Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. The Law of Moses required that all males attend the three feasts of the Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. The House (or Academy) of Hillel, a school of Jewish law that "thrived in 1st Century B.C. Jerusalem" taught that women must also attend the feast of the Passover. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hillel.) Attending this feast was an act of "devout obedience" by Mary and Joseph. (See http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/2-41.htm.)
At age 12, Christ went with his parents to the feast of the Tabernacles. "At twelve a Jewish boy became a son of the law, with the responsibility of a man, putting on on the phylacteries which reminded of the obligation to keep the law." (See https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/phylacteries and http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/2-41.htm.) Like his parents, Jesus was strictly obedient to the law of Moses. It was not until the Christ's death and resurrection that the ceremonial law of Moses was fulfilled. (See https://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/law-of-moses?lang=eng.) What would it be like to have a perfectly obedient child? You would never have to worry about him coming home late at night. If he said he would do a chore, the chore would always get done. Interestingly, Jesus' parents' worries stemmed from Christ spending 'too much' time preaching his Heavenly Father's gospel or teaching at the temple.
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