Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

In the Torah, age thirty introduced another life cycle of spiritual maturity. A Levite could not officiate in the temple priesthood until he was thirty years of age (Num. 4:3, 23, 30). Christ was baptized and entered the public ministry at about the age of thirty (Luke 3:23). While spiritual maturity does not always match a person’s chronological age, there appears to be significance to the age thirty. According to rabbinical thought, age thirty is when we reach the peak of our strength. This was especially true in ancient Israel, when the average life span of a person was about forty five to fifty years. In ancient times people married in their mid to late teen years. God exempted the newlyweds from work for an entire year to bond with each other. In earlier times, by the time a father had a son who was turning age thirteen, the average father was nearing or slightly past thirty years of age. By this time there is a spiritual inclination and focus that a father has that may have been absent in his twenties when he was concentrating on his education, business, wife, or early career. However, once the children begin arriving and maturing, some parents who lacked spiritual direction become concerned for moral attitudes and spiritual development of their children. Everyone knows that moving from age twenty-nine to thirty becomes a milestone in life in the same manner that turning forty, fifty, and seventy holds important symbolism. Each of these four ages indicates important life cycles, carrying a new spiritual level of growth and development. Stage 5: The celebration of marriage To Orthodox Jews and dedicated Christians, it is important