After Jesus passed His test in the temptation in the wilderness, He is now ready to begin His public ministry. He sets up His headquarters in Capernaum and then chooses the first of His disciples. He began going about Galilee announcing that He is the Messiah, proving this with great signs and wonders of miraculous healings. As He preaches, teaches and perform these signs, large crowds begin to follow Him.
The temptations of Jesus. Jesus is led into a deserted place by God to undergo a specific period of testing. He will be tested infall three categories of sin (lust of the flesh, eyes and pride), but will not yield to Satan. His victory will prove that He alone indeed is the true Son of God and set the example for us in how to have victory over temptations.
John the Baptist begins his ministry of preparing a people to receive the Messiah when He comes by baptizing. Although a simple prophet/preacher, he is powerful and draws many from far and wide to his ministry. Upon noticing a delegation of religious leaders, John admonished them to repent upon the threat of being cast into Hell by the Messiah.
It is very important to understand how the New Testament writers quoted the Old, because sometimes there is confusion in HOW the quote is being used and worse than that, there might be an error in the New Testament.
Matthew chapter 2 continues dealing with the early childhood of Jesus with the visitation of the Babylonian magi. However, the star that once led them has disappeared; so, they go to the naturally expected birth of a king, Jerusalem. Herod questions his scribes and priests if there is such a prophecy.
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