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 All righty.

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 We're going to have the Bible reading now.

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 Although the passage that David's going to be taking us through

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 is only the second half of chapter 2,

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 we're going to read the whole chapter so that we've got that context.

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 So please open your Bibles, turn on your devices,

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 and turn to Matthew chapter 2.

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 All right.

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 Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,

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 in the days of Herod the king,

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 behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

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 Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?

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 For we saw his star when it rose, and have come to worship him.

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 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled,

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 and all Jerusalem with him.

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 And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people,

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 he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

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 They told him, In Bethlehem of Judea,

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 for so it is written by the prophet,

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 And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

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 are by no means least among the rulers of Judah.

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 For from you shall come a ruler,

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 who will shepherd my people Israel.

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 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly,

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 and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.

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 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying,

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 Go and search diligently for the child,

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 and when you have found him, bring me word,

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 that I too may come and worship him.

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 After listening to the king, they went on their way.

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 And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose

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 went before them, until it came to rest

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 over the place where the child was.

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 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

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 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother,

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 and they fell down and worshipped him.

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 Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts,

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 gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod,

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 they departed to their own country by another way.

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 Now when they had departed, behold,

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 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,

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 Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt,

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 and remain there until I tell you,

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 for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.

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 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night

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 and departed to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod.

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 This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet,

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 Out of Egypt I called my son.

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 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men,

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 became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem

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 and in all that region, who were two years old or under,

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 according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

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 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah.

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 A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation.

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 Rachel weeping for her children.

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 She refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

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 But when Herod died, behold,

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 an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

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 saying, Rise, take the child and his mother,

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 and go to the land of Israel,

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 for those who sought the child's life are dead.

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 And he rose and took the child and his mother

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 and went to the land of Israel.

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 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea

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 in place of his father Herod,

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 he was afraid to go there.

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 And being warned in a dream,

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 he withdrew to the district of Galilee.

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 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth,

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 so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled,

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 that he would be called a Nazarene.

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 We're going to be looking at the second half

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 of Matthew chapter 2 this afternoon

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 in the series that we've been continuing in Matthew's Gospel.

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 And I just want to introduce by saying this,

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 that there's no doubt at all

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 that the story of the birth of Jesus

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 still has immediate appeal for all kinds of people.

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 Just as it did when Matthew first wrote down

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 his biography of the life of Jesus.

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 Christmas in Australia is a massive annual celebration.

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 But you'll have noticed as much as I have

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 that each year, what we celebrate at Christmas

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 and how we celebrate

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 seems to just get more and more removed

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 from that which the Bible says.

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 more disconnected from the Bible's record of events.

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 And I think it's because sentimentality

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 rather than truth

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 shapes how we celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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 And most sad of all, I think, in that

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 is that increasingly it seems to be true of Christians as well.

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 Sentimentality has now shaped

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 the Christmas story to that

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 which is warm and fuzzy

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 convenient

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 acceptable

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 Sentimentality drives marketing and advertising

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 and that in turn has reformatted Christmas

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 into just another classic

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 harmless children's story

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 children's fairy tale

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 where Jesus himself

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 is increasingly written out of the script

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 and you can see that in front yard displays

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 where you get all sorts of

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 fairy tales and lights and stuff like that

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 but often no reference at all to Jesus.

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 The problem is, you see,

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 that as a society at a whole

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 and even as Christians sometimes

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 we've stopped reading out

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 from the scriptures

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 that which the

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 authors of scripture intended us to hear

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 and we've started reading into scripture

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 that which we want to hear

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 or that which we think we should hear

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 that which is convenient to hear

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 and we just ignore

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 the bits that are inconvenient to us

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 and the story of Christmas

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 is just one of those classic places

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 where that happens.

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 But to understand properly

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 the birth of Jesus

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 we need to cut through sentiment

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 because the Bible itself

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 pushes us

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 beyond sentiment

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 especially in this

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 situation of the birth of Christ

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 the context of the birth of Christ

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 the Bible pushes us

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 beyond sentiment

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 to supernatural reality.

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 Now, if you read

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 or when you read

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 Matthew's

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 story of the birth of Christ

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 in the early years of Jesus

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 as we're working through here

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 in these chapters of Matthew

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 one thing is really clear

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 it is not sentimental.

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 It is not sentimental.

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 But it's the context

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 of confronting

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 supernatural interventions

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 that really hit us

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 when you read these early chapters.

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 God's miraculous involvement

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 in and around

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 the birth of Jesus

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 that's what dominates

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 that's what we either

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 have to trip over

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 or come to terms with

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 because it's just so pervasive.

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 So we start with

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 as Bo took us through

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 a couple of weeks ago

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 there's this supernatural

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 conception of Jesus

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 through the action

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 of God's Holy Spirit.

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 Now, how confronting is that?

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 This girl gets pregnant

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 without having sex.

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 We're told

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 by the action

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Joseph then

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 is given a dream

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 and he's told

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 to marry Mary

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 when naturally

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 he was just going to

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 quietly move her

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 to one side

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 to avoid the scandal.

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 And not only is he told

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 to go ahead and marry her

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 but he's actually told

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 that this child

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 will be God

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 will be the saviour

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 of the world.

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 Completely God

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 and completely human.

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 It gets harder.

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 Then there's the appearance

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 of the mysterious star

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 that Dave took us through

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 that section

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 that Dave took us through

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 last week

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 which the Magi

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 and remember these Magi

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 for the East

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 wise men

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 these guys

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 were not sentimental.

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 These were hard-headed

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 scholars of the day.

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 They probably came

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 from the royal court

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 of Persia

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 or somewhere over

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 in the Mesopotamian region

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 and these hard-headed

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 intellectual guys

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 they concluded

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 that what was happening

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 before their eyes

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 was supernatural.

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 Some sort of

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 cosmic event.

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 They couldn't understand

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 but they couldn't avoid.

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 And remember

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 these guys were experts

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 in science

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 and mathematics

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 and history

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 astronomy.

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 There were no Dunnies.

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 and yet

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 they were convinced

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 that all the signs

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 pointed to

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 an event

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 of cosmic

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 significance.

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 Indeed

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 the birth

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 of a great king.

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 And so accordingly

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 responding accordingly

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 they set out

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 as Dave said last week

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 a couple of thousand

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 kilometers or more

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 a couple of months

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 worth of travel

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 they set out

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 to give their worship

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 and allegiance

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 to this

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 totally unknown

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 infant.

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 You want to come

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 and join?

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 Yeah.

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 He might do a better job.

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 Can he read you it

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 or not?

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 You can have my script.

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 Sorry I shouldn't

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 embarrass him.

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 Isn't that lovely?

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 I always think it's lovely

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 when that sort of thing

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 happens.

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 But I'm usually more

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 generous to other

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 people's children

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 than I was when

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 my children did it

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 when they were young.

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 But anyway

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 that's a different story.

