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The Magi’s response to God can be understood as GPS leading them by another way.
It’s been one month since we celebrated Epiphany. Even though the Magi and all the other statues in our Nativity scenes are now packed away again in storage, we can imagine that if the real Magi had left Bethlehem in January, by now they might be back in their home countries.
We call them Magi, Wise Men or the Three Kings, though we may not know exactly who they were. We may not precisely know their roles in their home countries, but traditiontells us their names were Gaspar, Balthazar and Melchior.
These men studied the stars and probably prophecies of their faith traditions, and having identified a star they hadn’t seen before, they decided to see where it would lead them.
They arrived in Jerusalem, a place where they thought the king of the Jews would reside. But from their encounter with King Herod (who was not born a Jew; historians believe his family were converts) and the Jewish leaders there, the Wise Men learned about the Jewish prophecy indicating that the Christ Child would be born in Bethlehem, not Jerusalem.
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It’s been one month since we celebrated Epiphany. Even though the Magi and all the other statues in our Nativity scenes are now packed away again in storage, we can imagine that if the real Magi had left Bethlehem in January, by now they might be back in their home countries.
We call them Magi, Wise Men or the Three Kings, though we may not know exactly who they were. We may not precisely know their roles in their home countries, but traditiontells us their names were Gaspar, Balthazar and Melchior.
These men studied the stars and probably prophecies of their faith traditions, and having identified a star they hadn’t seen before, they decided to see where it would lead them.
They arrived in Jerusalem, a place where they thought the king of the Jews would reside. But from their encounter with King Herod (who was not born a Jew; historians believe his family were converts) and the Jewish leaders there, the Wise Men learned about the Jewish prophecy indicating that the Christ Child would be born in Bethlehem, not Jerusalem.
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How Matthew 2 Is Like a GPS for Our Faith Journey
The Magi’s response to God can be understood as GPS leading them by another way.
