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The 12 Days of Christmas: Holy Innocents

December 28th, 2019 | 3 min read

By Matthew Wilcoxen

At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.” Thus says the LORD: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and shall enjoy the fruit. For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.’”

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Matthew Wilcoxen

Matthew Wilcoxen is an Anglican priest, systematic theologian, and rector of The Church of the Incarnation in Harrisonburg, Virginia.