Scripture Passage: Matthew 2:1-12

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People, Places and Prophecy: God's Got This

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Brief on the Birth
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,

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Three kinds of king
during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked,
“Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?

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Creation Communicates
We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him..

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Don't Poke the Bear
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Sold out Sadducees
4 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.

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Least will be Greatest
6 “‘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.’ ”

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Secret Search
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 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.”

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Mysterious Movement
the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed

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Belief leads to worship
11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts

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Directed by dreams
12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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