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The Magi

The Magi. Matthew 2. Mystery. Who? Where from? Tradition Nativity story. Mystery. Who? Where from? Tradition Nativity story. Mystery. Who? Where from? Tradition Nativity story. Mystery. Who? Where from? Tradition Nativity story. Traditions. There were 3 They were Kings

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The Magi

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  1. The Magi • Matthew 2

  2. Mystery • Who? • Where from? • Tradition • Nativity story

  3. Mystery • Who? • Where from? • Tradition • Nativity story

  4. Mystery • Who? • Where from? • Tradition • Nativity story

  5. Mystery • Who? • Where from? • Tradition • Nativity story

  6. Traditions • There were 3 • They were Kings • They arrived at birth/ soon after

  7. Background • From “The east” • Difficulty in travel • Danger • Didn’t know destination

  8. Map

  9. Why searching • Revelation • Message revealed to others? Numbers 24, Daniel 9 • Star • Direct - return by other route (v12)

  10. Why searching • Revelation • Message revealed to others? Daniel 9, Numbers 24 • Star • Direct - return by other route (v12)

  11. Numbers 24:17 • I see him, but not now;I behold him, but not near.A star will come out of Jacob;a scepter will rise out of Israel.

  12. Why searching • Revelation • Message revealed to others? Daniel 9, Numbers 24 • Star • Direct - return by other route (v12)

  13. Why searching • Revelation • Message revealed to others? Daniel 9, Numbers 24 • Star • Warning - return by other route (v12)

  14. Jerusalem • Create a disturbance • King Herod • A put down for Herod?

  15. Jerusalem • Create a disturbance • King Herod • A put down for Herod?

  16. Jerusalem • Create a disturbance • King Herod • A put down for Herod?

  17. Attitudes to Christ • The priests/ teachers... indifferent • King Herod - violently opposed • The Magi - wholeheartedly seeking

  18. Romans 10 v 9 • If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

  19. Romans 10 v 9 • If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

  20. Attitudes to Christ • The priests/ teachers... Indifferent • King Herod - violently opposed • The Magi - wholeheartedly seeking

  21. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2, 7:14

  22. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2, 7:14

  23. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2, 7:14

  24. Matthew 10 v 16 • “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

  25. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2, 7:14

  26. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2, 7:14

  27. King Herod • Military man • Hold on to power • Be on our guard • Discourage • Lord Jesus gave everything • Daniel Ch 2

  28. Attitudes to Christ • The priests/ teachers... Indifferent • King Herod - violently opposed • The Magi - wholeheartedly seeking

  29. Isaiah 55: 6-7 • Seek the Lord while he may be found;call on him while he is near. • Let the wicked forsake their waysand the unrighteous their thoughts.Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

  30. Luke 19:10 • “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  31. Gift - Mania! • £££ • Best present • Thought & meaning

  32. Gift - Mania! • £££ • Best present • Thought & meaning

  33. Gift - Mania! • £££ • Best present • Thought & meaning

  34. Gold • Deity • Glory • Perfection

  35. The gifts • Gold (deity, glory, perfection) • Frankincense (fragrance of life of sinless perfection) • Myrrh (Bitter herb - sufferings)

  36. The gifts • Gold (deity, glory, perfection) • Frankincense (fragrance of the life of sinless perfection) • Myrrh (Bitter herb - sufferings)

  37. Worship • Appreciation • Attitude v10 overjoyed • Sacrificial

  38. Worship • Appreciation • Attitude v10 overjoyed • Sacrificial

  39. Worship • Appreciation • Attitude v10 overjoyed • Sacrificial

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