The Deaf Devo from The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Jesus' Life (1)" Bible Reading: Matthew 2:1-12 for Thursday, 13 October 2016

The Deaf Devo from The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Jesus' Life (1)" Bible Reading: Matthew 2:1-12 for Thursday, 13 October 2016
Matthew 2:1 After Yeshua was born in Beit-Lechem in the land of Y’hudah during the time when Herod was king, Magi from the east came to Yerushalayim 2 and asked, “Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard of this he became very agitated, and so did everyone else in Yerushalayim. 4 He called together all the head cohanim and Torah-teachers of the people and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?” 5 “In Beit-Lechem of Y’hudah,” they replied, “because the prophet wrote,
6 ‘And you, Beit-Lechem in the land of Y’hudah,
are by no means the least among the rulers of Y’hudah;
for from you will come a Ruler
who will shepherd my people Isra’el.’”[Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:1(2)]
7 Herod summoned the Magi to meet with him privately and asked them exactly when the star had appeared. 8 Then he sent them to Beit-Lechem with these instructions: “Search carefully for the child; and when you find him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had listened to the king, they went away; and the star which they had seen in the east went in front of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 Upon entering the house, they saw the child with his mother Miryam; and they prostrated themselves and worshipped him. Then they opened their bags and presented him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 But they had been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, so they took another route back to their own country.
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For the next few days, our devotions will be based on Bible verses about Jesus' life on earth.
Often we see decorations or pictures at Christmastime that show the shepherds and the wise men visiting baby Jesus at the same time. Recently when I was studying Matthew, chapter 2, I learned something new about Jesus' birth. The Bible teaches that the shepherds and the wise men did not see baby Jesus at the same time.
Luke 2:7 tells us that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Luke 2:16 says that the shepherds went to see "the baby, lying in the feeding box." But verse 11 of our Bible Reading says that the wise men "came to the house where the child was with his mother Mary." The wise men came to see Jesus when He was older, not right after He was born.
It is important for us to know the facts about Jesus' birth. But it is even more important for us to know that God sent His Son, Jesus, to earth to be our Savior. Share that Good News with someone today![RF*]

"The star went before them until it stopped

above the place where the child was."[Matthew 2:9b]

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for sending Your only Son to die for me. In His name. Amen.
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