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About 5 miles away
It was a Sunday morning that my father read in the morning paper where the POTUS would be stopping briefly in Nashville that afternoon. He was to land at the Tenn. Air National Guard base, give a campaign speech, then be off to another destination.

Dad asked me if I wanted to go see the President. The airfield was about 5 miles away and I had never experienced seeing a world leader before. We went and saw the President of the United States, and both of us were really awed by the experience, I will not forget it.
In Micah 5 the Prophet Micah foretells about the coming of another world leader. This one would be the greatest and final world leader, "whose origins are from old, from ancient times." I.e. from eternity, this would be God Himself. Where would he enter the world? About 5 miles away from Jerusalem, in Bethlehem.
Now fast forward several 100 years to the city of Jerusalem. A group of Magi (very educated men) from the "East" (probably the area of Iraq and Iran today), traveled 100's of miles following a star (Numbers 24:15-19) They were looking for a baby "who was born King of the Jews."

King Herod the Great, who was a Roman and Idumean, an appointed King of Judea Herod was greatly disturbed by the Magi's inquiry. Herod asked the Jewish scholars as to where the "Messiah" (Anointed One) was to be born.

The scholars referenced Micah's prophecy. The Anointed of God, The King they were looking for, according to Micah, would come from Bethlehem, just 5 miles away. The Magi went and found the King in Bethlehem.

When the Magi failed to return to Herod, he sent his soldiers to kill all males in Bethlehem, 2 years old and younger. Fortunately for us, Jesus and His parents had already left the area.

Both the Magi and Herod acted on the Prophecy of Micah. My question is: why did the Jewish scholars, who had all the right information,not get up and walk the 5 miles to see the "coming" King?
33 years later Jesus wept over Jerusalem, as he rode into the city, just days before his crucifixion. He wept because the majority of His people, the Jews, did not recognize "the time of God's coming."

There are 100 fulfilled prophecies that foretold Jesus' 1st coming. Why did so many miss it? There are 3 times as many passages of scripture foretelling Jesus' 2nd coming. God does not want you to miss it!

Will you walk the "5 miles" to check it out? I promise if you seek Him, you will find the King.

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