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world. Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program. It's Friday.
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We have had quite a week studying the wonderful Christmas
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story which I call Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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It's an entire series that
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that is filled with all the amazing insights about Christmas
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It's 15 parts.
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There's just so much, so many insights
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that you've never heard
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I had to dig deep to find all of this,
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But today we're gonna be talking about
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who was Herod the Great.
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He was quite a figure
in the story of Jesus.
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And on the screen behind me
today, you see here a picture
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of Herod the Great in red,
looking at a model of Masada,
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an amazing fortress that he built near the Dead Sea.
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He built Great things all over the land of Israel,
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and there was a reason that
he was called Herod the Great.
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And that's what we're
going to find out today.
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Buckle your seed belt
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because this is gonna be
an interesting program.
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But first, watch this and
then I'll be right back.
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In a culture where Santa
seems to overpower the reason
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for the season, it's time to
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of Christmas. in Rick Renner's timeless new book, Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story, Rick uncovers the stunning details
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of the nativity story
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You have never heard: details like -
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Who exactly was Joseph the father of Jesus?
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Why did God choose Mary?
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What was the star that guided the Wise Men?
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Who were the Wise Men who came to see Jesus?
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How far did they travel
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and what was the value of the gifts they brought to Christ?
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Through its detailed watercolor illustration, Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story, invites families
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to explore the true meaning
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with the story across
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Don't miss this special Christmas
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offer. In today's program,
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we're asking and answering the question,
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who was Herod the Great?
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Well, Herod the Great is one
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of the most famous
characters in human history
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and history shows he was a paranoid tyrant
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who lived his life, driven
by the constant fear
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that someone would take
his throne from him.
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But through political maneuvering
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and many, many brutal acts
of murder, he was able
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to maintain his position as the king of Judah
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for more than 30 years.
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But he was a controlling, fearful, greedy,
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ruthless tyrant,
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and so sexually promiscuous
that it contributed eventually
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to his dreadful, gruesome,
horrific, prolonged death.
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Ugh. He died such a bad death, but Mary
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and Joseph remained in Bethlehem
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until Jesus was dedicated in the temple,
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then they returned home to Nazareth.
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The Bible tells us in Luke 2:39,
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And when they had performed all things according to the law
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of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city,
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Nazareth. Luke was an astute historian
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and wrote accurately of all the events
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around the birth of Jesus.
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But in Luke's gospel, there is no mention at all
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of the Magi or there is no mention at all about the events
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connected to Herod the Great.
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There's no mention at all about the star
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that the Magi followed.
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There's no mention at
all about the Magi gifts
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and the value of them.
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There's no mention at all
about the Holy Family's flight
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into Egypt or the killing of
the innocence in Bethlehem.
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You know why? Because all
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of those events occurred
nearly two years later
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and Luke doesn't cover those events.
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Matthew covers those events.
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Two years later, different events took place,
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but we have the wrong impression that all
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of these events took place in Bethlehem.
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And the reason we have this crazy impression is
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because of painters, Italian painters from the Middle Ages.
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And the painters of the Middle Ages wanted
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to portray the whole story.
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Well, today we have videos, we have movies.
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So you can see one sequence after the other,
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but they did not have that ability.
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But because they wanted their viewers
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to see the whole story,
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they put the whole story
on a single canvas.
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So on a single canvas,
there was Mary giving birth
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to Jesus in a barn.
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Wasn't even in a barn, it was in a cave.
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And there's Joseph and there's the angels,
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and there's the shepherds.
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Well, that's true. Luke
tells us the shepherds came.
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But those Italian painters
also portrayed for us the star
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of Bethlehem and portrayed
the Wise Men that came.
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They put it all on a single canvas.
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They jumbled it all up together
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so we could see the whole picture at once,
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but it was all out of sequence.
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And so people for centuries have got the impression that all
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of it happened in Bethlehem and it did not.
