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FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS IS TODAY--ACT TODAY AND PROTECT MORE INNOCENTS IN 2011

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The Magi, The Massacre, Feasts of the Holy Innocents, CHILDERMAS, & mass movements needed this December 28

 

By   Kevin Stoda

 

Since we are still in the midst of Christmas season-- a season which continues well into January for many Orthodox and African churches--it is appropriate to ponder won of the more beloved and more fearful tales of Christmas Tide.   On the one hand, it is the story of the so-called Magi, three mysterious wise men (or kings) from the East.   The Magi make the Christ child's humble arrival on earth into a royal affair. On the other hand, in response to these three Magi fleeing the dominion of one King Herod following the birth of a baby Jesus in the town of Bethlehem, a massacre is called out.

 

According to Matthew 2:16-18, "When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 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."[

Reports of the God-child's coming had been prophesied of for centuries.   Therefore, as in political families today, the mafia types and King Lears of Jesus' day sought to end his story on earth rather short.   As with modern mass-murderers today, like Osama bin Laden, or similar to addicted American warrior-addicts, such as Dick Cheney, the full-appreciation of deaths of hundreds of innocents did not detour King Herod away from his pursuit of protecting his own legacy on earth.

 

WHO WERE THE MAGI?

 

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2004/12/Who-Were-The-Magi.aspx#ixzz19O21u1TH

 

According to Herodotus (I, ci). " At the time of the birth of Jesus, the Magi were an ancient priestly caste dwelling within the Parthian empire, a large area to the east of the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. These priests practiced astrology, which at the time was a hybrid of astrology and what we now call astronomy.   They were adept at interpreting dreams (which we possibly get a flavor of in Daniel 2). At the time just prior to the birth of our Lord, the Magi formed the upper house of the Megistanes council, whose duties included the election of the king of the Parthian empire,

 

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