Bible Readings:
Matthew 2:1 – 23
Revelation 12:1 – 17
Sermon Outline:
Matthew 2:14–15 (NKJV)
14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
I Joseph: protector and provider – manhood
A picture of a godly man
Galatians 4:4 (NKJV)
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
II Herod: deceiver and attached – falsehood
A picture of the Devil
Micah 5:2 (NKJV)
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”
III Mary: attacked and protected – childhood
A picture of the Church