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A King Born Under Threat: Magi, a Baptism, and Forty Days of Testing | Matthew 1–3
Episode Overview
Today we open the New Testament. Matthew begins with a genealogy, which modern readers tend to skim, and that is a loss—because of who is in it. Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah all appear, four women whose stories involve scandal, foreignness, or both. Matthew is signaling from the first paragraph what kind of king this is and who His family includes.
The birth account moves fast and stays tense. Magi arrive from the east asking where the king of the Jews has been born, and Herod is disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. The magi worship; Herod plans murder. The…
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