Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Epiphany - Part 4\n Matthew 2:9-11\n 01\/09\/2025\n\n\n 9 After listening to the king, they went on their\n way. And behold, the star that they had seen when\n it rose went before them until it came to rest\n over the place where the child was.\n 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly\n with great joy.\n 11 And going into the house they saw the child with\n Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped\n him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered\n him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. (ESV)\n\n The Wise Men from the east were seeking the King of the\n Jews. Having learned of the prophecy by Micah, they took their\n leave of Herod in Jerusalem and traveled to Bethlehem.\n\n After listening to the king, they went on their way.\n And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose\n went before them until it came to rest over the place\n where the child was. When they saw the star, they\n rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into\n the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and\n they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their\n treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and\n frankincense and myrrh.\n\n\n Was the star the Magi followed a rare conjunction of planets\n or other stellar bodies? Was the star a miracle which will never\n be repeated? We don't know, but many theologians and astronomers\n have proposed different answers to this question. We will leave\n speculation about the star to some other occasion.\n\n The gifts brought by the Magi were a testimony about the\n Child. Gold is the perfect gift to pay tribute to a king, and\n Jesus is certainly the King of Creation. Frankincense gives a\n pleasing odor as it burns, the smoke rising. Often incense is\n likened to the prayers of the faithful to God, as the Psalmist\n said, ``Let my prayers rise before you as incense.''[1] Myrrh is\n used to embalm a body before burial.\n\n The gifts proclaimed that Jesus is the King, true God, who\n will die for His people.\n\n May our Lord grant that we recognize the Infant of Bethlehem\n as confessed by the Wise Men who sought Him. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 9, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}