God with Us - Gospel of Matthew Part 2
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The Weeping of Jeremiah
Matthew picks it up to talk about how, so just think what's happened. This is really profound. What is God doing as these children in Bethlehem are killed? And Matthew would draw our attention through the words of the prophet talking about God's own grief and the people of Israel's own grief over what's happening in his world. Where is God in moments of terror and tragedy? He's grieving. He's weeping. That's where God is. The third movement of the story,. verse 19. Finally, we catch a break. Like big, bad, feral-like, Herod dies. Go back to the land. They this big 300-mile trek through the desert back up to
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