Wise men listen

December 23

 

The story is familiar. Magi come from the East, following a bright star. "On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary and they bowed down and worshiped him." (Matthew 2:11)

HOUSE! What happened to the stable?

The wise men traveled better than a year to find the new king, who by then was a toddler. The time table also explains when they didn’t return to Jerusalem paranoid Herod orders all children in Bethlehem two years and younger slain. Wise men obey God and act on faith. We should too.

 

"And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod they returned to their country by another route." (Matthew 2:12)