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Herod's Journey

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It is easier to be any thing else but a man

Once again old men and women, so old that they use canes when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.(Zechariah 8:4-5)
I cried today for our sons who will never be boys playing in the street, for our sons who will never grow old enough to use a walking stick, and be found playing a game of chess or draughts in the park. I cried today for our sons who are constantly being told to "Man Up" before they have had a chance to be boys and grow up.I cried today for our sons who are told to aspire to "be the man" but do not have a role model of a man. A man who stays in the hard times, who takes care of his family, who will guide him …show more content…

When the baby, not the boy, not the man, Jesus was born, so many baby boys were killed in an effort to destroy him. Herod saw that the wise men had fooled him, and he was very angry. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and the whole area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time the baby was born. It was now two years from that time. So he said to kill all the boys who were two years old and younger. (Matthew 2:16) The noise of the wailing and crying for the dead was so loud that it could be heard in a nearby district.This is what the Lord …show more content…

Jesus grew up to be a man and He is the man our children must model, because for some it is easier to be anything than the warped, hollow distorted shell of the man his mother says left them. It is easier to be Jesus
The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah: 2 ?I have longed to help Jerusalem because of my deep love for her people, a love which has made me angry with her enemies. 3 I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the Lord Almighty will be called the sacred hill. 4 Once again old men and women, so old that they use canes when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. 5 And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.
6 ?This may seem impossible to those of the nation who are now left, but it's not impossible for me. 7 I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken, 8 and will bring them back from east and west to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, ruling over them faithfully and justly. (Zechariah 8:2-6) (GNT) I will bring back your children from LBGT, Gangland, The Prison Institution, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Suicidal tendencies, and Mass Murder. JESUS,YOU THE

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