Last week, we learned about a Mean Antagonist - Herod the Great. Thanks to a warning from God, Mary and Joseph avoided Herod's vicious plot by taking the toddler Jesus to Egypt - because it was outside the jurisdiction of Herod.--But there are two other locations that are pivotal in this story- Bethlehem and Nazareth.--Bethlehem was Jesus' birthplace, of course, but also the scene of a terrible slaughter perpetrated by Herod. And that's where we'll pick up this week as we complete this message.