CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Are They Christian? - The Astrologers

The Astrologers

Matthew's account mentions that astrologers from the East came to Jerusalem looking for the place where the King of the Jews was born.  King Herod was very interested in this-but not with good intentions.  "Sending them to Bethlehem, he said:  'God make a careful search for the young child, and when you have found it report back to me, that I too may go and do obeisance.' "  The astrologers found the young child and "opened their treasures and presented it with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh."  But they did not go back to Herod.  "They were given divine warning in a dream not to return to Herod."  God used an angel to warn Joseph of Herod's intentions.  Joseph and Mary then fled to Egypt with their son. Next, in an effort to eliminate the new King, cruel King Herod ordered the killing of boys in the Bethlehem area.  Which boys? Those two years of age and under. -Matthew 2:1-16.

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