Six Miles From Jesus (Pack Of 25)

How long would it take to walk six miles? If you?re in good shape, you could walk it in a couple of hours. That?s not much of a hike. If you wanted to walk from Jerusalem to Bethlehem in Israel, it?s only six miles.In Jesus? day Bethlehem was a ?little town,? as described in the familiar Christmas carol, with perhaps 200 residents. It was a place you stayed on your way to the big city, Jerusalem. You spent the night in Bethlehem and the next day you walked six miles to Jerusalem. That?s not very far. Against that backdrop read the account in the Bible of the coming of the Magi to Jerusalem...After Jesus was born in Bethlehem?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.? When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled?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 Judah, for so it is written by the prophet: ?And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel?? (Matthew 2:1-6). The Jewish teachers were simply reading the well-known Bible prophecy written 700 years earlier (Micah 5:2), speaking of the birth of Israel?s promised Messiah. So, here&rs

Pritchard, Ray