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Many of these events took place two years later,
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and greeting card companies have perpetuated the problem
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because they also put all of it on the front
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of their beautiful greeting cards, which we appreciate.
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But most of what people believe about the nativity comes
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from greeting cards, not from the Bible
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and not from history.
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But Matthew is the one who tells us about Herod.
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Matthew is the one who tells us about the star.
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Matthew is the one who tells us about the Magi
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and the value of their gifts.
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Matthew is the one who tells
us about the flight into Egypt
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and the killing of the innocence in the city of Bethlehem.
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All of these events occurred at least 2-years
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after Luke's chronicle of events.
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But let's begin with
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what Matthew tells us about Herod the Great.
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So let's go to Matthew 2
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and verse 1 where the Bible says - Now,
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when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days
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of Herod the king - there finally Herod appears -
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behold there came Wise Men
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or Magi from the East to Jerusalem.
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So now the Magi show up - verse 2 - saying, where is he
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that is born king of the Jews
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for we've seen his star in the east
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and we come to worship him?
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Verse 3: And when Herod, the king heard these things,
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he was troubled in all Jerusalem with him - verse 4 -
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And when he had gathered all the chief priests
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and scribes of the people
together, he demanded of them
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where Christ should be born.
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Chapter 2:5.
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And they said unto him, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus,
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it is written by the prophet. Verse 6:
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And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least
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among the princes of Judah.
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For out of these shall come a governor
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that shall rule my people Israel.
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Chapter 2:7:
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Then Herod, when he had privately called the Wise Men,
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inquired of them diligently
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what time the star appeared - verse 8 -
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and he sent them to Bethlehem and said, go
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and search diligently for the young child.
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And when you have found
him, bring me word again
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that I may come and worship him
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also - verse 9 -
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and when they heard the king, they departed
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and lo, the star which they saw in the east went
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before them till it came
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and stood over where the young child was - verse 10
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and when they saw the star, they rejoiced
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with exceeding grade joy - verse 11 -
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and when they were come into the house - not into the cave,
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which is in Bethlehem - but into the house. You see,
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by this time two years had passed.
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They were already home in
Nazareth, in their house.
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And when they were coming to the house,
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they saw the young child
with Mary, his mother,
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and fell down and worshiped him.
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And when they had opened their treasures,
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they presented unto him gold
and frankincense and myrrh.
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And Matthew 2:12 says, And being warned of God in a dream
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that they should not return to Herod, they departed
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to their own country another way.
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But here we have the introduction of Herod the Great
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to this amazing story.
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But what do we know about Herod the Great?
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Well, we know a lot from the Bible,
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but there are many historical sources
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that tell us a lot about Herod
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the Great. Josephus tells us
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so many details about the brutal acts of Herod
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the Great. Strabo, the Great historian,
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gave us very lucid details about the life
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of Herod the Great.
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But Herod was called Herod the Great, even
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during his lifetime. There were very few people in history
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who were called 'the Great' while they were still living.
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But here are some examples -
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Ramsey's the Great: Cyrus the Great: Darius
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the Great: Alexander the Great: Herod the Great: Constantine
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the Great: Charlemagne the Great: Peter
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the Great: Catherine the Great.
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These are just a few of those
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that were called 'Great' while
they were still living.
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And notice that Herod is one of them.
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And Herod the Great was
known as a Great politician,
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a Great ruler, a Great
architect, a Great builder,
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a Great manipulator, a Great
tyrant who had Great outbursts
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of anger and who
committed Great massacres.
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He was called Herod,
the Great for both good
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and bad reasons.
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But what exactly do we
know about Herod the Great?
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Well, many, many books have
been written about Herod the
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Great, but here is a summary.
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Herod the Great was born about 7-decades
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before the birth of Christ,
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which places his birth
in approximately 72 BC.
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He was born into a very
distinguished family
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and had a very wealthy
family that rose to a place
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of importance during the rule of the Hasmonean Dynasty.
