A Bondservant's Musings

In this third post about the various responses to the birth of Jesus, I turn to the wise men from the east who traveled for days to see this king who was to be born in Bethlehem. We find the account of their response in Matthew 2:1-12. From those verses, we know the wise men responded in the following ways to Jesus' birth: Sought Him "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?" (Matthew 2:2a) Went to worship Him "For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." (Matthew 2:2b) Rejoiced as they were led to Him When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.  (Matthew 2:10) Now that is a lot of joy! And they had yet to meet Jesus. But they had great anticipation as they went to see the King. Fell down before Him And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down (Matthew 2:11a) Think about it. These wise men encounter Jesus as a baby and humble themselves by falling before Him. Worsh...