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Welcome to today's program.
I'm so glad to be with you.
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I've been waiting to be with you,
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and today I'm gonna talk
to you about what kind
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of gifts the Magi brought to Jesus.
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Most people think they brought
three little boxes of gold,
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frankincense and myrrh.
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But what does the Bible really say
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and what do we know from history about the kinds of gifts
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that Magi gave to kings at their birth?
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And my friend, you are going
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to be shocked when you hear
the answer in today's program,
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Well, today we're gonna
see what was the value
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of the Magi gifts.
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Hold onto your seat
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because this is gonna be quite eye opening.
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But we've already seen in previous programs, the Magi came
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to the city of Jerusalem saying, Where is he born
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King of the Jews?
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And it threw Herod
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and the whole city of Jerusalem into an emotional tailspin
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because this was an announcement
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that a rival king had been born
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and Herod was paranoid that once again someone would try
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to take his throne from him.
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So he called the Scribes and the Pharisees
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and he interrogated of them
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and demanded of them - Tell me exactly
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where the scripture say the
Christ child will be born.
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And they told him in Bethlehem.
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So now he has a biblical answer.
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Then he called the Magi
and interrogated them.
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Tell me exactly the time, the chronology,
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the timeline when the star first appeared,
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because he knew if he could
determine when the star first
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appeared, which was the announcement of the child's birth,
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then he could figure out how old the child was.
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So now he knows where the Christ is to be born.
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Now he's determined how old the baby is,
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and he dispatches the Magi
to Bethlehem not knowing
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that the Holy family had
left Bethlehem nearly two
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years earlier.
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All Herod knew is that the Scribes
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and Pharisees said this child
would be born in Bethlehem.
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So since that's all he
knew, he dispatched the Magi
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to Bethlehem.
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And it seems that while
the Magi were in Jerusalem
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with Herod, the star disappeared.
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You're gonna see in just a moment,
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they were thrilled when it reappeared.
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But let's go to Matthew 2:9.
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It says, When they - that is the Magi - heard the king,
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they departed and lo. That word, lo, carries a sense
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of bewilderment, amazement to be speechless,
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to be flabbergasted, to be shocked.
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And shockingly,
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the star which they saw in the east went
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before them, till it came
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and stood over where the young child was.
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All of a sudden the star reappears.
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Well, the fact that it disappeared while they were there
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and then suddenly reappears, suggests this was not a
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natural phenomena.
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There was something supernatural about this constellation
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that was leading them.
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But we know the star led
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but all the way to Nazareth, to the house
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where the holy family had
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And in Matthew 2:10, we read,
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And when they saw the star, they rejoiced
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with exceeding great joy.
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There it is again.
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And they knew rather than
be led by Herod, they needed
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to be led by the star.
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These were Magi; these were masters at interpreting signs,
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and they knew this was the sign that they needed to follow.
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So Herod sent them one direction,
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but the star led them another direction.
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And I said in the previous program
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that sometimes in life people
will tell us to do one thing,
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but the Lord will lead
us to do another thing.
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And this is a great example.
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And Matthew 2:11, tells us the heavenly sign led
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them all the way to the house in Nazareth
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where they saw the young child with Mary, his mother.
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And we saw in the last program
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that today in Nazareth
there is the Sisters
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of Nazareth Convent:
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a wonderful convent which
was constructed on top
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of a Byzantine church.
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And early Byzantine writings recorded that
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that earlier church had
been constructed there
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because it was the site
of Jesus childhood home.
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So according to early Byzantine record,
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that first Byzantine church
was constructed on top
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of the ruins of the holy
family's home in Nazareth.
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And then later the Sisters
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of Nazareth convent on top of that.
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And today you can go there,
if you can get permission
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and go into the very
bottom part of that convent
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and you can really see the ruins of a 1st century house,
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which possibly could be
the house that is referred
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to in Matthew 2:11. Whether it is
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or not, we do know
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that the holy family was no longer in Bethlehem, in the cave
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where Jesus was born.
