No Sword For Jesus

How excited we were last night when the wise men were here. Yes, Joseph. They brought a wonderful tribute to our son. But you sound troubled. I couldn't sleep last night after they left. I kept feeling strange and uneasy.

I thought perhaps it was because of all the excitement, though. But then I knew why I was restless. What was it? I suppose I was half dreaming and half awake. But there was no doubt about what happened.

I heard the voice of the Lord warn me that we must not remain here in Jerusalem. There is danger from King Herod. What danger, Joseph? I don't know. But we'll leave as soon as we can get ready.

Will we return to Nazareth? No. The angel said we are to travel to Egypt. Though Mary and Joseph may not have realized it then, they were fulfilling what had been spoken by the Prophet hundreds of years ago.

That it would be out of Egypt, he would call his son. In the moments while Mary and Joseph were preparing to leave Bethlehem, Herod received word that he had been tricked. Tricked by those wise men of the East.

They promised me they would return and tell me of this new king's whereabouts. I'm sorry your majesty. From what I understand, they did not even pass this way again. Should we search them out, my lord?

Search them out? Oh. That would only be wasting time. We will instead search out the child of the Jews' prophecy. Oh, that may be difficult. No, it won't be difficult. We will search in such a way that he will be found. Now, the wise man said the child was just born. That means he couldn't be over a year old. But we will take no chances, no