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 Yeah so

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 these guys

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 came all that way

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 to give their worship

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 and allegiance

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 to this totally

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 unknown infant king.

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 Now it was a big problem

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 for a couple of reasons.

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 One

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 in the violent age

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 of the day

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 you really didn't

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 acknowledge a king

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 until he was

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 well and truly

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 in control of his throne.

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 So many people

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 didn't even survive

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 childhood years

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 because of diseases

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 let alone

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 coup d'etat

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 when they were still young.

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 But these guys

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 knowledgeable

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 intellectual guys

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 and maybe girls

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 who knows

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 most likely guys

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 came to worship

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 maybe Jesus.

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 But there's another

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 aspect of that

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 that these guys

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 were in the employ

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 of the court

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 the royal court

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 of Persia.

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 So essentially

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 what they were doing

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 by coming to worship

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 a foreign king

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 could have been seen

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 as treasonous.

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 There was a lot

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 at stake for these guys

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 and yet

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 that was their

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 single point

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 of reference

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 from the time

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 the sign.

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 Then there's

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 multiple interventions

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 of divine guidance

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 in chapter 2.

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 Brought the Magi

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 to Jerusalem

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 warned them

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 not to report

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 back to Herod

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 as agreed

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 and in our passage

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 this morning

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 three more dreams

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 three more supernatural

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 acts of divine guidance

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 all of which

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 are just focused

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 to protect

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 what is now

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 the divine toddler.

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 and all these events

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 in turn

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 are linked

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 back to Old Testament

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 prophecy

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 so Matthew

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 wants us to see

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 that hey

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 all this stuff

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 well hard enough

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 is to believe

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 now that all this

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 was foretold

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 by prophets

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 you know

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 five, six, seven

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 hundred years ago.

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 So there's another

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 incredible link

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 that people

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 could have seen

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 this coming

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 seven hundred years earlier.

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 That has to be

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 a supernatural thing.

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 Now why

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 is Matthew

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 doing all this?

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 Well

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 a couple of reasons

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 I think.

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 Firstly

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 Matthew's

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 primary target

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 audience

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 is Jewish

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 and Matthew

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 wants

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 his Jewish readers

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 to remember

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 that all

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 of their

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 national history

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 was full

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 of God's

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 supernatural activity.

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 he wants them

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 to understand

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 therefore

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 that they

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 shouldn't trip

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 over Jesus

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 and the context

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 of his birth

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 because

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 this is just

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 more of the same.

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 This is God

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 doing what God

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 has been doing

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 for his people

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 for generations

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 and more than that

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 this is God

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 doing what the

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 prophets

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 what the Lord

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 told the prophets

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 he would do

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 at some point

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 in the future

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 when he would

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 send Messiah

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 to deliver his

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 people from

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 their sin.

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 So Matthew

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 wants his readers

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 to realize

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 that Jesus

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 can only

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 be understood

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 can only

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 be understood

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 in the context

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 of God's

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 supernatural

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 intervention

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 in history

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 and again

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 that the only

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 way to read

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 the Bible

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 correctly

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 is through

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 Christ-centered

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 lenses

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 that is

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 all the stuff

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 in the Old Testament

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 is primarily

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 about preparing

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 us for the

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 arrival of Jesus

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 and then all the

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 stuff in the New Testament

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 is really telling us

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 about the significance

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 of what that

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 arrival means.

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 So Matthew's

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 appeal to his

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 readers 2,000 years

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 ago and to you

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 and me today

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 2,000 years later

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 is simply

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 to confront

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 Jesus.

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 Not through

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 the sentiment

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 of a cute

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 little baby

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 in a manger

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 with a big cow

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 with big staring

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 eyes

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 fawning at him

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 or a sheep

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 you know

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 bleating at him.

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 Not like that

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 at all

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 but to confront

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 Jesus

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 by applying

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 your mind

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 to wrestle

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 with supernatural

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 interventions

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 in this world.

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 Fulfillment

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 of prophecies

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 long term

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 promises

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 coming to reality

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 real history.

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 That is

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 the context

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 the Bible

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 pushes us to

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 well beyond

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 sentimentality

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 supernatural reality.

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 And so

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 the challenge

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 for us

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 today is the same

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 as we read

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 these verses.

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 And the question

00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:36.060
 then is

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 will you accept

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 the challenge?

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 Will you seek

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 Jesus by asking

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 the question

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 who is this

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 Jesus?

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 What sort of

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 king is he?

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 What sort of

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 kingdom

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 does he intend

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 to establish?

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 and perhaps

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 most important

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 of all

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 will I bring

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 my life

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 under the

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 authority

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 of this

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 king Jesus

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 as one

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 who is

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 completely

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 human

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 and completely

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 God?

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 The Bible

00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:10.720
 also pushes us

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:12.200
 beyond sentimentality

00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:13.560
 to recognize

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 the desperate

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 need

00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.179
 for a better

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.539
 king.

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 Now we're

00:15:19.339 --> 00:15:19.699
 moving into

00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:20.299
 the text here

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.059
 in chapter 2

00:15:21.059 --> 00:15:22.399
 first 12 verses

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.299
 the story seems

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.319
 to go really

00:15:24.319 --> 00:15:24.619
 well

00:15:24.619 --> 00:15:25.079
 it's really

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 quite exciting

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 every man

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 and his dog

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.699
 wants a piece

00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:28.159
 of Jesus

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 they all

00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:28.939
 want to

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 apparently

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 want to

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 be where

00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:31.179
 Jesus is

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 to worship

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:31.859
 him

00:15:31.859 --> 00:15:32.659
 it's

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.759
 such a

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.759
 light and

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.299
 airy

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:35.739
 sort of

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 section

00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:36.699
 of the

00:15:36.699 --> 00:15:37.379
 passage

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.219
 but then

00:15:38.219 --> 00:15:38.479
 when you

00:15:38.479 --> 00:15:38.799
 turn to

00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.459
 verse 13

00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:40.679
 it suddenly

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.219
 becomes

00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:42.059
 very dark

00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:45.639
 and the

00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.039
 question I want

00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.539
 to ask now

00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.099
 to try and

00:15:47.099 --> 00:15:48.119
 make a passage

00:15:48.119 --> 00:15:48.500
 that's very

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.279
 familiar to us

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.159
 fresh again

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.599
 reminds

00:15:50.599 --> 00:15:51.279
 I want to

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.719
 ask you now

00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.439
 is what

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:52.919
 do you think

00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.619
 this literature

00:15:53.619 --> 00:15:53.919
 is?

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.459
 Do you think

00:15:54.459 --> 00:15:55.159
 it's tragedy

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.839
 or is it

00:15:57.839 --> 00:15:58.519
 farce

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.059
 comedy?

