the Bible doesn’t say anything about Jesus’ teen years or about what kind of a brother he was to his siblings… however, being “filled with wisdom, and the Grace of God upon him” we can be sure He was not like any child there ever was or will be
…but I struggled to understand why this was necessary… these 30 some years… I mean, did he really need to “grow up?” was there anything he could learn from Joseph about being a carpenter? He invented trees! He was there when Noah built the ark. Is there anything he didn’t already know that He needed to know to do what He came to do? was there some lesson from the Bible that he needed to get right before he started his ministry? He is the Word!
…to conclude, a quote from Esther (12/21 entry), “…rejoice in Jesus' humility that enabled God to display his amazing plan of redemption.”
…Jesus spent these years changing physiologically from dhild to man but it was a continuing act of humility, submission and obedience to the plan of the Father who sent Him.
…how great is His love for us.
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thanks for a wonderful reflection, helen. i think Jesus, though fully God, was fully human too, and had to honestly experience all the stages of growing up just like we do.
even though i think that He, being God, could have known everything there was to know right from birth, He voluntarily chose to go through the various stages of humanity as a further means of identifying with us. along the way He too had to "learn submission" to His parents, just like we do, though i suppose He did so as perfectly as it is possible to do. just another aspect of the unfathomable mysteries of the incarnation.
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