Third Sunday of Advent – The Joy of our worship! - Matthew 2:1-12
Third Sunday of Advent – The Joy of our worship! - Matthew 2:1-12 By Pastor Lee Hemen December 15, 2013 AM Though not everyone agrees on the timing of the arrival of the Magi from the East, they apparently came some time after the birth of Jesus. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, though still in Bethlehem, were now in a house (oikia, Matthew 2:11) but it can also mean place or residence, and could have been used generically by Matthew to describe where Mary and Joseph were simply staying for the moment. However, we also discover that Jesus was called a little child (paidion, Matthew 2:9, 11) rather than a newborn infant (brephos, Luke 2:12). Whether this is true or not is not the focus of the verses, but rather what was the focus of the Magi's worship. In fact, we discover what the joy of our worship is to be as we study the story of the Magi. When my wife and I first began to date, I would drive hundreds of miles, often times during very bad weather just to see her. I wrote her letters whe...