Growing up, I
always thought the wise men were just these three random guys who were really
smart. But then I heard that they were kings. So that made a little more sense.
They were rich, smart dues. But then I heard that they were Magi. What on earth
is a Magi? Well, apparently a Magi is something like an astrologer. People who
studied star patterns and what not. Okay, so they were three smart, rich dudes
who liked the outdoors. But then they added something else. We don't actually
know there were three of them. That's just a guess based on the three presents.
At this point
in my life I was just like "enough with it already." Let's just agree
on the fact that these were important people from the East who brought sweet
presents. So that is what we are going to go with today. And for the sake of
peace, we will assume there were three of them.
We are first
introduced to the wise men as they pull up in Jerusalem.
They get off
their camels, buy a coke, and ask the nearest man,
"Hey,
where is the King of the Jews that was born recently? We were following that
there star, well, you can't see it right now, but you could earlier. Anyway,
the star that we can sometimes see if supposedly in the direction of the baby
if we're correct. So all that summed up, do you know where this baby king
is?"
