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Contrast #1 |
Verse |
Contrast #2 |
Verse |
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Angel |
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Angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph (Christ?) |
Matt. 1:20 |
While Jesus was
conceived in Mary’s womb |
Matt. 1:20 |
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Angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph (Christ?) |
Matt. 1:20 |
While Jesus was
conceived in Mary’s womb |
Matt. 1:20 |
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Birth |
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Supernatural
conception |
Lk. 1:35 |
Natural birth |
Lk. 2:6 |
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Divine complexity |
Matt. 1:20-23 |
Human simplicity |
Lk. 2:11-12 |
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Birth prophesied in
O.T. |
Many |
Birth revealed in
N.T. |
Matt. & Lk. |
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No baby’s birth
troubled anyone |
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Jesus’ birth
troubled all Jerusalem |
Matt. 2:3 |
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Jesus was born in
Israel |
Matt. 2:5 |
Jesus had to flee
to Egypt |
Matt. 2:14 |
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Gentiles |
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Wisemen led by a
phys. star |
Matt. 2:7 |
Wisemen found the
spiritual “star” |
Rev. 22:16 |
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Gentiles called Him
“King of the Jews” |
Matt. 2:2 |
Jews called Him
“Nazarene” (despised) |
Matt. 2;23 |
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God |
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God directed the
conception |
Lk. 1:35 |
Man had not part in
the conception |
Matt. 1:25 |
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With man—impossible |
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With God—nothing
impossible |
Lk. 1:37 |
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