Advent - Day Ten

For Advent this year, we are reading A Weary World Rejoices written by Brittany Rust  **************************************************************

Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance. Herod’s brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah [31:15]:

“A cry was heard in Ramah—

weeping and great mourning.

Rachel weeps for her children,

refusing to be comforted,

for they are dead.”

Matthew 2:16-18 NLT

While the magi were searching for Jesus, they stopped in Jerusalem to inquire about the birth prophecy and spoke with King Herod. Herod soon set in motion a plan to kill the “King of the Jews” and ordered all boys two and under in the Bethlehem area to be killed. But it didn’t stop the plan God had for the salvation of man. God is greater than this world!

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Prayer:

Father,
           We praise You for You alone are able to overcome every attack of the enemy - the one who has tried from the beginning to steal, kill and destroy the Christ child, Saviour of the world. But as Your Word declares, Greater are You within us than he that is in the world. Accept our grateful hearts for You who is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before Your presence with exceeding joy - despite satan's best efforts, salvation has come - to You be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen