The King of kings (Matthew 2:1-12)

Strange star gazers from the east come to worship Christ.  These are men that we would expect to be hostile to the mission of Christ, and do everything possible to destroy Christ.  We would expect that Herod who is the king of the jews embrace the Messiah for the Messiah is God with us.  How can strangers expected to be opposed to the Messiah’s mission show the power of the Messiah’s mission? 

The Star of Christmas (Numbers 24:10-25)

Balak has been paying Balaam to manipulate and to change the promises of the Lord.  They have offered the Lord the highest and greatest offerings to win the favor of God.  The Lord has responded to the sacrifices, but not in the way that Balak had hoped.  The Lord has continued to restate His promises to this man.  Now, in this fourth oracle something that changed.  There are no sacrifices, but the Lord reminds these men, and us today that his battle plan is fixed.  What is the significance of this oracle?  What does this tell us about the Christmas story?

Christmas Commendation (Matthew 2:1-12)


So, there are travelers that come to see Jesus.  This is not something that should surprise us because He is the Son of God and the king of this creation.  It makes sense that people would come out to see Jesus.  However, we would expect that they would come out to see Jesus after He has done some teaching, or maybe after he has gained some sort of following.  We would not expect Jesus to be worshipped as a child who is 2 or a little under2.  So, why do strangers come from the east to worship this 2 year old child?