Christians Can’t Be Anti-Semitic

Christians Can’t be Anti-Semitic

Matthew 2:13-23

1 Introducing Jesus

 a history

 b prophecy

2 Three Episodes

 a flight to Egypt

 b slaughter in Bethlehem

 c settling in Nazareth in 2:19-23   

3 The Prophetic History

 a I called my son

 b Rachel weeping

 c a Nazarene

4 Three Observations  

 a prominence of Joseph

 b God’s sovereignty

 c fulfilling Jewish expectations

5 The Jewish Jesus

 a God’s sovereign preparation

 b salvation is from the Jews

 c the son of David son of Abraham