BIG PICTURE: Christmas can be a difficult time for many. In the midst of hurt and pain, Jesus came to bring hope and grace to all who will receive him.

TEXT: Matthew 2:13-23

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT

“…And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” —Matthew 2:15

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son… —Hosea 11:1

Jesus inaugurates a new

.

Jesus came to

the world from the bondage of sin.

MOURNING

Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” —Matthew 2:17-18

“A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more. —Jeremiah 31:15”

Jesus brings hope in the midst of

.

A King is born who will conquer

.

REJECTION

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene. —Matthew 2:23

Jesus is the

One.

The rejected One offers

to all.