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Matthew's Nativity (with Chris Green)

Alastair's Adversaria

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The Light of the Pharaoh in the Exodus

Matthew's entire telling both in form and content is about the ways in which this has always been true right when God comes those who are closest to the actions seem to miss it. As readers we're being invited into this place where there was this deep darkness and now this glorious light has shone. We can look back into that period what was first appearing and recognize things that no one else at those times except for a very select few could have seen That's right and it's fulfilled so if we if we go to the end of Matthew you know we get this line the poor you have with you always but me you do not always have, then just a bit later Jesus describing the separation of sheep

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