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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 his wife,
three sons, and many of his family members. Jerusalem knew that when Herod was
disturbed, bad things were to follow and thus the city was on edge, unsure of
what the maniacal king might 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 about six more 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 to revere him but rather 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. He is the true King who still reigns over us all.
Tomorrow, we will see how the wise men
found the true King Jesus.
Amen.
Let us pray.
In Christ,
Mark
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