{"id":254,"date":"2019-06-24T19:18:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2019-06-24T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:18:53","slug":"matthew-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Matthew 2:1-12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Who were the wise men? (Daniel 2:12 *”For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.”* , Acts 13:6 *”And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain {1} sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus; {1) Gr Magus ; as in Mt 2:1, 7, 16}”*<\/li>
  2. How many were there? What does this mean to you?<\/li>
  3. Why was Herod concerned? What was Herod like?<\/li>
  4. Prophesy relative to the birth place of the Messiah Verse 5,6 and Micah 5:2<\/li>
  5. What was the Wise Men’s reaction having seen the star?<\/li>
  6. What was their reaction having seen the child?<\/li>
  7. Why did the Wise Men take another path? Would you have done the same?<\/li>
  8. Describe the nature and character of the Wise men – refer to verses here to be specific<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Matthew 2:13-18<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    1. What guided Joseph to leave Egypt?<\/li>
    2. What was Joseph’s reaction to the message?<\/li>
    3. Prophecy fulfilled – Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt”<\/li>
    4. What was Herod’s reaction to the Wise Men’s actions? What do you think motivated him?<\/li>
    5. What is our first feeling and then reaction when things don’t go the way you expect or plan?<\/li>
    6. What do you think of Herod’s resolution to the Messiah problem?<\/li>
    7. Why do you think that Herod didn’t do this first when he heard of the birth? Why did he wait until after the Wise Men didn’t return?<\/li>
    8. Verse 15 compare with Jeremiah 31:15 “Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.”<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Matthew 2:19-23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      1. What guided Joseph to return to Israel?<\/li>
      2. How long did it take for Joseph to do this? Was he distracted, uncertain, confused?<\/li>
      3. What happened that sent Joseph into Galilee?<\/li>
      4. Isaiah 11:1 – Refers to Branch – also Nazarene in Hebrew.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Matthew 2:1-12 Who were the wise men? (Daniel 2:12 *”For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.”* , Acts 13:6 *”And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain {1} sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":248,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}