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Herod's father was wealthy, very prosperous,
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and became an advisor to the Hasmonean Court.
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And were told by Josephus
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that when Herod was growing up in this rich
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and influential home, he
was athletic, tall, strong,
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well educated, and an
avid hunter that learned
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to ride horses.
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And his own rise
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to power was advanced when
Julius Caesar announced
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that his father was a Roman citizen in the year 47 BC.
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And soon after that,
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Herod was appointed governor of Galilee.
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Then he was appointed governor of Syria in 42 BC.
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Slowly he began to move through the ranks
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until eventually he
became the king of Judah.
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He married 10 times:
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and among his wives was one named Mariamne, a Hasmonean
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princess that he married to connect himself
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to the Hasmonean Dynasty, but
he really deeply loved her.
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Then in the year 40 BC, the
Roman Senate appointed Herod
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to be the king of Judah.
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And after that, Herod declared
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that Jerusalem would be the
seat of his new capital.
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But due to the fact
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that he was paranoid
about being overthrown
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and replaced by someone
else, at one point,
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Herod began killing
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and he executed 45 nobles all at once.
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Other famous people simply disappeared.
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No one really knew what happened to them.
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And during Herod's reign, he fought unceasingly
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to defend his position as king.
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He overthrew many plots against him, even allegedly
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by his own sons and other members of his extended family.
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He lived in a period of paranoia.
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He experienced frateside, killing, conspiracy,
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civil disturbances, internal plots, international plots,
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counter plots, and lived in constant fear
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that one day a coup would displace him.
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And as a result of his struggle to stay in power,
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he became known as a shrewd king who was willing
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to do anything or sacrifice anybody
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to maintain his position.
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And because he was really
a political manipulator,
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he became friends with a
lot of powerful people.
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For example, he formed alliances with Julius Caesar,
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Augustus Caesar, Mark Anthony, Cleopatra, Marcus Agrippa.
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And of course, he's most importantly connected
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to the story of Jesus.
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But when Herod became king, he was
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so ruthless and so brutal and
wanted to control Jerusalem,
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so the first official act
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of his reign was horrendous - when he slaughtered the entire
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Sanhedrin in Jerusalem.
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And afterwards, he then removed the legitimate high priest
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and installed his own high priest along with a Sanhedrin
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of his own choosing.
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One high priest was
actually his brother-in-law,
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whom he also later killed.
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Herod appointed 6-high priests, none
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of them descending from a priestly family.
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And from the beginning of his rule
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and throughout the time
of Jesus, the high priests
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and the Sanhedrin were illegitimate puppets
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in Herod's hands.
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And one scholar says the
Sanhedrin was the religious
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mafia that Herod used to control the city of Jerusalem.
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Wow! The Sanhedrin was so dominated by Herod
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that they convened and
dismissed at his request,
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and it was primarily composed
of Herod's family, friends,
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or close associates.
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This is how he was such
a great manipulator,
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but he was great in many ways.
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One way is he was known far
and white as a great builder
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and never nearly everything
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that he built was colossal in scale.
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He built fortification walls, palaces
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and fortresses all over the territory
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he ruled. He built significant structures at Jericho,
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Hebron, Caesarea Maritima; he expanded the grounds
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of the Temple Mount and expanded the size of the temple.
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He built theaters, amphitheaters, hippodromes,
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the legendary palace
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and city of Herodium, south of the city
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of Jerusalem in the Judean Desert.
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In fact, when people go to Israel today
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and visit all of the sites, most of the sites
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that they visit are sites which were constructed
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by Herod the Great.
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But in his time, he improved trade routes, enlarged
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harbors, created new markets for dates, wine, olive oil,
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asphalt, and other products such as glass, pottery,
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perfume - prospered -
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all of these things prospered
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during his rule. He amassed a gargantuan library
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and surrounded himself with individuals
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who could help him run the affairs of state
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and manage increasing resources.