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But two years had passed.
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Now they were living in
the house in Nazareth.
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And in Matthew 2:11, it says,
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And when they - that is the Magi - when they were come
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into the house, they saw the young child with Mary,
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his mother, and fell down and worshiped him.
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And when they had opened their treasures,
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they presented unto him gifts: gold, frankincense
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and myrrh.
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And in this verse we find
seven very important points.
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1st: the Magi entered into the house not in the cave
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in Bethlehem. Two years have passed,
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Jesus is no longer an infant. Now he is a toddler
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and that's point No.2.
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The Magi saw the young child with Mary, his mother.
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The word, young child, describes a young child in training.
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It emphatically is not the word babe, which was used
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by Luke in Luke 2.
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This is the word for a young child, a toddler,
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approximately two years old.
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And the verse says that he was with his mother - in Greek,
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it means he was standing alongside his mother, just
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as we have illustrated on the screen.
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3rd: the Magi fell down and worshiped him.
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Why did they fall down?
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Well, remember, they have
been waiting from the time
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of Daniel for this world leader to be born.
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Now they've seen his constellation in the sky overhead.
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They've taken two years approximately
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to provide a massive catalog of gifts,
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which they've brought to give him.
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They've waited and waited and waited.
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They've prophesied and
believed this day would come.
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And now they see the world
leader in front of them.
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And when their eyes fell up on Jesus,
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all the strength drained out of them.
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And the Greek literally means - they collapsed.
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They just collapsed in his presence and they worshiped him.
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The word worship means: to kiss the ground, to fall down,
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to adore on one's knees: to worship
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with all necessary physical
gestures of worship.
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Can you iMagine what must have
been going through the mind
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of Mary and Joseph when they saw these 3 or 4 or 5
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or 12 powerful people on their knees falling down,
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kissing the ground in front of their 2-year-old?
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4th: the Magi opened their treasures and gifts.
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The word, open, describes a grand
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and magnificent opening,
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which means this is not three little gifts of gold,
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frankincense, and myrrh.
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Point No.5: the Magi presented Jesus
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with treasures and gifts.
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And the word presented emphatically in Greek means
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to physically carry: which means there were
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so many gifts they brought that the servants
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of the Magi began
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to physically transport
them into the house.
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Many hands were needed to carry the vast numbers of gifts.
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And because some of the gifts
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and treasures were so physically large, they had
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to be carried by the joint
efforts of multiple servants.
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This was..a massive collection of gifts.
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No.6: the Magi presented him treasures and gifts.
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The word treasures is plural in Greek,
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and it describes a storehouse of treasures
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or cargo filled to the
brim with treasures.
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The word gifts is also plural,
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but when you put it all
together, it was a massive,
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massive collection of treasures and gifts.
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And No.7: the Magi specifically gave him gifts
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of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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But let's back up for a moment
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and ask the question, what
kind of gifts did Magi give
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to kings in the ancient world?
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And because of a lot of research that has been conducted,
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we know exactly what kind of gifts Magi gave
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to kings in the ancient world at their birth.
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Listen to this. The size of diplomatic gifts that were given
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to a king were always given according
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to the status of that king.
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If the king was deemed
to be a low level king,
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the Magi would bring lesser gifts.
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But if a king was deemed
to be a high level king,
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the Magi would bring
gifts of greater value.
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Well, the Magi waited for centuries
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for the greatest most to ever be born.
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So when the constellations
announced his birth,
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the Magi knew they needed
to bring outstanding gifts
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that were fit for the
greatest leader ever born.
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Only the finest treasures
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and gifts would be fitting
for a king with such a status.
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They knew that anything
less would be viewed
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as a diplomatic snub.
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So they took many months
to prepare the vast catalog
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of treasures and gifts to present to him.
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That may be another reason
why it took them two
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years to show up.
