and all Jerusalem with him. —Matthew 2:3
Jesus is troubling to people who do not want to worship
him, and he brings out opposition for those who do. This
is probably not a main point in the mind of Matthew, but
it is inescapable as the story goes on.
In this story, there are two kinds of people who do not
want to worship Jesus, the Messiah.
The first kind is the people who simply do nothing
about Jesus. He is a nonentity in their lives. This group
is represented by the chief priests and scribes. Verse 4:
“Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the
people, [Herod] inquired of them where the Messiah was
to be born.” Well, they told him, and that was that: back
to business as usual. The sheer silence and inactivity of the
leaders is overwhelming in view of the magnitude of what
was happening.
And notice, verse 3 says, “When Herod the king heard
this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.” In other
words, the rumor was going around that someone thought
the Messiah was born. The inactivity on the part of chief
priests is staggering—why not go with the magi? They are
not interested. They do not want to worship the true God.
The second kind of people who do not want to worship
Jesus is the kind who is deeply threatened by him. That is
Herod in this story. He is really afraid. So much so that he
schemes and lies and then commits mass murder just to
get rid of Jesus.
So today these two kinds of opposition will come
against Christ and his worshipers: indifference and hostility.
Are you in one of those groups?
Let this Christmas be the time when you reconsider
the Messiah and ponder what it is to worship him.
© Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org
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