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.439
 Well

00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.839
 at first

00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:05.219
 reading

00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:06.479
 the story

00:16:06.479 --> 00:16:07.379
 seems to be

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.779
 appears to be

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.259
 throbbing

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:10.539
 with uncertainty

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.919
 threat

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.279
 defeat

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:16.659
 things are

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.379
 so bad

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.419
 that

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.179
 Egypt

00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:20.719
 is now

00:16:20.719 --> 00:16:21.259
 the place

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.699
 of safety

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:21.899
 and you

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.099
 remember

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:22.439
 Egypt

00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:23.179
 had such

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.519
 bad

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.219
 associations

00:16:24.219 --> 00:16:24.659
 in the

00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:24.959
 history

00:16:24.959 --> 00:16:25.500
 of God's

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:25.740
 people

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.379
 it was a

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.719
 place of

00:16:26.719 --> 00:16:27.240
 bondage

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.579
 a place

00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:28.099
 of death

00:16:28.099 --> 00:16:28.819
 and destruction

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.479
 it was a

00:16:29.479 --> 00:16:29.860
 place that

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.419
 God told

00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:30.740
 us people

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.679
 do not

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.139
 go back

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.500
 to Egypt

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 do not

00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.259
 have any

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.779
 association

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.259
 with Egypt

00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:35.179
 and here

00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:35.759
 things are

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.439
 so bad

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.879
 that God

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.259
 sends

00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:37.399
 his

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.659
 people

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:39.980
 Joseph

00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.379
 and Mary

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.819
 and Jesus

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.459
 back to

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:41.820
 Egypt

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:44.860
 wow

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:46.519
 that bad

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.920
 fleeing

00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:50.519
 by night

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.040
 hiding

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:53.560
 then we

00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:53.860
 have the

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.680
 absolute

00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:56.019
 brutality

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:57.740
 of

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.220
 Herod's

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:59.019
 murderous

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.519
 rage

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.940
 taken out

00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:02.360
 on these

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:02.940
 innocents

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:06.299
 and then

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.640
 at the end

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:06.820
 of the

00:17:06.820 --> 00:17:07.080
 story

00:17:07.080 --> 00:17:08.019
 the Lord

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.420
 tells him

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.680
 to come

00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:08.920
 back

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.279
 but even

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.700
 then

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.120
 it seems

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:10.460
 like

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.080
 Herod's

00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:11.700
 now dead

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.120
 but his

00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.320
 son

00:17:12.320 --> 00:17:12.900
 Archelaus

00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.299
 takes over

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.660
 the throne

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.480
 and there's

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.100
 another layer

00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:16.000
 of uncertainty

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.840
 another layer

00:17:16.840 --> 00:17:17.380
 of threat

00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:19.200
 more secretive

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.019
 moving around

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:25.160
 more uncertainty

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.880
 more danger

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:28.000
 more hiding

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.300
 but then

00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:33.380
 at the same

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.080
 time when you

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.500
 read these

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.880
 verses

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.320
 it soon

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.260
 becomes clear

00:17:37.260 --> 00:17:38.100
 that the

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 story is

00:17:38.800 --> 00:17:39.120
 running

00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:40.300
 perfectly

00:17:40.300 --> 00:17:41.620
 according to

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.300
 God's plan

00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:46.080
 and in line

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:47.280
 with all the

00:17:47.280 --> 00:17:48.340
 ancient prophecies

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:51.959
 even the

00:17:51.959 --> 00:17:52.659
 murder of

00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:53.359
 these innocent

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.039
 children is

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.519
 put in the

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.159
 context of

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 hope through

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.559
 the reference

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.299
 to Jeremiah

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.019
 in verse

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.439
 18

00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:59.799
 so let's

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.119
 have a look

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.399
 at that

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:01.619
 a voice

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.199
 was heard

00:18:02.199 --> 00:18:02.879
 in Ramah

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:04.359
 weeping

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.339
 and loud

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.240
 lamentation

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.379
 Rachel's

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:08.659
 weeping

00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:09.039
 for her

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.419
 children

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 she refused

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.399
 to be

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 consoled

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 because

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.000
 there are

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.500
 no more

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.539
 children

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:18.660
 what's it

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.079
 all about

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.660
 well

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.980
 Rachel

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:22.539
 was the

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 wife

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.839
 of the

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 patriarch

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 Jacob

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 who

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 of all

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.640
 the

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.480
 patriarchs

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 was the

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.460
 one who

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:29.779
 was most

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 closely

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.059
 associated

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.099
 with God's

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.460
 covenant

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:32.880
 promise

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.440
 Jacob's

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:33.819
 name was

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 actually

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 changed

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 to Israel

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 so in a

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 sense

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.440
 this is

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 the defining

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 point of

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 Israel's

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.079
 history

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.460
 and Rachel

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 was buried

00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.960
 at Ramah

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 which just

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.960
 happens to

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 be up the

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 road a bit

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.840
 from Bethlehem

00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:52.120
 and in this

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.559
 prophecy

00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.440
 by Jeremiah

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.340
 she's pictured

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:57.140
 as weeping

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:58.700
 because God's

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.539
 covenant people

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.200
 were going to

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.039
 disappear into

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.640
 exile

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.579
 and likely

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.019
 death

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.840
 and the

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.180
 backstory

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.660
 of that

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:04.940
 is

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:06.240
 that when

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.400
 the Babylonian

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:07.980
 overlords

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:09.140
 were mastering

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:11.319
 the Israelite

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:12.019
 exiles

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.539
 to take them

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:12.980
 away into

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.539
 captivity

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.220
 captivity

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.539
 they did

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.879
 it here

00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.299
 at this

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 particular place

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.339
 this is where

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.559
 they were

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:17.839
 mastered

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.500
 this is where

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.700
 they were

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.180
 shackled

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.659
 together

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.599
 and this is

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:20.920
 where they're

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.460
 finally

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.579
 marched off

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:25.000
 into

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.839
 potential

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.480
 oblivion

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.059
 and almost

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.399
 certain

00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:29.839
 death

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.339
 and so

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.879
 Rachel's

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.379
 pictured

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:36.859
 as crying

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.500
 for the

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.980
 loss of

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.319
 God's

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.539
 covenant

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.039
 promise

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:41.399
 crying in

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.960
 the context

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.620
 of death

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:44.380
 how can

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.220
 anything good

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.560
 come out

00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:45.980
 of this

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.920
 God's

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.240
 promises

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.759
 have fallen

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.120
 over

00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:52.700
 perhaps even

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.019
 God's

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.340
 promises

00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:53.720
 have been

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.360
 thwarted

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:55.860
 by the evil

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.259
 of other

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.600
 people

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:58.300
 when you go

00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.759
 back and read

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.320
 the context

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.920
 in Jeremiah

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.040
 the Lord

00:20:01.040 --> 00:20:01.640
 speaks to

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.140
 Jeremiah

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:05.660
 and says

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.980
 to him

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:07.240
 there is hope

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.680
 I will

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.160
 bring my

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.920
 people back

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.799
 from exile

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:12.079
 this is not

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.500
 the end of

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.900
 the story

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:14.160
 this is a

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.960
 story happening

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.559
 as I planned

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.220
 it to happen

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:20.259
 and so

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.700
 here

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.420
 in spite of

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.099
 the brutality

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.960
 of Herod

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.079
 and the very

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.039
 real tears

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.839
 of multiple

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.460
 mothers and

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.940
 fathers in

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.460
 this region

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:30.400
 I think

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:30.700
 we've been

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.140
 told here