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They needed time
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to prepare these particular
kinds of treasures.
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And their treasures would have
included bases, urns, plates,
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carpets, all kinds of clothing, all kinds
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of items fashioned from
gold, silver, and other rare
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and expensive materials.
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And the value of these gifts, my friend,
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would have been a fortune.
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And you have to remember
that Magi were from the east,
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and in the east they lived lavishly
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and they treated their
leaders ostentatiously.
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Now they have come to see the
greatest world leader ever
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born, and they gave gifts commensurate
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with his long awaited status.
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And to be sure the inventory
was massive, it was massive.
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You have to also remember
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that the region from which the
Magi came traded in precious
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metals, gems, rugs,
spices, silks, incense,
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and the most treasured gifts
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that were known in the ancient world.
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And they brought so many gifts, it required a caravan
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to bring them all. My friends
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these were not 3 little boxes of gold, frankincense
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and myrrh. And some
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of the earliest texts from the ancient world
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that have survived tells us what kind
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of gifts were given in such a diplomatic exchange.
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For example: gold
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and silver: ceremonial weapons, luxurious foods, animals
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among other extravagant and splendid items.
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But from historical resources,
we have compiled a list
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to give us a taste of what Magi normally gave
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to a king at birth.
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And they include large quantities of gold, silver, ebony
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and ivory, lapis:
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fabulous garments spun with golden threads, exotic perfumes
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and gums from rare trees and plants.
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And documentation shows that it was normal
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to give 20 talents of gold,
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which is 1,336 pounds of gold
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for a low level king.
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But for a greater king, the
amount of gold would need
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to be the greatest to be commensurate
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with his greater status.
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And other examples of
diplomatic exchanges included
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bed's car from ebony
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and overlaid with gold: chairs overlaid
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with gold: footstools fashioned of ebony and ivory
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and overlaid with gold
and items made of gold
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or inlaid with gold: goblets, jewelry, clothes, perfume,
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containers, boats, knives, figurines,
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gold covered chariots and thrones.
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And very often such diplomatic
exchanges included items made
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out of bronze, alabaster, malachite,
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various other creations either made with
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or inlaid with semi-precious stones: linen cloths
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of the finest materials known
at that time, more garments
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and as many as a thousand jars
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of sweet oils from the east along
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with nearly limitless gifts
made of ivory and stone.
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Now, my friends, that's a lot
more than three little boxes
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of gold, frankincense and myrrh
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and it's almost impossible
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to put a price tag in today's economy on the value
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of these gifts.
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But in the ancient world,
there really are catalogs
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that have survived to
show us exactly what kind
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of gifts the Magi gave.
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A low level king would've received less,
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a high level king would've
given, received more.
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The Magi gave gifts commensurate
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with the status of the king.
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And Jesus was the greatest
world leader ever born.
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So you can iMagine how
great was the catalog
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and the inventory of
gifts which they brought
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to him in the house in Nazareth.
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But let's look also
about the gifts of gold,
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frankincense and myrrh because
this is very important.
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Gold was very expensive,
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and the word gold
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that is used here in the
Bible describes the highest
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grade of gold.
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And my friends, this
was the gift for a king.
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How about the gift of frankincense?
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Frankincense was exotic
and rare, and believe it
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or not, it could be even
more expensive than gold.
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That's why it's amazing
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that every year at the
temple in Jerusalem,
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they used 700 pounds of frankincense.
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And why did they use frankincense?
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Because frankincense was associated with priestly ministry,
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but they also brought the gift of myrrh.
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Myrrh was a favorite of kings,
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and they often wore an
ambulance around their necks.
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It was associated with kings,
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and it was also an agent which was used in
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embalming the dead.
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So these were three very unique gifts.
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Gold was the gift for a king.
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Frankincense was connected with a priest
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and his priestly functions.
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And myrrh was a component
in perfume that was used
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for embalming dead bodies,
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thus is symbolically prophesied Jesus' future death.
