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The Messiah of God’s “Eternal Purpose”God’s “Eternal Purpose” Now Triumphing for Man’s Good
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31. When did Joseph adopt Jesus as his foster son and then get purified with the child’s mother?
31 On the eighth day of his birth the baby was circumcised in the flesh, like all other Jewish boys born under the Law of Moses. (Luke 2:21; Galatians 4:4, 5) At that time, Joseph indicated his adoption of Jesus as his foster child. He adopted no illegitimate child, but protected Jesus against the false charge of being a child of fornication. On the fortieth day of Jesus’ birth, Joseph and Mary brought her firstborn son up to Jerusalem to present him at the temple to Jehovah and to have a purification sacrifice made for her and the baby’s adoptive father. (Luke 2:22-24; Leviticus 12:1-8)
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The Messiah of God’s “Eternal Purpose”God’s “Eternal Purpose” Now Triumphing for Man’s Good
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However, because Joseph adopted Mary’s firstborn son as his own, Joseph passed on to Jesus the legal claim that he had upon the kingdom of David his forefather.
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