In this video, I explore a dark narrative aspect of the Christmas story: the Massacre of the Innocents at the hand of King Herod, connecting it to various Old Testament variations on the pattern: Joseph and the Pharaoh, Jacob and Esau, and David and King Saul. Christ brings all of these stories together in a unique and mind-blowing way, not just in the Gospels, but also in what happens in history afterwards…

Check out my other videos on Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVX4HUUPrIY9MeGP5IILeRzu62Q1NPT4C

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00:00 - Introduction 01:42 - Intro music 02:07 - The text 03:39 - What's going on? 03:59 - Pharaoh kills children in Egypt 05:48 - Joseph son of Israel 07:11 - Jacob and Esau 09:22 - King Saul and David 10:31 - The story of Jesus 12:11 - A prophecy: killed by His brothers 13:43 - The conversion of Rome 14:47 - Going back in time 16:38 - Why is this part of reality?

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