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He was known as a great businessman who was willing
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to even melt his own gold
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and silver jewelry into bullion for trade.
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During economic crises, he allotted food supplies
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to neighboring states
when they were in need
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to strengthen his power in the region.
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But Herod's rule was a time of great fear, great suspicion,
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and great massacre.
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And due to the attempts of those who tried to overthrow him,
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many times Herod became perpetually paranoid
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that a day would come when someone would succeed
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and a coup would overthrow him and he would be replaced.
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And when he heard rumors of a new king
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or a Messiah, he went on a great rampage
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and begin to slaughter people.
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And this violent behavior kept the city
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of Jerusalem torn up all the time.
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Josephus tells us - Herod was a man cruel
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to all alike, and one who
easily gave into anger
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and was contemptuous of justice.
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And in fact, Josephus tells us
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Herod even executed his own family members.
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He ordered his beloved wife Mariamne,
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to be executed when a rumor was circulated
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that she was conspiring with others to take his throne.
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Herod killed his brother-in-law for the same suspicion.
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He executed his three elder sons due
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to rumors they were
conspiring to take his throne.
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He executed his wife's grandmother,
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he executed his mother-in-law
and his brother-in-law.
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And this unthinkable slaughter
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of his own three sons is the reason
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that Augusta Caesar said -
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I would rather be Herod's pig than his son.
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And to show what strife there was in his family
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and those trying to take control,
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he altered his will 6-times during his life.
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My friends, this was a ruthless and shrewd man.
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How did Herod die?
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Well, the best available information tells us Herod died in
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4 BC.
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And if that's correct, it means
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that Jesus was born two years earlier.
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So Jesus' birth would've been either in 7 or 6 BC.
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But Josephus, who was the Greatest historian who lived
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among the Jews, wrote that Herod died as a result
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of sexual diseases that he contracted
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during his multiple sexual escapades.
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He was also known for his Great sexual promiscuity,
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and history says Herod slept
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with an unimaginable number of people.
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Josephus literally says Herod
was a slave to his passions,
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and he died a miserable death
at his palace in Jericho.
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And Josephus
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and other historical sources recorded
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that Herod was consumed by worms,
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the devoured his sexual organs.
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And in the end, this great,
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powerful, shrewd politician, military commander
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and masterful manipulator was unable
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to control his own sexual instincts.
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And in the end, this is what killed Herod.
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And Josephus wrote the following about Herod's death.
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Listen to this: From this time onwards, Herod's malady began
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to spread to his whole body,
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and his sufferings took a variety of forms.
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He had fever, though not a raging fever,
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an intolerable itching of the whole skin,
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continuous pain in the intestines, tumors in the feet
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as in dropsy, inflammation of the abdomen
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and gangrene of the private parts,
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engendering worms in addition to asthma
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and with Great difficulty in breathing
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and convulsions in all of his limbs.
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And Herod was so fearful that
no one would cry when he died,
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that even when he was on the very edge
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of death, he gave an order.
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And here is the order of Herod the Great.
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When you hear that I'm on my deathbed
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and I'm dying, gather all
the Jewish princes of Israel
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and bring them into the Hippodrome. Corral them
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by whatever means necessary, arrest them
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and drag them there against their will.
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And once it's been announced that I have died,
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kill all the Jewish princes in the Hippodrome.
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If you slaughter them, their families will cry
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and all of Israel will cry too.
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This was his attempt to be sure
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that somebody would cry
on the day that he died,
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because he knew naturally
nobody would cry at
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the news of his death.
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But guess what? When
Herod's death was announced,
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all the princes were released from the Hippodrome
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and instead of crying, it was a day
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of great rejoicing in the land of Israel.
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But all of that is just a very brief summary
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of Herod the Great
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who plays a very important
role in the story of Jesus,
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especially in his younger years.
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But in the next program,
we're going to see
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who were the Magi that came to worship Jesus?
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How many of them were there?
What were their names?
