One of the questions Herod had for the wise men was when the star first appeared. We do not have a record of their answer but from the age of the babies murdered we assume it was two years earlier. This meant a two year journey.
Most of the guesses I have heard place the wise men in Persia. Persia was not a two year journey from Israel. Common sense would say that they came from even farther away. I am suggesting China. It is possible that one started from China and picked up kindred spirits along the way. This is another one of those questions we don’t have answers for which means we don’t need to know the answer.
What could be incouraging for us today is that they were able to find the Christ child with very little real information. They had their knowledge of the stars and a willingness to follow where God leads. That might be a good Christmas gift for us to model this year.
Merry Christmas.
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