I got through the first five chapters of Matthew yesterday in the class I taught.  In 45 minutes.  (That is a lot of material.)   I never teach a class from the Bible that I don't learn something, or solidify something that I already knew.   Here is the 2 minute version.

        Matthew is writing to Jews.  His primary purpose is to tell them that Old Testament Prophecy has been fulfilled in the person of Jesus.  The King has come.  And throughout the book, he repeats what Jesus had to say about the kingdom.  The kingdom of God.  The kingdom of heaven.  He starts by giving the genealogy of Jesus--His right to the throne.  And then in the last part of the first chapter, he explains that Joseph was not the father of Jesus by telling us about the angel's visit to Joseph.

       In Chapter 2, Matthew emphasizes the Kingship of Jesus through the story of the wise men who told Herod that they had seen a star and were there to worship the new King.  (Herod imploded.)

Matthew starts Chapter 3, by telling the Jews that another of their Old Testament prophecies had come true in the person of John the Baptist.  Matt. 3:3  "For this is he (John) that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord (the King), make his paths straight..."  (Fulfilled prophecy.  We base much of our faith on it.)

        Chapter 4 concerns the temptation of Jesus by Satan.  Jesus answers by quoting scripture.

Chapter 5 gives us the nine Beatitudes.  The "Blessed are you if...."  And in verse 16 Jesus gives us instructions:  "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."  You just got the 45 min. condensed version.

1.  Let your light shine.   2.  Do good works.   3.  Glorify the Father.   (4.  Just do it.)
Thy Kingdom come.