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What do we know about them
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and what eventually happened to them?
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Don't miss the next program.
It's going to be wonderful.
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But I'll be back in just a moment
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and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question - What about Lazarus tomb?
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Well, you know, I always imagined
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that Lazarus tomb probably looked like
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what is called the Garden Tomb in the city of Jerusalem.
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But my friends, when I
finally went to the West Bank
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and visited Lazarus tomb, I was stunned.
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It is nothing like I had imagined.
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When you walk through the
door into Lazarus tomb,
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and it really is verified
that it is Lazarus tomb,
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it has many sets of stairs that go down, down, down, down,
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down, down, all the way to the bottom.
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And the bottom is where
Lazarus was buried,
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which means when Jesus cried out
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and said Lazarus, come forth,
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he wasn't standing across the garden
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and yelling across to the tomb,
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Jesus was standing at the doorway of that tomb yelling down
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to the bottom, Lazarus, come forth!
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Lazarus came forth bound,
handed foot in burial close,
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which means he had
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to hop up all those steps
all the way to the top.
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And when he finally came out,
Jesus said, now loose him
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and let him go.
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It gave me brand new insight
about the resurrection
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power of Jesus.
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Do you really know
the story of Christmas?
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Is there more to the story about the birth
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of our Savior than what you've been told. In this
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series, Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story, Rick Renner dives deep into the parts
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of the Christmas story that
most people have never heard.
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Rick says, I've studied
this story for decades
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and I found fabulous treasures
no one ever shared with me.
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In this series, we
explore the Bible history,
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historical writings,
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and so much more so we can really understand all the events
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that took place surrounding
the birth of Jesus.
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Rick answers questions like - Why did God choose Mary?
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Was Joseph really a carpenter?
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Why was Herod so troubled by Jesus' birth?
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Who were the Magi
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and what was the estimated value of their gifts?
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or physical formats starting at just $24.
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And we are excited to also offer you Rick's stunning new
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book, Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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It's a book you'll want
to share with friends
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and family at this time of the year.
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This hardcover 300 page fully
illustrated book is a keepsake
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that friends and family will
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Don't miss this special offer: the series, Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story,
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and the beautiful book, Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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or go to renner.org to order.
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Call or go online now.
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Well, today we've been talking about
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who was Herod the Great; he was quite a character,
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and as we've seen, he was Great in a lot of ways, both good
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and bad, but he played a very pivotal role in
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the story of Jesus.
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And he is gonna show up again
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because when those Magi show up in Jerusalem,
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it throws him into an emotional tailspin
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because once again, he
thinks there's a new Messiah
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that's gonna take his throne.
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And he was so enraged,
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and the Bible says all of
Jerusalem was upset with him
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because they knew he was gonna
start slaughtering people if
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he suspected there was
another new Messiah.
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But hey, we're gonna get
back to that next week.
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On Monday, we're gonna see who were the Magi,
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don't miss it. You are going to learn so much.
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But today is the last day this week,
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which we're offering this series called Christmas, the Rest
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of the Story - Amazing insights about Christmas
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that you've never heard before.
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It's 15 parts
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and it comes in multiple formats with a great study guide
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that you can read while
you're seeing or hearing it.
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And we're offering you
my book by the same name.
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Oh, I'm so excited about this book please get it, Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story. Look at it.
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It's about 300 pages, full color, fully illustrated,
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so you won't just read about it,
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but you'll feel like you're
stepping right into the story.
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We invested two years of our
life to produce this for you,
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so you will really experience Christmas, The Rest
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of the Story.
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But I wanna pray for you.
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Father, we thank you that we do not have
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to be like Herod the Great: that if we will abide
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by your word, obey your word,
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we can have holy and blessed lives.
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We thank you that you have a plan for us, a great life,
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our great blessing, our great future,
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and we take it by faith.
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In Jesus' name - Amen.
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Hey, I'll see you Monday,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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"Where the word of a king is there's power."
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If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information
about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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