Encore

Upon Herod’s death, his son Archelaus took over there in Judea, down south.

Joseph the Carpenter and his little family were in Egypt at the time—on an extended vacation.

When they wanted to return to Israel, they stayed clear of the area where Archelaus was ruling—he was too nasty—they opted for Nazareth, way up north and west, closer to Seattle, but not right on the coast.

Archie squabbled not only with his siblings, but with the higher-ups in Rome as well.

That was not a good idea, and he got himself impeached.

Consequently, it was his brother Antipas who was ruling Galilee during the years Jesus was doing ministry there.

Getting back to Herodias, mother of the dancing teen, she married her uncle Phil, son of the not-so-great. But, after a while, he got quite boring for Herodias, so she switched over to her other uncle—bad ole Uncle Antipas.

We all know the rest of the story, When Antipas was blowing out the candles on his birthday cake one year, Herodias’ daughter—who could cut a rug like Beyonce—did her thing. We do not know, by the way, that her name was Salome. But no matter. The girl danced, and soon John B lost his head in the encore.

John had come in the power and spirit of Elijah.

Not surprisingly, Elijah had also had a lady who was always after his head: Queen Jezebel.

Herodias seems to have come in the spirit of Jezebel, and the lady always got what she wanted.