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The wicked things to God
in danger of being fed by wolves and that is waiting for the
voice of the shepherd, so it highlighted such fact by making
the shepherds be the first witness.
It says in Matthew 2 that the Magi of the Gentiles saw the
sign of the star that the king was born, and they came
from a few hundred kilometers along the star and bowed
down and worshiped the child Jesus, then they opened their
treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and incense
and myrrh. This meant that it caused the Gentiles to become
the witnesses of the birth of Jesus who came into the world,
and to offer gold as the sign to receive Him as a king by
worshiping the child Jesus who was the king of kings, and
they also gave incense as the sign to receive the Savior who
came as the mediator between God and man, and incense
was used for the sacrifices of the temple, so incense was a
symbol to sign Jesus who came as the mediator of His people.
That is why it means that the Gentiles also receive Jesus who
is the mediator of those who come to God. Myrrh was a sign
for the burial of Jesus who came to suffer and to die for the
redemption of sin. It means that it caused the Gentiles also
to offer gifts as the sign to receive the Messiah who has come
as the Savior.
Of course, it was not that the Magi acted after they
had known the deep spiritual will of God. God caused them,
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