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And these three gifts of the
Magi prophetically foretold
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that Jesus would eventually
serve in the role
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of king high priest
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and savior through his
death and resurrection.
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But what was a possible catalog of gifts
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that the Magi gave
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to Jesus when they showed up in Nazareth?
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And because of research done by a very astute scholars,
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we can give you a likely inventory of what they brought.
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It may have included gold, silver,
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ebony objects, ivory
creations, oriental carpets,
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fabulous fabrics, goblets of gold
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and silver, utensils made of silver
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and gold items, inlaid
with precious stones,
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beautifully carved tusks,
lapis garments spun with gold
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and thread exotic perfumes
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and gums from rare trees,
thousands of flasks filled
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with smells, rare spices,
furniture that was overlaid
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with gold footstools
fashioned of ebony or ivory,
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and overlaid with gold, unimaginable pieces of jewelry,
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semi-precious stones,
items of bronze, alabaster
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and malachite, lavish clothes for a king
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and luxurious foods.
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And I want to read to you
directly from the report
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that produced all this information.
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Listen to this. The historical
information available at
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diplomatic gifts in the ancient world,
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and especially about the gifts
given by Magi lets us know
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that we have every reason
to believe the inventory
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of gifts presented to Jesus at the family.
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Home in Nazareth was a
considerable fortune.
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That's amazing. Isn't
that really eye opening?
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But when you come to Matthew 2:12,
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after this event, the Bible
says that Magi being warned
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of God in a dream that they
should not return to Herod,
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they departed into their own country another way.
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Notice they were warned of God in a dream.
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Here we see that God
speaks to us in language
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that we understand.
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I don't know how God speaks
to you, but these were Magi
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and part of their job was the business
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of interpreting dreams.
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And since they were given to dream interpretation, God spoke
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to them in a dream; God speaks to all of us in a way
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that we will understand.
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But the question arises
what eventually happened
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to the Magi?
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These Magi played such a major role.
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What eventually happened to them?
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Well, one early document traced
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to an Aryan writer in the 6th century states
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that when the Apostle Thomas
was on his way to India
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to preach, he stopped
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and presented the full story of the cross
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and the resurrection to the Magi.
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They believed Thomas
and they were baptized.
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That is one early record.
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And whether that is true
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or not, I can imagine that God would make sure
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that the Magi reaped a harvest on what they gave to Jesus.
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God would've seen to it.
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They heard the full story
so that they could repent.
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But another account says that
Helena, who was the mother
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of the Emperor, Constantine
later recovered the bodies
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of the Magi and put them into
beautiful ornamented caskets
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and ordered their remains
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to be placed at the Saint Hagia Sophia Church in
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Constantinople.
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And then some suggest that the relics
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of the Magi were removed to
Milan then later in 1163 AD
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to Cologne, Germany.
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And what is interesting is
today at the Cathedral in
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Cologne, there really is
a large gilded sarcophagus
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behind the high altar
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that supposedly contains the relics of the Magi.
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And at one time, that sarcophagus was opened
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and there really are skeletons there,
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but it is impossible to verify whether
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or not they really are the Magi.
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But God would've seen to it
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that the Magi heard the full story
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and had an opportunity to repent.
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But today we've seen they
didn't just bring three little
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gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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Yes, they brought gold. Yes,
they brought frankincense.
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Yes, they brought myrrh,
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but they brought in a whole inventory of gifts.
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And somebody may say, well,
what happened to the money?
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What happened to all those treasures?
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That's what we're gonna
talk about tomorrow.
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And you're going to find out
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that God's supply always
shows up right on time.
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God's never tardy, he's never late.
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And this money, all these treasures showed up right on time
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for the Holy Families next period of life.
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Don't miss tomorrow's program.
It's going to be so good.
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But hey, listen to my announcer
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and then I'll be back in just a moment
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and I want to pray for you.
