We all live , in the shadow of the cross. Here are 3 ways the shadow of prophecy touches us , and our reactions to it

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2. A Shadow’s Effect3 Types of People Touched by the Cross
Isaiah 9:6 - 7 , Matthew 2:1-12

4. Matthew 2:1-12

5. The Shadow of the Cross
• Herod – Hate
• He troubled – Matthew 2:3
• It is public – Matthew 2:3
• Irritation ,frustration ,hate to murder.
• Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked
by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and
killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all
that region who were two years old or under,
according to the time that he had ascertained from
the wise men. – Matthew 2:16

6. The Shadow of the Cross
• The Scribes and Pharisees – Indifference
• Revelation 3:15-16
• “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor
hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So,
because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
I will spit you out of my mouth.
• Lamentations 1:12
• “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought upon me,
which the LORD inflicted
on the day of his fierce anger.

7. The Shadow of the Cross
• The Wise Men – Worship
• The Gifts
• Gold – The gift for Royalty
• Frankincense – The gift for a Priest
• Myrrh – The gift for One Who is to Die
• Romans 12:1-2
• I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of
God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
worship.2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by
testing you may discern what is the will of God, what
is good and acceptable and perfect.

9. A Shadow’s Effect3 Types of People Touched by the Cross
Isaiah 9:6 - 7 , Matthew 2:1-12