THE TRUE KING CONFIRMED

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:”

“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

Matthew 2:2-8

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

In yesterday’s devotion, we were introduced to the Magi, wise men who had traveled from the east in search of one who was born to be the King of the Jews, a child who was so divine that a star lit the way to where He was, a newborn ruler of Israel who they sought to worship. These Magi went to what seemed to be a logical place to search for royalty, the holy city of Jerusalem, and once there inquired where they might find the infant King.

There was only one problem, one the wise men were most probably unaware of.

The Jews already had a king appointed over them, a Roman ruler named Herod, who the scriptures tell us was left disturbed by the inquiry of the wise men and that wasn’t a good thing. For when one looked at King Herod’s track record, they would find that he had a reputation of killing anyone who got in the way of his selfish ambitions, including many of his family members like his wife and three of his sons. Jerusalem knew that when Herod was disturbed, bad things were to follow and thus all of Jerusalem was on edge, unsure of what the maniacal king may do.

But Herod’s attention was more on finding his new challenger, the prophesied Messiah, not to worship him as he tried to convince the Magi, but rather to eliminate him. To pinpoint where the child was born, God’s word tells us Herod summoned his chief priests and teachers of the law, those who would be authorities on the prophecies of old. They quickly had an answer for Herod, sharing the words of the prophet Micah, who had foretold that the newborn ruler and shepherd of Israel would be born in Bethlehem which was in Judea.

The words served as confirmation that a true King had indeed arrived, the One who would be named Jesus, the One who would have authority over all governments and be the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace for all people.

A King had been born and the Magi were on the right track. They just needed to head a little more than four miles south to find him

A King had been born and Herod believed it. He knew that the words of the Jewish prophets had come to be. If he didn’t believe, he would have never asked the wise men to come back and report to him concerning the exact location of the child, not so he could worship him but rather so he could murder him.

A King had been born to fulfill all the prophecies of old, with events unfolding just as God had promised they would.

Jesus, the child born in Bethlehem, was the confirmed true King, the King of kings and Lord of lords, the predicted Messiah, and God’s only Son who was sent by His Father to save His people from their sins.

Tomorrow, we will see how the wise men found the True King Jesus.

Amen.

Let us pray.

In Christ,

Mark

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