Posts Tagged ‘Herod

22
Jan
16

Mass Murder. Part-Three.

The Jewish Race.

Some of you who follow this blogg might say, ‘Oh no not again, why keep bangging on about it again and again? Because it is very important that we do not have a system set up to systematically class a race and then murder them on mass as did the Nazi from 1938-45.

Many genocides since world war-II have either been politically motivated or are based on religious secterianism and tribal differences. None of them were pre-plaaned with organistation to transport to a centre for disposal.

The book of Exodus 1-6,  Esther and Daniel chapters 1-6,   Matthew 2:13-23.

18
Dec
15

Birth of the Great Shepherd. Part-Three.

Uncaring Humanity.

Christmas does not end with the birth of the baby Jesus, after all the commercial build up to this one special day of food, family, presents, arguments, lonliness, suicide and adultry?

People had to flee Bethlehem, after the birth and the visit of the Magi because mad King Herod was out to get rid of this child. In fact we see this everyday in the world, people keep rejecting the good news message of Jesus, with all sorts of excuses.

Herod was not the first, he is not the last and there will be more of the same to come. Pharoah of Egypt, the Turkish-Armenian genocide, the Crusades, Adolf Hitler, Phol Pot, Burundi-Rwanda.

Even this week there has been mass murders and another Burundi crisis is fermenting as humanity condems Paris and forgets about the rest of the world.

Matthew 2:1-8,  12-18,  Isaiah 59:7,  Jeremiah 31:15,  Acts 8:1.

01
Aug
14

1984. Part-Two.

Ruling Families.

We are using the account from Matthew chapter two to look at the power and the fear that comes upon corrupt leadership, wither it is the one party government or the ruling Royal family,

The thing that most comes to the fore in these generational ruling families is that of paranoia, the fear that everyone big and small is out to get them. As we have seen over recent years many of these Dictatorships across the world have fallen, Saddam Hussien, Colneal. Gadaffi, and the list goes on.

All of them, including King Herod were evil in their intent, behind respectability and those involved such as the Wisemen and Joseph were told to flee from the forthcoming Genocide.

Matthew 2:3-7,  12-23.

15
Dec
12

Virgin Birth. Part-Three.

‘Don’t be afraid!

We are twice told in the story of the birth of Jesus by Angels not to be afraid. It is a natural thing for humans to be afraid, when something happens that we do not understand. Joseph was perplexed, confused, when he found his wife to be Mary pregnant. Matthew 1:20.  The Shepherds out in the fields were startled by the appearance of Angels in the middle of the night.  Luke 2:8-20.

But look at the contrast here to the paranoid king Herod, what did he do with his fear?  Matthew 1:16-18,  Jeremiah 31:15.




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