah means "She who is under [i.e. obligated to do] the Mitzvah")."

"According to Jewish law, the age by which a person is obligated to fulfill all the Mitzvot is 12 for a girl and 13 for a boy. Once a Jewish person reaches that age they are Bar/Bat Mitzvah WHETHER they had a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony or NOT."

"Most of the customs for Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremonies originated only recently and were not arround in the days of the Temple. So to answer your question, Jesus probably did not HAVE a Bar Mitzvah ceremony though he did BECOME Bar Mitzvah when he became 13." At this time He is regarded as ready to observe religious precepts and eligible to take part in public worship. (Oh, the irony of the Son of God being ready to take part in worship!!!)

 *From... https://www.quora.com/Did-Jesus-have-a-bar-mitzvah
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