Plantation SDA Church
Deeper Episode 2: Who Killed Those Innocent Little Boys?
Join us as Pastor Joseph Salajan continues our new Series Deeper. Deep study into the book of Matthew
Locations & Times
Plantation SDA Church
400 NW 118th Ave, Plantation, FL 33325, USA
Wednesday 7:30 PM
Theme: God is often held accountable and judged severely because of atrocities performed by cruel human beings. Is God to be blamed, or is there another way to look at these horrible realities?
Challenge
Who were the wise men from the East?
• magos (magoi) → magi → magician
• Zoroastrian priests
• we have seen His star in the East → astrologers, astronomers
• A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel (Num. 24:17 NKJ) from exiled Jews or from the Septuagint
Who were the wise men from the East?
• magos (magoi) → magi → magician
• Zoroastrian priests
• we have seen His star in the East → astrologers, astronomers
• A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel (Num. 24:17 NKJ) from exiled Jews or from the Septuagint
How do we know there were 3 magi?
• we don’t know that…
• they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh…
• myths: sons of Noah; representatives of 3 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe); Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar of India.
• we don’t know that…
• they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh…
• myths: sons of Noah; representatives of 3 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe); Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar of India.
Challenge
Where is God in all this?
• we ask God: why? ←→ God asks us…
• Couldn’t He have intervened? → dream
• Theodicy – is God just? – God is aware…
• War Context: innocent people die.
• Resurrection changes perspectives
Where is God in all this?
• we ask God: why? ←→ God asks us…
• Couldn’t He have intervened? → dream
• Theodicy – is God just? – God is aware…
• War Context: innocent people die.
• Resurrection changes perspectives
Challenge
Isn’t this Rachel a dead woman?
• Jacob’s wife – buried near Ramah
• 586 BC – the gathering place of the convoy of salves deported to Babylon
• Rachel stands for the mothers that were crying their children…
Isn’t this Rachel a dead woman?
• Jacob’s wife – buried near Ramah
• 586 BC – the gathering place of the convoy of salves deported to Babylon
• Rachel stands for the mothers that were crying their children…
Your Take-Away
• God works mysteriously with each person in his/her own context → providence + protection
• God shouldn’t be blamed for what the enemy does! He knows some of His actions are hard to understand → TRUST – I will clarify everything!
• God works mysteriously with each person in his/her own context → providence + protection
• God shouldn’t be blamed for what the enemy does! He knows some of His actions are hard to understand → TRUST – I will clarify everything!