The Star and the Magi (like you may not have heard before ...)
Dec 19, 2020•28 min
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Episode description
Twenty seven minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on Matthew 2:1-12 (with possibly a few surprises in store)
Show notes
Introduction: the Christmas conjunction
- Exposing an underlying Structure
- Who actually were the guys on the camels?
- Magi
- How many?
- What were they?
- Where were they from?
- When did they come?
- Magi
- What led them to journey to Bethlehem?
- Faithful Daniel
- Micah's promise
- The conjunction of Bible, astronomy and astrology
- Who actually were the guys on the camels?
- Unfolding that structure's significance (like, Who cares?)
- A tale of two outsiders and enemies
- Their key roles in Matthew's Nativity
- Conclusion
- Historical faith
- Christ's universal Kingship
- Grace to the most unexpected (worshipping) outsiders
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