START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) Matthew 2:1-2
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
Herod the Great (set apart from other Herod’s in the Bible) was a non-Jew who was appointed king over the region of Judea by the Roman Senate in 40 B.C. and ruled from 37 -4 B.C. He was a cruel and hard-hearted man who murdered many members of his family, including a wife and three sons. He was also remembered for the building or repairing and restoring of many buildings and monuments during his reign. For instance, he was responsible for rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. which he started in 19 B.C. (The sanctuary was finished in just 18 months, but the entire project was not completed until 68 years after his death).
The Magi were probably members of a highly educated religious class from the region of Persia or southern Arabia, now called Iran. They likely specialized in natural science, medicine and astrology (the study of the positions of objects in the heavens with the belief that their motions influence and affect people). Since they were looking for “the king of the Jews” (Matthew 2:2), they naturally came to the Jewish capital city of Jerusalem first. Their visit occurred when Jesus was between 40 days (Luke 2:22) and 2 years old (Matthew 2:16). The importance of the birth story is that it shows that
- Jesus is worthy of royal honor from all of humankind and
- Gentiles (people of all nations who are not Jews) as well as Jews are included in God’s plan to bring people back into a right relationship with God (Matthew 8:11; Matthew 28:19; Romans 10:12).
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
- VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
- JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
- MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
- CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
- GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
- I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
- KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
- FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
- SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
- DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
- MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
- GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
- SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
- YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
- GUIDED BY GRACE HOME
Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
