Matthew chapter 4: 12-17 continues after Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. After hearing that John had been put in prison (and there’s a time gap between verses 12 and 13) Jesus came into the region of Zebulun and Naphtali—places Isaiah had specifically identified centuries earlier—and suddenly the prophecy began to unfold:
“The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” And what did Jesus do? He called them out of it. Jesus' first recorded message in Matthew is: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” And that's what we're going to see this morning: the King came exactly where God said He would come, He brought the light that God promised, and He proclaimed the message God required.
