Matthew 2:1-12 Today is the first Sunday after Epiphany: āthe making of the light knownā. Jesus is revealed for who he is. But what makes Matthew 2 so appropriate for today, at the beginning of the year, is the focus that is on worship. āWorshipā is not a word that the New Testament uses often, and certainly not to depict an event. But here āworshipā does talk about an event: The wise men say to Herod: āWhere is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We .. have come to worship himā ( Matthew 2:1 ) Herod answers them, āReport to me, so that I too may go and worship himā. ( Matthew 2:8 ) When they reach the house, āthey bowed down and worshipped himā ( Matthew 2:11 ) Matthew is soaked in the Old Testament. In the Old Testament āworshipā is an event. It is what you do when you go to the temple, submit yourself to God and offer sacrifices to Him. And so when Matthew uses the word āworshipā, he is not using it in the way that the rest of the New Testament uses the word. For Jo...
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