From "Light Through an Eastern Window", re "salted and swaddled" Ezekiel 16:4, and the birth of Jesus.
"The sons of kings and princes in the East today are still salted and swaddled. A tiny bit of salt is rubbed on the baby to indicate that the parents intend to teach the child to be truthful. The baby is then wrapped in swaddling clothes...This is a sigh to God that the parents will rear the child to be straightforward the Lord and free from crookedness...The child is left in this position from 15 minutes to 2 hours while the parents meditate and make their vows to God concerning their sacred trust which was given them when they received the child...(Mary) rightly treated him as royalty and used swaddling clothes."
From "Light Through an Eastern Window", re "salted and swaddled" Ezekiel 16:4, and the birth of Jesus.
"The sons of kings and princes in the East today are still salted and swaddled. A tiny bit of salt is rubbed on the baby to indicate that the parents intend to teach the child to be truthful. The baby is then wrapped in swaddling clothes...This is a sigh to God that the parents will rear the child to be straightforward the Lord and free from crookedness...The child is left in this position from 15 minutes to 2 hours while the parents meditate and make their vows to God concerning their sacred trust which was given them when they received the child...(Mary) rightly treated him as royalty and used swaddling clothes."
Well said once again, Keith.