by Rev Wallace Brown
Wise Men
The story of the Wise Men is a story of mystery. Where did they come from? Somewhere in east of Judea. How many were there? Tradition says three, but we don’t really know. How did they know to follow the star? We’re not told, yet they must have been compelled by God.
There is a bit of mystery around the wise men, but we do know with certainty that they came to pay homage to the new-born King, & then just as mysteriously they are gone.
Matthew’s Gospel records that the wise men ended up in Jerusalem.
This was the most logical place – the centre of Judaism – the temple of God and of course, the palace of Herod the king. They went to King Herod & asked their questions.
“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him”. Matthew 2:2
But king Herod knew nothing about it.
Amazingly, when Herod found out about the Messiah to be born, his decision was to try to kill Him. Unbelievable!
You cannot stop God! You cannot stop His Messiah! Yet, Herod tried to kill Jesus, to stop God’s plan.
That plan was that Jesus would grow to be a man who would live sinless life, then die in the place of the sinful people, and then rise victorious over death so that when we trust in Him we can have eternal life.
Herod was supposed to be a wise man, but he was foolish. The wise men came seeking the Messiah so that they could worship Him.
May we also be truly wise and come and worship our Lord and Saviour, Christ the King.
