Jesus and the 12 Sparrows
On a cheerful day, the lively Jesus proposes a game to the neighbour children by the nearby brook. The children sit down on the ground while the child Jesus makes
twelve small holes and fills them with water from the brook.
From the soft clay from the ground beside the brook he forms twelve little birds in the shape of
sparrows and places one next to each of the water-filled holes.
He then explains: "The 12 small holes signify the twelve tribes of Israel, but the pure water in it is the word of God.
The dead clay sparrows, on the other hand, represent the people as they generally are today, standing beside the living water of the word of God, spiritually dead through their sins,
and cannot therefore see the pools which are full of life.
Therefore, the Lord comes now and raises them to new life, so that they can rise again to the clouds of heaven!"
So the child Jesus, through his word, awakened the clay sparrows to life. And they began to move and flew away.
This was the first miracle of Jesus when he was 5 years old.
On a cheerful day, the lively Jesus proposes a game to the neighbour children by the nearby brook. The children sit down on the ground while the child Jesus makes
twelve small holes and fills them with water from the brook.
From the soft clay from the ground beside the brook he forms twelve little birds in the shape of
sparrows and places one next to each of the water-filled holes.
He then explains: "The 12 small holes signify the twelve tribes of Israel, but the pure water in it is the word of God.
The dead clay sparrows, on the other hand, represent the people as they generally are today, standing beside the living water of the word of God, spiritually dead through their sins,
and cannot therefore see the pools which are full of life.
Therefore, the Lord comes now and raises them to new life, so that they can rise again to the clouds of heaven!"
So the child Jesus, through his word, awakened the clay sparrows to life. And they began to move and flew away.
This was the first miracle of Jesus when he was 5 years old.