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LOST JESUS

Luke 2:43 & 44
"43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew not of it.
44 But they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance."

We are all "Children of The Heavenly Father." This week we are studying a event when Jesus was growing up, about to become a man. Under 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. (Mitzvot are commandments, traditionally understood to come from God and to be intended for the Jewish people to observe.) 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. 

We have turned to the Gospel of Luke, chapter two, in yesterday's verse we read that Jesus and His parents went to Jerusalem EVERY YEAR for passover. It would be unthinkable to miss Passover and there was only One Temple in the entire country. If you want to celebrate Passover; you had to travel to Jerusalem. All to thank GOD for the freedom from Egyptian slavery some thirteen hundred years before!

And, when Passover is over; back home. Today's verses; "And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus TARRIED behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew NOT of it." This would have been a week long trip. They would have traveled with family and friends in a large group. So many together made it all too easy to loose track of their Son. 

"But they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance." But Jesus was NOT there!?!? They lost Jesus!!!
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