They Bowed Down and Worshipped Him (Matthew 2:1-12)
Gary McManus, 12/16/2018Part of the Christmas series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
3rd Sunday in Advent December 16, 2018
Matthew 2:1-12
Diligent students of these Bible verses will
find them bringing fresh insights and deeper
meaning to what Matthew is telling us.
--Kenneth Bailey,
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Birth story of Jesus? But the birth is over
when Matthew starts Chapter 2.
Matthew draws our attention to other people
and other events around Jesus’ birth.
the gold, the frankincense and the myrrh:
(See Smithsonian magazine, October 1998,
“On the Frankincense Trail”, David Roberts
--Juris Zarins an American Professor of
Archaeology at Missouri State University.
Queen of Sheba: 1 Kings 10
The “spices” in Hebrew= incense.
Ancient historians record these events:
(including Herod the Great of Matthew, Chapter 2)
In our own Bible . . .
(See Israelite and Judean History,
John Hayes and J. Maxwell Miller, Eds.,
1977)
Matthew is sure to mention
--the wise men tell us, we have seen His star
--the wise men tell us, we have come
to worship him
--they opened their treasure boxes and
OFFERED. . .
They brought, maybe, the most valuable fruit
of their lands—maybe the most fabulous
objects in the world and pledged their loyalty
with gold, frankincense and myrrh.
The Ten Commandments, 1956
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Pharoah is Seti
Moses is adopted nephew of Pharoah
Pharoah’s son is Ramses
The Princess is Nefritiri—promised
to Ramses to be his wife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD-TVI4_MyI
Later in the film: the representative of
King Priam of Troy, the Trojan
ambassador gifted Pharaoh with silk.
Then the question must be asked:
Have we bowed down to Jesus. . .
Have we offered Jesus all our riches. . .
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