RESETTLEMENT NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

•    British Columbia churchgoers came together to resettle Eritreans

A RULER’S RAGE, MOTHERS’ MOURNING

•    King Herod notoriously paranoid about plotters
•    exceeding wrath at being deluded resulted in death of youngsters
•    echoes of mourning from time of Jerusalem’s fall to Babylon
•    God knows the grief we’re going through: aware when sparrows fall

DIVINE DELIVERANCE: RELOCATION AS REFUGEES

•    advance warning to save God-child by becoming a refugee
•    God’s provision for trip “just in time” via Magi

YOUR REDEEMER RELATES TO YOUR RISK AND WRECKAGE

•    sojourn in Egypt: Jesus recapitulates Israel’s history, relates to us
•    Nazareth native: despised, scorned, a nobody

RESCUING REFUGEES TODAY

•    Joseph had good reason to fear Herod’s offspring: violent man
•    many in today’s world at risk through conflict, persecution
•    various countries taking initiative in resettlement of refugees

FLIGHT TO SAFETY

•    Pakistan family beaten/abused, fled via Thailand
•    now incorporated into worship life of Niagara Falls church