What I’m listening to: Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes

Welcome to Day 21 of our Advent series! If you’re up to speed, congrats(!), if not, be sure to check out the previous posts. The first one explains a little more about the series. Now for today’s verses from Matthew. 

 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

                     Matthew 2:13-15 (NIV)

We often think of Jesus as a savior, a king, and a teacher. However, one of His main roles here on Earth was as a priest of the new church. Yesterday we talked about what the first of the three gifts the Magi gave Jesus represented. The second gift was frankincense, which represented Jesus’s priestly role. Jesus was feared by Herod, and eventually by the Pharisees because He posed a threat. The Pharisees did not want a new church with a new priesthood because then they would be stripped of the power they enjoyed. Next time you feel powerless remember your Savior has been feared by the corrupt and powerful since He was born. 

Prayer Prompt: Pray for reassurance in Jesus’s ability to conquer all people and things.