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Both the book of Isaiah and the Pslams foreshadow the coming of kings who would bring the Lord gifts.
Nearly every event in Jesus’ life is a fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy, as God the Father prepared the way for his Son’s arrival.
Even the arrival of the Magi was foreshadowed in the Old Testament.
St. Matthew writes in his Gospel that, “when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem… and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:1,11)
Psalm 72 features a similar scene with kings coming from the East, bringing gifts.
Continued below.
aleteia.org
Nearly every event in Jesus’ life is a fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy, as God the Father prepared the way for his Son’s arrival.
Even the arrival of the Magi was foreshadowed in the Old Testament.
St. Matthew writes in his Gospel that, “when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem… and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:1,11)
Psalm 72 features a similar scene with kings coming from the East, bringing gifts.
Continued below.
How the Magi were foreshadowed in the Old Testament
Both the book of Isaiah and the Pslams foreshadow the coming of kings who would bring the Lord gifts.
aleteia.org