00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:31.420
 there is

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.740
 hope

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:33.500
 because

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.420
 Messiah

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.579
 is safe

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:37.559
 from Herod

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.939
 Herod's

00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.339
 sin is

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.240
 incredibly

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.859
 iniquitous

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:42.799
 and this

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.159
 prophecy

00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:43.819
 doesn't answer

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.539
 all the

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.000
 questions we

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.379
 might like

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.740
 answered

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.779
 but it's

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.519
 cast in

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:48.960
 the context

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.359
 of hope

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.079
 in the

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.619
 fulfillment

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:50.980
 and the

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.519
 outworking

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.960
 of God's

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.199
 plan

00:20:52.199 --> 00:20:52.419
 it's

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:52.740
 happening

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.639
 as God

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.220
 intended it

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.500
 to happen

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.139
 in spite

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:55.579
 of the

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.000
 awful

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.559
 sinfulness

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.079
 of Herod

00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:00.599
 Messiah

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.039
 is safe

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.500
 from Herod

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.740
 and ultimately

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.059
 will fulfill

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.500
 God's

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.859
 salvation

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.339
 promise

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:07.059
 now when I

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.539
 put all that

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.959
 together

00:21:07.959 --> 00:21:08.619
 what I want

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.259
 to suggest

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.480
 to you

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.779
 is that

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.419
 in the

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:10.579
 end

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.339
 this story

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.359
 that looks

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.240
 so dark

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.980
 is actually

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.639
 farcical

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:20.159
 notwithstanding

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:21.079
 the awful

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.699
 brutality

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.199
 that's built

00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:23.339
 into it

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:27.759
 it's farcical

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.259
 because here

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.659
 we have a

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.179
 picture of

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.619
 Herod

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.599
 huffing

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.519
 and puffing

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.539
 against God

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.159
 and his

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.779
 anointed one

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.319
 very much

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.740
 in the line

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.119
 of Psalm

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.439
 2

00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:38.279
 but as

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.740
 he huffs

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.519
 and puffs

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.179
 and the

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.960
 story develops

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.019
 he just

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.259
 looks increasingly

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.819
 pathetic

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.720
 for all his

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.039
 efforts

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.619
 for all his

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.059
 resources

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:49.240
 being deployed

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.059
 to get rid

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.700
 of this child

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.139
 that's a big

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.639
 threat to

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.339
 Herod

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.220
 the story's

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.899
 just happening

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:55.079
 all about him

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:59.399
 it's farcical

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:01.600
 and as the

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.280
 story goes

00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:03.200
 out of the

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.480
 blue

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.500
 Herod ends

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.940
 up dead

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:06.700
 so much

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.160
 for Herod

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.160
 and his

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.440
 son

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.200
 Archelaus

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.860
 comes into

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.259
 the story

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.240
 but again

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.660
 he's of no

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.400
 great consequence

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.920
 to the way

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.360
 the story's

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:15.880
 going to unfold

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.460
 and he just

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.759
 gets a

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.480
 passing mention

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:19.280
 that's all

00:22:19.280 --> 00:22:19.759
 he's

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.680
 worth

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.780
 as it were

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:27.619
 but woven

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.180
 into this

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.220
 particle story

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.759
 is a huge

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.379
 contrast

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.099
 between the

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.680
 two kings

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.539
 which I think

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.359
 Matthew wants

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.859
 to highlight

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.399
 for us

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:38.940
 on the one

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.399
 hand you've

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.920
 got Herod

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.940
 the so-called

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.660
 great

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:43.460
 that sort of

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.660
 diminishes the

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.480
 title a little bit

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.519
 when you find out

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.859
 in history

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.500
 that he actually

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.359
 took that title

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.759
 and made it up

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.240
 for himself

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.660
 not too many

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.039
 other people

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.440
 thought he was

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.700
 great

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.319
 unless he thought

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.559
 he was a

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.080
 great idiot

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:56.240
 but there he

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.580
 was

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.420
 Herod the

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.680
 Great

00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:00.259
 now

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.420
 what do we

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.819
 know of this

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.180
 Herod the

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.360
 Great

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:03.059
 from these

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:04.299
 verses here

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.620
 well

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.559
 first thing

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.120
 is in sharp

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.900
 contrast

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.960
 to the

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.740
 receiving

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.940
 accepting

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.519
 attitude

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.860
 of the

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.460
 Magi

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:13.360
 Herod

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.960
 shows himself

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.380
 to have a

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.920
 rejecting

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.660
 rebellious

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.200
 attitude

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.680
 towards God's

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.100
 plan and

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.440
 purpose

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.420
 and the

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.620
 God

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.960
 child

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:22.660
 and when

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.940
 you think

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.299
 about that

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.019
 the contrast

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.559
 just opens

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.759
 up

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.740
 the Magi

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.980
 had very

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.779
 little detail

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.900
 and almost

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.160
 no understanding

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.559
 of what was

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.799
 behind this

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.039
 side

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.460
 and no

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.079
 backstory

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.079
 to give them

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.720
 detail

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:39.019
 and yet

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.120
 they set out

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.660
 from their place

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.539
 some thousands

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.059
 of kilometres

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.319
 away

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:44.100
 already in the

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.759
 frame of mind

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.519
 to come

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.579
 as vassals

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.339
 as subject

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.799
 people

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.639
 to bow

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.919
 down

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.359
 and worship

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.559
 this infant

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.000
 king

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:56.079
 as a great

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.000
 cosmic king

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.299
 for these

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.839
 Magi

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.319
 moving towards

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.699
 Jesus

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.359
 to worship

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.220
 was their

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.319
 single priority

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.039
 once they saw

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.480
 a sign

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:08.519
 in great

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.259
 contrast to

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.539
 Herod

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.259
 who in

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.519
 verses

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.619
 3, 4, 5

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.019
 and 6

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.279
 there

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:14.579
 had enough

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.200
 personal

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.660
 knowledge

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.339
 or personal

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.899
 awareness

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.319
 of what

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.119
 Jewish history

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.339
 was

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.740
 because Herod

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.019
 himself

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.920
 wasn't a Jew

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:22.399
 he was a Syrian

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.440
 but he had

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.399
 enough personal

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.779
 knowledge

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.700
 of the Jewish

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.339
 tradition

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.940
 and culture

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.660
 to be able

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.440
 to call

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.039
 this baby

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.759
 in verse 4

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.379
 the Christ

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:32.259
 the Messiah

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.859
 then he had

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.420
 the affirmation

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.259
 and the

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.460
 reinforcement

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.740
 of the scribes

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.299
 and the Pharisees

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.660
 these were

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.200
 the Jewish

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.880
 religious

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.680
 professors

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.539
 these were

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.860
 the guys

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.380
 who knew

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.940
 their history

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.620
 inside out

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:46.240
 and they said

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.900
 yeah you got it

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.120
 right

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.480
 this is

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.840
 this is

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.240
 this is

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.519
 this is

