"Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him. When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him."
(Matthew 2:2,3)
The word translated, "troubled," has to do with fear or "perplexity." Herod's fear was based on the impending loss of his throne to the Babe in Bethlehem. "All Jerusalem" was perplexed because the people who should have been eagerly waiting for the Coming One apparently did not take seriously the Word which was read each Sabbath. Perplexity and fear will always rule in the proud, the ignorant, the unrepentant, the disobedient.
People still fear and reject Jesus Christ because they know that when Jesus comes, a new rule and authority has come. "Assert yourself" and "lead others" is replaced by "Deny himself" and "follow Me." Jesus said that in the last days we would see "men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth...."
But fear and perplexity will not overtake those who obey Jesus. In That Day, it will be as in our text. The same Word of God Who "troubled" the hearts of the disobedient, will be "a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" for "wise men."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I say Your coming is not troubling. It is healing. Amen.
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