Shortgrass
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This is interesting. I had never cared for the song about the 12 days of Christmas. I figured whoever wrote it must have been pretty boooored! I found out a little history on it. It was written by the early and persecuted church. These people were not free to thank God without risking life and property. The song is symbolic:
The first day of Christmas my true love (God) gave to me (sinful man) a partridge (Christ) in a pear tree (to die upon the tree).
That is not the only gift they thanked God for -- two turtle doves. The bible (two testaments, old and new) Doves, Noah's dove and the dove that descended on Christ at His baptism.
Three French Hens (faith, hope and charity)
Four Mocking Birds. Mathew, Mark, Luke and John repeated the same story of the life of Jesus.
Five books of Moses. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Six days of Creation.
Seven, they thanked God for Spiritual Gifts.
Eight, the beatitudes.
Nine, the fruit of the Spirit.
Ten, the ten commandments.
Eleven, the faithful disciples.
Twelve points of doctrine.
The song will never be the same for me again. All the numbers do not necessarily match up with my translation of scripture, but according to the literature I have, these are the things the ones who first sang this song thought of as they went down the list. I would add another thing we have to be grateful for, that being the right to Thank God openly for His shower of many blessings He has bestowed upon us without fearing harm to my family or property. My wife's family fled Germany to Russia because of religious persecution. It was no better, so they came to America where they enjoyed, practiced and protected our freedom to worship God. Sadly, today we are faced with protecting our freedoms from our own courts and government. We owe it to our children and children's children to do so. Have a good Sunday mornin" and a very Merry Christmas!
The first day of Christmas my true love (God) gave to me (sinful man) a partridge (Christ) in a pear tree (to die upon the tree).
That is not the only gift they thanked God for -- two turtle doves. The bible (two testaments, old and new) Doves, Noah's dove and the dove that descended on Christ at His baptism.
Three French Hens (faith, hope and charity)
Four Mocking Birds. Mathew, Mark, Luke and John repeated the same story of the life of Jesus.
Five books of Moses. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Six days of Creation.
Seven, they thanked God for Spiritual Gifts.
Eight, the beatitudes.
Nine, the fruit of the Spirit.
Ten, the ten commandments.
Eleven, the faithful disciples.
Twelve points of doctrine.
The song will never be the same for me again. All the numbers do not necessarily match up with my translation of scripture, but according to the literature I have, these are the things the ones who first sang this song thought of as they went down the list. I would add another thing we have to be grateful for, that being the right to Thank God openly for His shower of many blessings He has bestowed upon us without fearing harm to my family or property. My wife's family fled Germany to Russia because of religious persecution. It was no better, so they came to America where they enjoyed, practiced and protected our freedom to worship God. Sadly, today we are faced with protecting our freedoms from our own courts and government. We owe it to our children and children's children to do so. Have a good Sunday mornin" and a very Merry Christmas!