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.059
 the Messiah

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:51.620
 and then

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.860
 they had

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.620
 the affirmation

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.059
 of these

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.640
 Magi

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.900
 these intellectual

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.519
 guys coming

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.180
 from the Far East

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.279
 all coming to

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.559
 the same

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.160
 conclusion

00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.200
 and what

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.799
 does Herod do

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.799
 he goes

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.160
 a totally

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.799
 different direction

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.120
 he sets

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.519
 himself

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.500
 to destroy

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.059
 this child

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:09.660
 why

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:12.759
 well Dave

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.240
 talked about

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.500
 it a bit

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.980
 last week

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.240
 I'm just

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.460
 going to

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.720
 repeat

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.019
 what he

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.200
 said

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.380
 well

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:15.940
 his

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.660
 political

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.259
 sovereignty

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.100
 is threatened

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.820
 in this

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.200
 baby

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.960
 because

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.980
 Herod's

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.300
 not even

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:21.519
 in the

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.900
 line of

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.240
 David

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.840
 Messiah

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.420
 would be

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.080
 so this

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.620
 the arrival

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:24.880
 of this

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.320
 child

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:26.340
 highlights

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.759
 that in

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.380
 the end

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.320
 Herod was

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.019
 a usurper

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.940
 of the

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.259
 throne

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.220
 of Israel

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:34.720
 so his

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.100
 political

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.560
 sovereignty

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.300
 was being

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:36.680
 threatened

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.120
 but his

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.519
 personal

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.940
 sovereignty

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.360
 was being

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.660
 threatened

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.019
 as well

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.640
 Herod

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:40.960
 was the

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.180
 top

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.380
 of the

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.680
 pile

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.000
 and he

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.259
 had

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:44.019
 accumulated

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.840
 a lavish

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.500
 lifestyle

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:47.400
 by being

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.940
 number one

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.240
 and he

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.799
 was not

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.620
 about to

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.539
 hand that

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.960
 over to

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.240
 anybody

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.640
 else

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.519
 he was

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.019
 not about

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.440
 to bow

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.140
 the knee

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.900
 to any

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.279
 other king

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.680
 and certainly

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.000
 not an

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.539
 infant king

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.519
 he wasn't

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.720
 going to

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:57.960
 give it

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.259
 all up

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.880
 his personal

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.360
 sovereignty

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.200
 was being

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.580
 threatened

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:02.380
 and so

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.000
 for Herod

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.680
 in contrast

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.900
 to the

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.240
 Magi

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.720
 moving away

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.000
 from

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.400
 Jesus

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.500
 and getting

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.940
 rid of

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.300
 Jesus

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:10.800
 was Herod's

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.180
 single

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.820
 priority

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:13.080
 once he

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.500
 saw the

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.820
 sign

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:15.880
 and so

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.360
 there you

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.800
 got a

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.700
 comparison

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.040
 and a

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.420
 contrast

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.540
 everybody

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.420
 both groups

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.960
 were seeking

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.600
 Jesus

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:24.380
 but one

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.800
 was seeking

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.420
 to worship

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.980
 the other

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.480
 was seeking

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.120
 to destroy

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:30.960
 and the

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.380
 picture gets

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.780
 worse

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.879
 when we

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.279
 consider

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.639
 that

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.740
 we

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.139
 measure

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.519
 Herod

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.920
 as a

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.539
 representative

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.299
 of God's

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.660
 special

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.980
 people

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.420
 Israel

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.420
 now

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.639
 throughout

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.220
 the history

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.779
 of Israel

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.500
 God's

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.899
 king

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.720
 the king

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.119
 of Israel

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.759
 was to

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.139
 reflect

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.599
 God's

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.059
 character

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.720
 and lead

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.180
 God's

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.500
 people

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.099
 as God

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.440
 himself

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.759
 would

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.859
 but

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.240
 Herod

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.559
 he was

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.899
 hated

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.839
 by many

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.779
 in Israel

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.379
 why

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.480
 because

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.059
 of his

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.559
 violent

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.180
 repression

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.399
 his

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:58.079
 ruthlessness

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.940
 and his

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.440
 corruption

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:02.840
 this man

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.259
 had blood

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.720
 all over

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.000
 him

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.620
 he had

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.059
 already

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.940
 killed

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.660
 his wife

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:08.559
 and all

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.059
 her known

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.559
 relatives

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:11.320
 he had

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.019
 already killed

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.539
 at least

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.019
 two of his

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.360
 sons

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.539
 why

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:16.360
 because

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.980
 he considered

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.740
 them a threat

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.120
 to his

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.559
 position

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.860
 as king

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:25.200
 he exploited

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.720
 his people

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.160
 mercilessly

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.360
 see he was

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.900
 appointed by

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.360
 the Romans

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.379
 and as long

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.899
 as he kept

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.319
 peace

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.679
 in Palestine

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.559
 the Romans

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.000
 didn't really

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.479
 care what

00:27:34.479 --> 00:27:34.859
 he did

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.379
 so he could

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.939
 butcher his

00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.339
 own people

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.199
 exploit them

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:38.439
 to the

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.919
 nth degree

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.719
 as long

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.219
 as he kept

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.659
 the peace

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.299
 the Romans

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.679
 were happy

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.099
 with him

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:45.419
 and Herod

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.059
 went to town

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.479
 on that

00:27:46.479 --> 00:27:47.740
 little window

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.379
 of opportunity

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:51.319
 so

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.859
 this man

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.740
 no doubt

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.539
 murdering

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.959
 twenty

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.579
 thirty

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.099
 forty

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.939
 infants

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.740
 Bethlehem

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:58.759
 Bethlehem

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.140
 wasn't a

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.700
 large town

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.900
 the region

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.180
 we don't

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.420
 know how

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.700
 big the

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:01.920
 region

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.120
 are

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.259
 but

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.500
 possibly

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.279
 no more

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.500
 than

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.100
 fifty

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.000
 infants

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.400
 now that

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.019
 seems a lot

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.320
 to us

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.580
 and I don't

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.799
 want to

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.360
 minimize that

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.220
 but for

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.620
 Herod

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.200
 who's already

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.180
 killed his

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.920
 own family

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.320
 that's

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.840
 probably

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.500
 only the

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.000
 price of

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.519
 staying in

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.840
 business

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.160
 as the

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.420
 king

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:20.560
 it's a

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:20.860
 nasty

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.300
 business

00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.620
 but

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.660
 you know

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.100
 it's worth

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:24.340
 the cost

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:28.700
 and in

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.100
 that we

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.680
 see how

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.460
 far

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.300
 Herod

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:32.220
 had moved

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.259
 Herod the

