Who is this Mary?
Matthew doesn’t tell us.... so let’s step into her shoes for a minute...(ch 2)
Matthew doesn’t tell us.... so let’s step into her shoes for a minute...(ch 2)
“The whole
village knows that I fell pregnant before our wedding - which is punishable by stoning! My loyal
beau has taken me to his family home in Bethlehem, a long 150 km trip... but
whatever will they think of me there?...unworthy of their son? (No
wonder we found ourselves in the stable with only a manger for a baby crib. Who turned up to celebrate
with us? Scruffy shepherds!)
So who are
these strangers suddenly on the doorstep?... ‘rejoicing
with exceeding great joy’
They are falling down and worshipping my paidion! (infant)
They are falling down and worshipping my paidion! (infant)
Now they’re producing gifts...
gold and frankincense and myrrh!
Myrrh??
O’oh!
Isn’t that used for embalming?
Joe has had
another one of his dreams. He tells me
that an angel has ordered us to Egypt. Right
now. Tonight. Bye, gotta go!
Soon
the whole district will be wailing over the slaughter of their precious infants
just because of my Son who survives.”
Yosef always obeys the divine messenger
instantly – 5 times!... and not a squeak of protest out of Miryam.
Joe
& Mary: special parents for a very
special Child – the ultimate King
of the Jews, honoured by Gentiles!
Notice the 4
very specific Jewish prophecies fulfilled here: birth in Beit-Lechem, refuge in
Egypt, the slaughter of children & settle in despised Natzeret.
By the way,
looking from Jerusalem the planet Jupiter appeared to stop directly over
Bethlehem early on 25th December – 6 months after the brightest
planetary conjunction in history! So
how merry would your town be if every boy under 2 was murdered at Christmas?
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| Looking from Jerusalem to SW, early morn 25th Dec - Jupiter in Virgo is stationary over Bethlehem |
Micah 5:2 Hosea 11:1 Jeremiah 31:15 Zechariah 6:12 Genesis 35:19
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