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Matthew 2:1 & 2
"1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him."

Merry Christmas!!!
Jesus was a baby and that is a VERY BIG DEAL! 
All the promises GOD made came true in the birth of this little baby. 
We remember this incredible event to this very day in our Christmas plays and Nativity sets. It's quite a cast of characters. And, the players in the Nativity scean does not end at the edge of the display. No, it continues out into the whole world. We all have rolls to play. Everybody. And, the story is not over...

This week in our daily devotional we will study the "wise men from the east..." They came looking for "He that is born King of the Jews?" These WISE MEN are here because they have studied the prophetic writings of Daniel about the coming Messiah. Daniel that wunderkind taken into Babylonia slavery and proved himself to be a man of GOD again and again. (Notice GOD'S plan working throughout history for this glorious moment His Son is BORN!)

They "have seen His star in the east, and are come to WORSHIP HIM." It is no stretch to think of Daniel as the FIRST WISEMAN. He lived a long life and was active in the early "days of the Persian Empire. His writings were full of Messianic prophecies which had been deposited in the libraries of Babylon and Persia, and we can assume the Magi were familiar with these writings and were looking for the Savior that Daniel described as “Messiah the Prince” who would come at a specific time and then be ‘cut off, but not for Himself.” These Magi were looking for the ‘Rock cut out of a mountain, but not with human hands’, as Daniel described Jesus Christ."*

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These last few sentences are taken from the sermon posting linked below. It is a fantastic read and full of details about the wise men and Daniel's writing. It all ties into the Nativity scean we gather around every Christmas. 
https://eichapel.org/sermons/the-forth-wise-man/
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