This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue with a series called how God turns setbacks into comebacks.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called

when a setback fills you with fear.

Now there's a fourth character who panicked when there was a setback when Jesus was born.

And it was the man appointed by the Roman emperor

to be the ruler over Israel

while they're under the occupation of the Roman Empire. Now this guy, his name

was Herod, he was given the title King of the Jews by the Roman Emperor, but the Jews consider this guy to be an imposter and a tool of the enemy and they despised Herod.

So the phrase Herod, king of the Jews, they hated that and they hated him.

Plus, King Herod was incredibly insecure.

In fact, this guy was so paranoid of being overthrown, listen to this.

King Herod was so paranoid, he may have had a mental illness.

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