#herod — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #herod, aggregated by home.social.
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Why #Christianity Framed #Herod as a #BabyKiller (feat. Dr #JodiMagness)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjmU_yCiUg&list=WL
How strong is the #archaeological evidence for #Jesus? World-class #archeologist, Dr Jodi Magness, joins me to discuss some top 10 lists of Dr. #TitusKennedy, an archaeologist who frequents Dr #SeanMcDowell's channel.
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HEROD - The Icon (Official Video)
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#OTD The 28th of #December is #Childermass Day or #Holy #Innocents Day - when #Innocent #Children were #Slaughtered by #King #Herod.
In #Literature, #Winter imagery is used for Herod's #Cruelty (Cold, Frost) while the children are like #Botanicals, described as the first #Seeds or the #Flowers of the #Church. The #Poet #Prudentius wrote,
All hail! You infant #Martyr flowers,
Cut off in life's first dawning hours;
Like #Rosebuds snapped in dreadful strife,
When Herod sought our #Savior's life. -
The #Hasmonean ("#Maccabee") John Hyrcannus — who inherited #Jerusalem when his brother-in-law killed his brothers and his father — forcibly converted the entire region to Judaism.
This is why the inhabitants of Idumaea (Biblical Edom) became technically Jewish.
And, astonishingly, this is why #Herod could eventually destroy Jerusalem.
This is also a bizarre connection between #Hanukkah and #Christmas...
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My latest on my blog, Walking Thoughts, "Christmas 2022: A Baby Cries."
https://hpaulsantmire.net/christmas-2022-a-baby-cries/
#Christmas #OLittleTownOfBethlehem #WordMadeFlesh #Tillich #Pastors #Church #Herod #Aging #Lutheran #Lutherans #Hope