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Matthew and Luke are historical tellings with theological overtones. \u00a0John 1:14 is the John\u2019s typically succinct theological summation. \u00a0And Revelation 12 is his apocalyptic rendering which sees Herod\u2019s persecution the archetype of what Satan has always sought throughout history and how he will act (and God will respond) to the end of time, Something to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[270],"class_list":["post-98508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-exalted-felicitations-of-the-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
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