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until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the Rachel weeping for her
young Child to destroy Him.” children,
14 When he arose, he took the young Child Refusing to be comforted,
and His mother by night and departed for Because they are no more.”
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Egypt, and was there until the death of
19 Now when Herod was dead, behold, an
Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spo-
ken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jo-
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“Out of Egypt I called My Son.” seph in Egypt, saying, “Arise, take the young
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was Child and His mother, and go to the land of
deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s
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angry; and he sent forth and put to death all life are dead.” Then he arose, took the young
the male children who were in Bethlehem and Child and His mother, and came into the land
in all its districts, from two years old and of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was
under, according to the time which he had reigning over Judea instead of his father
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determined from the wise men. Then was ful- Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being
filled what was spoken by Jeremiah the
prophet, saying: warned by God in a dream, he turned aside
into the region of Galilee. And he came and
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18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be
Lamentation, weeping, fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets,
and great mourning, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
DAY 2:What do Christians mean when they talk about the Fall?
The Fall refers to that moment in time when human beings first disobeyed God.Genesis 3 tells
the painful episode.What Eve set in motion, Adam confirmed and completed by joining her.They
sinned together.The willful decision of Adam and Eve created a state of rebellion between the cre-
ation and her Creator.
The expression “the Fall” comes from the Bible itself. The apostle Paul uses the word in sum-
marizing the human condition in Romans 3:23,“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God.”It carries with it the sense of defeat and destruction.Great cities fell.So did people.But anoth-
er fall preceded all these—the fall of the angel Lucifer, who became known as Satan (Is. 14:12–15).
In the Fall, our first ancestors declared us on Satan’s side.
The Bible makes it clear that the Fall brought sin into every subsequent person’s life:
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death
spread to all men, because all sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Our capacity for sin is inborn. We are sinners
before we have the opportunity to sin.Not only are we sinners because we sin; we first sin because
we are sinners.Why? Because we have all inherited the effects of Adam’s fall.

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January 3 begot Enosh. After he begot Enosh, Seth lived
eight hundred and seven years, and had sons
and daughters. So all the days of Seth were
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nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
Genesis 5:1–6:22 9 Enosh lived ninety years, and begot
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This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. Cainan. After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived
5 In the day that God created man, He made eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons
him in the likeness of God. He created them and daughters. So all the days of Enosh were
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male and female, and blessed them and called nine hundred and five years; and he died.
them Mankind in the day they were created. 12 Cainan lived seventy years, and begot
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty Mahalalel. After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan
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years, and begot a son in his own likeness, lived eight hundred and forty years, and had
after his image, and named him Seth. After he sons and daughters. So all the days of Cainan
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begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hun- were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
dred years; and he had sons and daughters. 15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot
So all the days that Adam lived were nine hun- Jared. After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived
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dred and thirty years; and he died. eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons
Seth lived one hundred and five years, and and daughters. So all the days of Mahalalel
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