Joseph: Protecting the Messiah - Hardcover

by Michael DuPont (Author)

God picked one man to stand between His Son and the world. Discover one of the Bible's greatest untold stories of a carpenter whom Heaven entrusted to protect the Messiah.

Scripture records no words from the earthly father of the Son of God. Drawing on early Christian traditions, this novel brings the man history calls the Silent Saint out from the spaces between the Gospel verses.

What did Mary's pregnancy cost Joseph and his family? Why was Jesus born in a manger when Joseph had family in Bethlehem? And what inspired Joseph to trust the instructions given to him in a dream when obeying them threatened to destroy everything he held dear?

Told through the eyes of Joseph of Bethlehem, this drama brings his story to life in an exciting, fast-paced adventure about courage, faith and what it means to be a father. Determined to keep his family alive, Joseph must outwit vicious hunters backed by the full force of the Roman Empire and lead Mary and Jesus into Egypt, where the running does not stop. Grounded in the brutal realities of Roman Judea, this is the story of the man responsible for protecting the Messiah: a dangerous journey filled with uncertainty that demands a faith stronger than fear.