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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Jun 18, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article):   
      
   > The 3 wisemen visited the baby Jesus?   
      
   The Visit of the Wise Men   
      
   Mat 2: 1NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod   
   the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem,   
   asking,   
      
   Mat 2:2 Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His   
   star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him. [Num 24:17; Jer   
   23:5; Zec 9:9]   
      
   Mat 2:3 When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbedand troubled, and the   
   whole of Jerusalem with him.   
      
   Mat 2:4 So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes)   
   of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.   
      
   Mat 2:5 They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by   
   the prophet:   
      
   Mat 2:6 And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least   
   or insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a   
   Ruler (Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel. [Mic 5:2]   
      
   Mat 2:7 Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and   
   accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing   
   of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its   
   rising in the east].   
      
   Mat 2:8 Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go and search for the Child   
   carefully and diligently, and when you have found Him, bring me word, that I   
   too may come and worship Him.   
      
   Mat 2:9 When they had listened to the king, they went their way, and behold,   
   the star which had been seen in the east in its rising went before them until   
   it came and stood over the place where the young Child was.   
      
   Mat 2:10 When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy.   
      
   Mat 2:11 And on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His   
   mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure   
   bags, they presented to Him gifts--gold and frankincense and myrrh.   
      
   Mat 2:12 And receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely   
   instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to   
   their own country by a different way.   
      
   Notice, they were looking for the "Messiah" and all of Jerusalem was a buzz   
   about these things. Do you really feel they left, as pagans?   
      
   Now then, being as you say you believe ALL the Bible, do you now believe that   
   Jesus is the Christ? God on earth a foretold and celebrated by all the   
   Heavenly Hosts on his Birth Day?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)