Looking at the passage: 1. Textually (Chronologically) - vv. 1-2 opening inquiry - vv. 3-8 developing tension - vv. 9-12 Magi find Jesus
2. Structurally - Chiastically points to vv. 5 & 6 being the heart of the passage
3. Theologically - Message of the Minor Prophets: Prosecution, Punishment, & Promise - Micah 5:2 is a message of promise of one of old coming to rule and shepherd his people
4. Practically - What is the proper response to the coming of Christ - Magi: faithful worship - Herod: feigned worship
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What a joy it is for me to serve as the pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church. By God's great grace, along with several other precious brothers and sisters in Christ, we started FCBC, December of 1998.
I did my graduate work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary...
