When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 9 January 2023. Today’s topic: We Do”
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Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 5 January 2023. Today’s topic: Out of Egypt
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his motherContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 5 January 2023. Today’s topic: Out of Egypt”
Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 4 January 2023. Today’s topic: Dream About That
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Matthew 2:12 Dreams again. Having been told, through a dream, to disobey King Herod’s command, the mysterious men from a faraway land went home via a different route. Perhaps they went south, through Egypt (as JesusContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 4 January 2023. Today’s topic: Dream About That”
Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 29 December 2022. Today’s topic: Herod’s Lie
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” Matthew 2:7-8 Let’s recap. Wise menContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 29 December 2022. Today’s topic: Herod’s Lie”
Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 28 December 2022. Today’s topic: Statistically Impossible And Yet…
When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 28 December 2022. Today’s topic: Statistically Impossible And Yet…”
Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 27 December 2022. Today’s topic: Disturbed Herod
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. Matthew 2:3 Who was King Herod? He was one of the greatest figures of antiquity, “great” because he did big and far-reaching things. His family came to power thanks to their relationship with Julius Caesar, and Herod devoted his life to consolidatingContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 27 December 2022. Today’s topic: Disturbed Herod”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas
“At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries willContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas”
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