TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Seven)

 

 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas

Day Seven

December 31, 2012

 

 

On the seventh day of Christmas,

my true love gave to me...

 

 

Seven Swans A-swimming,
Six Geese A-laying,
Fiiivvve Gold Rings,
Four Calling Birds,
Three French Hens,
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Seven Swans represent

 

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:

1) prophecy, 2) ministry, 3) teaching,

4) exhortation, 5) giving, 6) leading

and 7) compassion.

(Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11)

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Six)

 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas

Day Six

December 30, 2012

 

 

On the sixth day of Christmas,

my true love gave to me...

 

Six Geese A-laying,

Fiiivvve Gold Rings,

Four Calling Birds,

Three French Hens,

Two Turtle Doves

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

 

 

Six Geese A-laying represent

 

The six days of creation that confesses

GOD as Creator and Sustainer

of the world. (Genesis 1)

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Five)

 

 

 

Twelve Days of  Christmas

Day Five

December 29, 2012

 

 

One the fifth day of Christmas,

my true love gave to me...

 

Fiiivvvve Gold Rings,

Four Calling Birds,

Three French Hens,

Two Turtle Doves

and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

 

 

Five Gold Rings represents

 

The first Five Books of the Old Testament,

known as the Torah or the Pentateuch:

1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Leviticus,

4) Numbers and 5) Deuteronomy, which gives the history of humanity's sinful failure and GOD's response of

 grace in the creation of a people to be a light

to the world.



TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Four)

 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas

Day Four

December 28, 2012

 

 

On the fourth day of Christmas

my true love gave to me...

 

Four Calling Birds,

Three French Hens,

Two Turtle Doves,

 and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

 

 

Four Calling Birds represent

 The Four Gospels:

1) Matthew, 2) Mark, 3) Luke, and 4) John,

which proclaim the Good News of GOD's 

reconciliation of the world to Himself

in Jesus Christ.

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Three)

 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas

Day Three
December 27, 2012

 

 

 

On the third day of Christmas

my true love gave to me...
 

Three French Hens,

Two Turtle Doves,

 and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

 

 The Three French Hens represent
 

The Three Theological Virtues; 1) Faith, 2) Hope,

and 3) Love.  (1 Corinthians 13:13)

 



TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day Two)

 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas

Day Two
December 26, 2012

 

 

 

On the second day of Christmas

 my true love gave to me...

 

Two Turtle Doves,
and A Partridge in a Pear Tree

 

 

Two Turtle Doves represents

The Old and New Testament, which together bear witness to GOD's self-revelation in history and the creation of a people to tell the story of GOD to the world.

 



TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Day One)

 

 

 

 

Twelve days of Christmas

Day One

 

 

On the first day of Christmas,

my true love gave to me...

 

 

A Partridge in a Pear Tree

 

 

The partridge in a pear tree is JESUS CHRIST, the Son of GOD, whose birthday we celebrate on December 25, the first day of Christmas. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge that feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, recalling the expression of  Christ's sadness over the fate of Jerusalem;

"Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered you under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but you would not have it so...." (Luke 13:34)