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.779
 so called

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.279
 great

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.420
 had moved

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.060
 from God's

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.680
 ideal for

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.039
 kings

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.980
 Herod was

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.279
 the king

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.720
 of greed

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.120
 the king

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.860
 of self

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.220
 interest

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.279
 murder

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.200
 exploitation

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.700
 the king

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.279
 of repression

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.620
 the king

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.019
 of misery

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.279
 the king

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.940
 of death

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:50.980
 God's

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.240
 people

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.000
 desperately

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.640
 needed

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.360
 a better

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.720
 king

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:57.240
 and

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.600
 enter

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:57.900
 King

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.299
 Jesus

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.440
 the truly

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.799
 great

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.039
 king

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.660
 who

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.059
 runs

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.680
 the whole

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.100
 world

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.880
 as the

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.259
 forever

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.660
 king

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.339
 in his

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.660
 forever

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.059
 kingdom

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:10.919
 Matthew

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.299
 doesn't

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.619
 give us

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:11.899
 any

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.659
 details

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.200
 as to

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.980
 how

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.419
 the

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.960
 magi

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.579
 came to

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.740
 their

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.220
 conclusion

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.460
 just

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.139
 that

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:19.480
 they were

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.980
 convinced

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.659
 that the

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.079
 birth of

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.379
 Jesus

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.960
 was an

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.639
 event of

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.159
 cosmic

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.879
 significance

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.599
 the birth

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.859
 of a

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.159
 king

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:26.259
 to whom

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.799
 they owed

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.460
 a greater

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.079
 allegiance

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:29.480
 than they did

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.259
 even to

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.460
 their Persian

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.059
 overlord

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.679
 in whose

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.119
 employ

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.599
 they were

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:39.739
 and look

00:29:39.739 --> 00:29:40.079
 at verse

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.379
 six

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.679
 it's just

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:40.959
 one of

00:29:40.959 --> 00:29:41.139
 those

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.819
 countless

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.399
 countless

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.119
 prophecies

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.439
 that speak

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:45.419
 of the

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.959
 nature

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.699
 of

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.159
 Jesus

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.379
 the

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.599
 great

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.919
 king

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:49.000
 from

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.259
 you

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.419
 shall

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.039
 come

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.439
 a

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:50.679
 ruler

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:50.939
 a

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.239
 king

00:29:51.239 --> 00:29:52.079
 who

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.299
 will

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.859
 shepherd

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.899
 my

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.299
 people

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.779
 Israel

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:56.979
 you

00:29:56.979 --> 00:29:57.119
 can

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.419
 feel

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.599
 the

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.039
 contrast

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.419
 already

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.699
 with

00:29:58.699 --> 00:30:00.899
 Herod

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.199
 can't

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.339
 you

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.459
 a

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:02.799
 butcher

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.000
 and a

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.319
 shepherd

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:11.460
 Messiah

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.919
 or

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.500
 King

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.879
 Jesus

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.200
 would

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.740
 fulfill

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.000
 the

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.680
 ideal

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:14.980
 of

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.500
 kingship

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.720
 which

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.180
 God

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.379
 had

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.680
 set

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.180
 before

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.299
 David

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.579
 King

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.960
 David

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.519
 in

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.720
 2

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.039
 Samuel

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.460
 7

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:23.259
 a

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.639
 king

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:23.960
 who

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.220
 would

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.139
 shepherd

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.339
 God's

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.680
 people

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.960
 into

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.460
 truth

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.919
 and

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.460
 righteousness

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.960
 and

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.519
 safety

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:32.139
 a

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.780
 king

00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:33.000
 who

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.180
 would

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.580
 care

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:33.820
 for

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:33.960
 them

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.259
 as a

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.560
 shepherd

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:35.460
 and

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.740
 lead

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.880
 them

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.080
 into

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.259
 the

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.500
 good

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.960
 life

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.780
 of

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.320
 security

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.980
 a

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.240
 good

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.580
 life

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:40.100
 lived

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:41.360
 under

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.460
 obedience

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.860
 to the

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.200
 Lord

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.420
 rather than

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.780
 be a

00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:46.200
 wolf

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.900
 that would

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.320
 attack

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.880
 and destroy

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.200
 them

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:52.540
 King

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:52.920
 Jesus

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.259
 would be

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.680
 a king

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.600
 whose rule

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.799
 would

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.059
 never

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.459
 end

00:30:55.459 --> 00:30:57.719
 in

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.240
 contrast

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.719
 to

00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.099
 Herod

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.719
 who

00:30:59.719 --> 00:31:00.199
 huffed

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:01.019
 and puffed

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.399
 and did

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.539
 his

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.099
 darndest

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:04.079
 and then

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.599
 was dead

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.219
 and gone

00:31:05.219 --> 00:31:05.639
 forever

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:10.240
 for all

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.679
 his efforts

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.839
 was only a

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.139
 blip

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.199
 on the

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:13.599
 history

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.379
 of God's

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.740
 dealings

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.019
 with his

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.259
 people

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:18.719
 and

00:31:18.719 --> 00:31:19.219
 this

00:31:19.219 --> 00:31:20.240
 new

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.559
 king

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.199
 Jesus

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.679
 the truly

00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:22.099
 great

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.359
 king

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.699
 comes

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.259
 with God's

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.500
 total

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.900
 backing

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:25.120
 as already

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.640
 stated

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.720
 this story

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.319
 is running

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.059
 perfectly

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.860
 according

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.380
 to God's

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.680
 plan

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.420
 Jesus

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.279
 has God's

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.779
 backing

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.759
 and protection

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.200
 at every

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.660
 stage

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:36.420
 and again

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.259
 Jesus

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.640
 is the

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.039
 king who

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.480
 would rule

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.259
 by right

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.039
 of character

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.799
 and by

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.220
 God's

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.720
 approval

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.559
 and he

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.880
 would rule

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.640
 for God's

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:46.980
 glory

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.120
 rather than

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.580
 the usurper

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.120
 king like

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.480
 Herod

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.860
 ruling

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.299
 by

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.059
 violent

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.639
 suppression

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:54.119
 and ruling

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.460
 by the

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.940
 authority

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.359
 derived

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.799
 authority

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.339
 from other

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.639
 men

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.240
 such as

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.559
 the Roman

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.099
 authorities

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.859
 and that

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.259
 was Herod

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.919
 he only

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.319
 ruled

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.119
 by Roman

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.599
 authority

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.440
 by Roman

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.940
 permission

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.240
 click the

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.579
 fingers

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.919
 and Herod

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.099
 would be

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.379
 gone

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:11.379
 and Jesus

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.099
 would be

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.619
 the great

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.059
 king

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.960
 perfectly

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.659
 suited to

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.079
 ruling

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.099
 and subduing

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.720
 unruly

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.139
 hearts

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.980
 this might

