That sounds good to me.BarredBuff said:
Either a book or specific topic, or question. I don't know if I can do an entire chapter everyday, but I will try to stay up with you all
Im going to try to do a chapter everyday. We need to do a prominent book most people are not educated in. Any suggestions?Wannabefree said:That sounds good to me.BarredBuff said:
Galations!BarredBuff said:Im going to try to do a chapter everyday. We need to do a prominent book most people are not educated in. Any suggestions?Wannabefree said:That sounds good to me.BarredBuff said:
Thats an idea!Bubblingbrooks said:Galations!BarredBuff said:Im going to try to do a chapter everyday. We need to do a prominent book most people are not educated in. Any suggestions?Wannabefree said:That sounds good to me.
Galatians is where I have been doing a LOT of studying! So, I would personally be very happy with that, and I know I could keep up with you guys that way!!Bubblingbrooks said:Galations!BarredBuff said:Im going to try to do a chapter everyday. We need to do a prominent book most people are not educated in. Any suggestions?Wannabefree said:That sounds good to me.
There's actually a deeper meaning to the gifts than just the expensive involved. I'm not sure if I remember now exactly what it is w/out looking it up, but I seem to recall that the gold was to signify His royalty. The frankincense His role as priest, and the myrrh was used for embalming, thus signifying His death.Wannabefree said:Interesting translations from Hebrew and Greek
Magi plural of magus, magos. Meaning simply "wise men" very similar to the hebrew word chakam.
Hebrew: Chakam means intelligent, skillful, artful or cunning man.
These were educated men in one form or another. No one knows for sure what country from which they came, but some have speculated it could have been Media, Persia, Assyria, or Babylon as these were the only places with known Magian preists at the time. Anyway...
Wise men apparently consisted of three different types: (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers.
Guess which was most likely the skill of the Magi who visited Jesus? Very likely astrologers, as they followed the star to find the child. It doesn't say particularly but one could easily make that assumption.
The bible doesn't specifically say that there were 3, this is an assumption from the number and types of gifts that were given to Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The gifts reflected the aspects of Christ's nature: gold to a king, myrrh to one who will die, and incense, as homage to a God. These gifts were very expensive gifts, thus the assuption as well that these men may have been kings or at least very wealthy maybe even prominent men. You can draw your own conclusions, but this, to me, sheds a little more light on the circumstances of the Magi's arrival, and gives a deeper sense of their intent with such gifts. They came to worship, and they came on a long journey to do so, bringing the Messiah only the finest of gifts. I think it's sweet
