And they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby (brephos) as He lay in the manger. – Luke 2:16 (NASB)
As Matthew 2 begins Jesus is about
The Magi were considered the (vv.1-3)
It’s three , not three
Magi: a magus – the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldaeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augurs, soothsayers, sorcerers etc. (Thayer’s)
(About 530 BC) Now listen! It will be 49 years plus 434 years from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Mashiach Nagid: Messiah the Prince [KJV]) comes! Jerusalem’s streets and walls will be rebuilt despite the perilous times. “After this period of 434 years, the Anointed One (mashiach) will be killed… – Daniel 9:25-26 (TLB)
Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. – Revelation 9:1-2 (NASB95)
When the Magi show up Jesus is a living in not a
On coming to the house (oikia), they saw the child (paydion) with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. – Matthew 2:11 (NIV)
Child: paydion – a young child, a little boy, a little girl (Thayer’s)
Their gifts acknowledge who Jesus is: (v.11)
Gold – For a
Frank-incense – For a
Myrrh – embalming spice – For His
Mary and Joseph become (v.11)
Treasure: thesaurus – wealth (Strong’s)
(vv.12-13)
God speaks to those who Him for is
God speaks to the of the family
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man – Matthew 1:19 (NASB95)
God speaks for
God speaks to those who will He says
God spoke to give the
Acting on what God says will mean of what is known and stepping into the
God’s plan usually involves leaving our
…but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. – Matthew 1:25 (NASB95)
“Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? “And His sisters, are they not all with us? – Matthew 13:55-56 (NASB95)
Doing what God says isn’t always , but it’s always
When not hearing, ask what was the God said