When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. Matthew 2:9
Happy Epiphany! Finished with Christmas? Not quite, we celebrate today the visit of the magi or wise men coming to visit our Lord Jesus the newborn King of the Jews and worship Him. As they left Jerusalem, they found an unusual guide to lead them to our Lord, a star. How do we know this is unusual behavior in a star? We don't really; it's just that in our experience stars do not lead people from city to town to a single house. It's better than GPS! However, they had to travel at night though because that is when the stars are visible, right? No, the scripture says nothing about day or night travel, and typically their riding or walking would have been done in the daylight hours. This was, at least to our experience, a most unusual star.
Not too surprising though as the sons of Adam and daughters of Eve needed a most unusual salvation.
May we bless our Lord God for sending us the Savior!
Bucky
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