by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jan 2, 2026 | Weekly Devotions
And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. – Matthew 2:12 Having encountered the Child, worshiped him, and offered their gifts, the wise men do not simply return via their previous route. To go back to...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jan 1, 2026 | Weekly Devotions
After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. – Matthew 2:9 After the detour through Jerusalem—with its political intrigue,...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 31, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet.’ – Matthew 2:4-5 When Herod asks where the Messiah is to be born, the...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 30, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. – Matthew 2:3 Herod is deeply disturbed. His reaction exposes the zero-sum logic of worldly power: if a new king has been born, then someone else must be losing his throne. Herod hears...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 29, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’ – Matthew...
