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Some things that don't really come through in the Nativity:
They made Herod the king of the Jews and they said, “You take an army,” and they gave him an army. They gave him some crack troops, and they said, “You go and you carve out your own kingdom over there and you run your own show.”
Well you know, it took him three years to do it? It took him three years to finally gain the power he had in title. Finally, in 37 B.C., he won and he became king of the Jews, and that is a title that he maintained until he died. He always tried to maintain the title king of the Jews.
It's from a series by John MacArthur on Grace to You. I thought it might be an interesting historical perspective so close to Christmas:
Who Were the Wisemen?
Fools and Wisemen, Part 1.
Fools and Wisemen, Part 2.
- The Magi were a hereditary priesthood tribe. In other words, they were like the Levites in Israel.
- The Magi were really the key people in the government of the East.
- Historians tell us that they controlled the judicial office as well as the kingly office.
- Politically speaking, Rome was scared of the Eastern Empire.
- The estimates of history are they came with Persian cavalry.
They made Herod the king of the Jews and they said, “You take an army,” and they gave him an army. They gave him some crack troops, and they said, “You go and you carve out your own kingdom over there and you run your own show.”
Well you know, it took him three years to do it? It took him three years to finally gain the power he had in title. Finally, in 37 B.C., he won and he became king of the Jews, and that is a title that he maintained until he died. He always tried to maintain the title king of the Jews.
It's from a series by John MacArthur on Grace to You. I thought it might be an interesting historical perspective so close to Christmas:
Who Were the Wisemen?
Fools and Wisemen, Part 1.
Fools and Wisemen, Part 2.
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