{"id":198,"date":"2026-02-23T06:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:05:22","slug":"matthew-program-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Matthew (Program #12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Matthew (Program #12) &#8211; The Beginning of the King&#8217;s Ministry<\/p>\n<p>In the Old Testament, Isaiah give us a wonderful prophesy concerning the beginning of the ministry of Jesus Christ that would take place hundreds of years later.\u00a0 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali&#8230;the way to the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles.\u00a0 The people sitting in the darkness have seen a great light; and to those sitting in the region and shadow of death, to them Light has risen.\u00a0 So it was Christ began His earthly ministry not in the religious capital Jerusalem, but in the despised region of Galilee.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Matthew (Program #12)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-23T06:05:22-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Matthew (Program #12) - The Beginning of the King's Ministry\r\n\r\nIn the Old Testament, Isaiah give us a wonderful prophesy concerning the beginning of the ministry of Jesus Christ that would take place hundreds of years later.\u00a0 The land of Zebulun and...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_12.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"13.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8340\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_12.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8340','http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_12.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?powerpress_pinw=198-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Matt_12.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Religion--Spirituality-Podcas\/Bible-Study-Radio-p959109\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew (Program #12) &#8211; 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