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.399
 be the key

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.779
 difference

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.039
 really

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.859
 because

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.200
 Herod

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.420
 you see

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.859
 wasn't

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.539
 the least

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.819
 bit

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.259
 interested

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.200
 in the

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.599
 real

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.039
 needs

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.299
 of his

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.579
 people

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:28.359
 he was

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.659
 filled

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.980
 with his

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.220
 own

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.779
 interests

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.659
 and as

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:30.960
 a result

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.460
 of that

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.240
 filled

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.740
 the hearts

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:32.980
 of his

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.200
 people

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.920
 with fear

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.279
 and despair

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.839
 and grief

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:39.339
 as he

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.639
 chased

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:39.960
 his own

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.460
 desires

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.879
 contrast

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.339
 that

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.659
 with what

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.159
 we know

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.779
 to come

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.379
 for Jesus

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:48.520
 not only

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:49.460
 focused on

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.640
 his

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.200
 people's

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.760
 needs

00:32:50.760 --> 00:32:52.000
 the need

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.660
 for light

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.400
 and life

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.120
 joy

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.040
 and satisfaction

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:58.640
 but a

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.080
 king who

00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.580
 actually has

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.400
 the authority

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.340
 to see

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.940
 their hearts

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.480
 to see

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.940
 their needs

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.960
 and the

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.680
 power to

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.300
 deliver on

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.840
 those needs

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:08.920
 Jesus

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.560
 actually

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.120
 deserves

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.620
 the title

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.220
 great

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:16.460
 and friends

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.140
 we need

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.299
 a strong

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.299
 capable

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.839
 king

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.420
 because our

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.920
 hearts are

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.420
 unruly

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.559
 we're inclined

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.079
 to sin

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:29.420
 king me

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.319
 as Steve

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.839
 Farrar

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:32.059
 used the

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.620
 terminology

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.960
 king me

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.980
 makes an

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.319
 absolute

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.100
 mess of

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.640
 our lives

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:38.740
 we like to

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.299
 think as Dave

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.900
 said last week

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.360
 we like to

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.740
 think we're

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.039
 pretty

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.839
 good

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.980
 at running

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.440
 our lives

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.940
 pretty good

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.180
 at being

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.579
 king

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.159
 in our

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.339
 own

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.539
 little

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.940
 demand

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.279
 but I

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.759
 think most

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.019
 of us

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.599
 deep down

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.940
 would know

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.379
 that we've

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.980
 stuffed it up

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.659
 majorly

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.639
 when we

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.059
 tried to

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.680
 be king

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.899
 in our

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.039
 own

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.399
 lives

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:56.819
 we need

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.440
 a strong

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.940
 capable

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.359
 king

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.579
 who will

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.319
 deliver us

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.740
 into the

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.500
 truly godly

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.759
 life

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.079
 who will

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.799
 shepherd us

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.259
 into

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.659
 obedience

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.599
 and righteousness

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.659
 and safety

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:09.900
 Herod

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.179
 therefore

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.920
 was part

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.099
 of the

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.440
 problem

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.980
 he killed

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.380
 his little

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.700
 ones

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.220
 to protect

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.559
 his own

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.000
 interests

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.659
 he destroyed

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.460
 without exception

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.099
 or mercy

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:20.960
 but Jesus

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.300
 allowed himself

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.119
 to be killed

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.079
 to protect

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.539
 his little

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.900
 ones

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:28.980
 he gave up

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.500
 everything

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.000
 so that he

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.900
 could treat

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.019
 his undeserving

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.599
 little ones

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.260
 with mercy

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.460
 and without

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.980
 distinction

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:39.079
 and the

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.619
 final thing

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.019
 about this

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.619
 great king

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.000
 Jesus

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.519
 that comes

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.780
 out of

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:41.960
 these

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.960
 verses

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.260
 here

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.679
 is that

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.460
 initially

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.900
 he doesn't

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.400
 even look

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.719
 like a

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:45.860
 king

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.280
 at all

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.900
 he's

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.559
 despised

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.219
 and rejected

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.800
 to pick up

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.199
 the language

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.719
 from Isaiah

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.199
 53

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.380
 here we have

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.139
 the defenseless

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:56.119
 baby on the run

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:58.039
 this so called

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.460
 king

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.500
 God himself

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.579
 hidden by his

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.079
 parents

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:03.340
 going from

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.819
 here to

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.159
 there

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.659
 doesn't look

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.000
 like a

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.539
 great king

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:09.319
 and in

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.960
 verses 22

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.559
 and 23

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.000
 the anti-climax

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.460
 not the

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.759
 climax

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.079
 but the

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.699
 anti-climax

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:13.960
 of this

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.279
 story

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.860
 is that

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.099
 Jesus

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.779
 by circumstance

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.819
 is forced

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.319
 to grow up

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.960
 in Nazareth

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:23.239
 he doesn't

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.059
 have the

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.579
 association

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.519
 of Bethlehem

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.400
 or Jerusalem

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.279
 which would

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.840
 associate him

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.099
 with the

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.619
 great king

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:28.960
 David

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.539
 which would

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.819
 give him

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.239
 some sort

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.099
 of status

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.879
 and standing

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:33.039
 and connectivity

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.739
 into history

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.279
 no

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:35.019
 he's in

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.459
 Nazareth

00:35:35.459 --> 00:35:36.099
 in Galilee

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.000
 and upright

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.500
 Jews

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.639
 despised

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.079
 the area

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.659
 of Galilee

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.579
 and anything

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.979
 that came

00:35:40.979 --> 00:35:41.639
 out of Galilee

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:47.859
 you might

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.059
 say

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.739
 no place

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.279
 for a king

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:53.279
 and as

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.799
 with every

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.259
 other part

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.719
 of the story

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.059
 of Jesus

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.639
 thus far

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.319
 nothing

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.059
 is as

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.500
 expected

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.939
 nothing

00:35:57.939 --> 00:35:58.599
 is normal

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.239
 but

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.959
 everything

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:01.740
 is perfectly

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.260
 according

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.780
 to God's

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.099
 plan

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.659
 and purpose

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.679
 and in

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.920
 line

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.099
 with

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.519
 prophecy

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.199
 Jesus

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.679
 had no

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.119
 religious

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.659
 credentials

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.199
 to commend

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.380
 them

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.480
 he had

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.679
 no

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.220
 political

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:12.000
 power base

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.679
 or army

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.380
 to impress

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.380
 or frighten

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.159
 he had

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.440
 no

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.380
 society

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.980
 status

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.119
 to draw

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.440
 people

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:18.960
 to him

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:21.280
 yet go

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.619
 back to

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.780
 these

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.059
 magic

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:23.679
 these wise

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:23.880
 men

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.639