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This is Rick Renner, and somebody has asked the question -
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What did the gifts given by the Magi to Jesus symbolize?
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Well, let's look at Matthew 2:11 where the Bible says,
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And when they were coming to the house,
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they saw the young child with Mary, his mother,
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and fell down and worshiped him.
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And when they had opened their treasures -
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the word opened describes their grand opening.
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And the word treasures is plural.
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It really describes cargo
filled with treasures.
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And among all of them were gifts of gold,
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frankincense, and myrrh.
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Well, gold was the gift for a king.
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Frankincense was the gift for a priest,
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and myrrh was actually an embalming fluid.
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And when they presented these 3-particular gifts
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to Jesus, they were declaring that even at his birth,
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he was king.
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In his future, he would
be the great high priest.
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And with myrrh, they declared that he would die
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for the sins of the human race.
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These were prophetic
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gifts.
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Do you really know the story of Christmas?
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Is there more to the story about the birth
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of our savior than what you've been told? In
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this series - Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story, Rick Renner dives deep into the parts
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of the Christmas story that
most people have never heard.
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Rick says, I've studied
this story for decades
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and I found fabulous treasures
no one ever shared with me.
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In this series, we explore the Bible, history,
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historical writings,
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and so much more so we can
really understand all the events
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that took place surrounding
the birth of Jesus.
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Rick answers questions like - Why did God choose Mary?
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Was Joseph really a carpenter?
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Why was Herod so troubled by Jesus' birth?
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Who were the Magi
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and what was the estimated value of their gifts?
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This 15-part documentary type series is available in digital
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or physical format starting at just $24.
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And we are excited to also
offer you Rick's stunning new
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book, Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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It's a book you'll want
to share with friends
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and family at this time of the year.
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This hardcover 300 page fully
illustrated book is a keepsake
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that friends and family will
pass on to future generations.
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Don't miss this special
offer, the series Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story,
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and the beautiful book Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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this holiday season.
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It's the perfect time to invest in your spiritual growth
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or bless someone you love.
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Well, we've had quite a program today.
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Did you learn something
new from the word of God?
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I believe that you did.
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And what you heard today is just a tiny little piece from my
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brand new series, which is called Christmas, the Rest
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of the Story. The subtitle says,
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Amazing insights about Christmas you've never heard before.
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I pray that today you heard
some things you've never
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heard before.
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My friends, I really want
you to have this series
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and it comes with a study guide
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and we're offering you my book which is called Christmas,
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the Rest of the Story,
which I invested two years
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of my life to write.
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And we hired an illustrator
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who fabulously illustrated
the entire story.
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One example is behind me on the screen,
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but every single page
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of this book is beautifully illustrated.
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It is full color. You will devour it.
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You will love what you read.
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It will make you fall
in love with the story
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of Jesus' birth like never before,
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and what a gift to share with your family
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or with your friends.
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But hey, if you need prayer,
please reach out to us.
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We're here for you right now.
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You don't have to order
anything to call us.
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If you need prayer, just call us.
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We're here to pray for you.
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We believe in prayer and we
see as your prayer partner.
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So ring us right now or send us an email.
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And the moment we hear how
you need prayer, we'll begin
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to pray and God will move.
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But put your hand on your heart,
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and I wanna pray for you right now.
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Father, just like the Magi brought there treasures to Jesus,
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Lord, we need to come to you
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and give you the very best that we have.
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And Lord, if we brought
you anything inferior,
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we ask you to forgive us.
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There's no king with a
greater status than you.
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And Lord, we want to
honor you for who you are.
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Help us in our lives every
day in the way we live,
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in the way we give our finances to show that we honor you
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as the King of kings and the Lord of lords,
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in Jesus name - Amen.
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I'll see you tomorrow
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and tomorrow we're gonna
find out what happened
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to all those treasures.
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It's really gonna be good.
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But until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word
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of a king is there's power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life
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Amen. This program was made
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possible by the giving of the God called partners
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of Renner Ministries.