• 371 - The Dark Side of Christmas: The Massacre of the Innocent(s)

  • Dec 21 2024
  • Length: 25 mins
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371 - The Dark Side of Christmas: The Massacre of the Innocent(s)

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  • In this episode, I explore a dark narrative aspect of the Christmas story: the Massacre of the Innocents at the hand of King Herod, connecting it to various Old Testament variations on the pattern: Joseph and the Pharaoh, Jacob and Esau, and David and King Saul. Christ brings all of these stories together in a unique and mind-blowing way, not just in the Gospels, but also in what happens in history afterwards…

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    00:00 - Introduction
    01:42 - Intro music
    02:07 - The text
    03:39 - What's going on?
    03:59 - Pharaoh kills children in Egypt
    05:48 - Joseph son of Israel
    07:11 - Jacob and Esau
    09:22 - King Saul and David
    10:31 - The story of Jesus
    12:11 - A prophecy: killed by His brothers
    13:43 - The conversion of Rome
    14:47 - Going back in time
    16:38 - Why is this part of reality?

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