 they were

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.199
 convinced

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.119
 in spite

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.500
 of all

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.860
 of that

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.460
 in spite

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.719
 of the

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.320
 scandal

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.599
 in the

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.079
 context

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.619
 of Jesus

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.980
 birth

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.099
 they were

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.539
 convinced

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.980
 they should

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.820
 find this

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:34.320
 baby

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:35.300
 this king

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.119
 and bow

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.599
 in worship

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:38.619
 as king

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.199
 of the world

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.500
 and so I

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.859
 finish up

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.199
 with just

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:44.399
 moving that

00:36:44.399 --> 00:36:44.899
 challenge

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.939
 2000 years

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.259
 down the

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.519
 track

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.019
 right into

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.379
 our

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:48.599
 auditorium

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.099
 here today

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:51.519
 wise men

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.139
 still seek

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.480
 Jesus

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.960
 is the

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.699
 cliche

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.199
 that we

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:54.619
 hear around

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.899
 today

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:56.399
 and so

00:36:56.399 --> 00:36:56.879
 the question

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.279
 then is

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:57.699
 Jesus

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.299
 your king

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:03.820
 and again

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.800
 think about

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.180
 it in terms

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.840
 of contrast

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.460
 we have

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.100
 two kings

00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:08.640
 so the

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.100
 question then

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:09.600
 becomes what

00:37:09.600 --> 00:37:10.120
 type of

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.380
 king

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:12.060
 will you

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.500
 have ruling

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.800
 in your

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.039
 life

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.260
 will it

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.640
 be king

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.000
 me

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.100
 using your

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.680
 own resources

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.260
 to build

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.600
 the good

00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:18.039
 life

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.640
 as you

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.880
 see it

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.160
 as you

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.740
 desire it

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:20.980
 as you

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.360
 think it

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.880
 should be

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:24.880
 it's

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.260
 possible

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.660
 even as

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:25.980
 Christians

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.519
 still to

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.000
 do that

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.860
 or will

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.099
 it be

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.440
 king

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.300
 Jesus

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:35.440
 gladly

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.139
 surrendering

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.679
 my own

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.119
 sovereignty

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.639
 and seeking

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.440
 the good

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.980
 life of

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.340
 God

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.199
 through

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.639
 obedience

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.340
 and serving

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.880
 Jesus

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:45.639
 now here's

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.980
 the rub

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.360
 for us

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.639
 whatever

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.199
 decision

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.780
 you make

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.139
 you need

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.719
 to understand

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.019
 that it's

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.440
 an all

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.159
 indecision

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:52.760
 receiving

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.239
 Jesus

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:54.039
 is not

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.320
 about

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.880
 sharing

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.539
 sovereignty

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:58.579
 this is

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.820
 I think

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.139
 where we

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.679
 get caught

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.559
 particularly

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.159
 as Christians

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.779
 I don't

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.000
 think

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.800
 non-Christians

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.500
 would consider

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.800
 this

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.139
 they just

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.360
 want to

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.719
 reject

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.079
 Jesus

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.739
 but I

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:05.860
 think

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.179
 for us

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.340
 as

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.759
 Christians

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.539
 we're

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.840
 in a bit

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.340
 of a bind

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.639
 because

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.079
 sometimes

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.579
 we think

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.880
 it's about

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.320
 sharing

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.759
 sovereignty

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.400
 so I'll

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.539
 have

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.920
 sovereignty

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.440
 here in

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.000
 my life

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.800
 I'll run

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.420
 my affairs

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.820
 here

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.779
 but I

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.300
 really want

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.759
 Jesus to

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:16.900
 have

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.219
 sovereignty

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.579
 in my

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.800
 life

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.219
 as well

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:20.460
 so

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.279
 I'll

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.119
 Jesus can

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.519
 have this

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.279
 area of

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.579
 sovereignty

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.239
 I'll have

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.679
 this area

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.099
 of sovereignty

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.739
 but it

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:25.980
 doesn't

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.380
 work like

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.699
 that

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:29.920
 to bow

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.319
 and worship

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:30.739
 the king

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.179
 is to

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.779
 give up

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.679
 total

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.400
 personal

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.900
 sovereignty

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:36.059
 not just

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.980
 to raise

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.739
 Jesus on

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.400
 your agenda

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.980
 your own

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.380
 personal

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.779
 agenda

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.759
 but to

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.139
 allow

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.519
 Jesus

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.920
 to set

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.279
 a whole

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.579
 new

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.960
 agenda

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.480
 for you

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.299
 in every

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.679
 aspect

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.039
 of your

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.420
 life

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.480
 life

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:51.180
 it's

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:51.340
 about

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.960
 giving up

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.300
 all

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.619
 claim

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:52.780
 to

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.159
 personal

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.579
 sovereignty

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.619
 in order

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.119
 to gain

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.980
 real life

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.680
 and security

00:38:56.680 --> 00:38:57.760
 under the

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.320
 truly great

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.619
 king

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.659
 just pray

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.079
 with me

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.619
 and we're

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.860
 done

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:04.420
 Lord we

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.760
 thank you

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.039
 for your

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.300
 word

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:07.019
 for the

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.680
 confrontation

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.280
 that it

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.740
 brings to

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.019
 us

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.780
 for the

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.099
 way that

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.880
 immediately

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.720
 challenges

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.019
 our

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.659
 understanding

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:14.940
 of how

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.300
 the world

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.800
 works

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:19.200
 and asks

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.519
 us

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.980
 to believe

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:22.519
 and live

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.000
 in the light

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.420
 of the fact

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.060
 there's much

00:39:24.060 --> 00:39:24.620
 more to this

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:24.960
 world than

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.380
 what we can

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.700
 see

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.840
 and Lord

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.420
 you know

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.620
 that's the

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.180
 message we're

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.720
 taught in

00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:30.140
 Australia

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:31.320
 that what we

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.260
 see is what

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:32.700
 there is

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:33.500
 and no more

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:36.060
 Lord help

00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:37.420
 us to

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.740
 have a

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.360
 truly

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:40.660
 honest

00:39:40.660 --> 00:39:41.460
 supernatural

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.300
 reality

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.580
 and help

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:43.880
 us Lord

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.260
 to place

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.500
 in the

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.900
 center of

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.300
 that the

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.700
 Lord Jesus

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.179
 Christ

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:50.599
 and help

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.919
 us Lord

00:39:50.919 --> 00:39:51.259
 then

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:53.119
 to want

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.559
 to live

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:53.899
 under

00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.639
 King

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.079
 Jesus

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:57.639
 exposed

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.159
 to us Lord

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.500
 where we

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.059
 would share

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.659
 our sovereignty

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:01.119
 as though

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.899
 somehow that

00:40:01.899 --> 00:40:02.500
 was possible

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:06.819
 and I pray

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.159
 in Jesus

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.480
 name

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.179
 Amen

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:17.480
 more

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:23.099
 and I think

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:25.599
 some

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.199
 more

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:27.559
 d over