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When a person lives a life of perpetual service to humanity, and thus learns to give all that he has for the welfare of humanity, he becomes a recipient of the unceasing in ow of Divine Grace and receives the in nite treasure of the Kingdom of Heaven. By the joyous momentum of renunciation, he attains Self-realization.
King Herod represents the impure ego, which is frightened to lose its power at the emergence of Divine Aspiration—Jesus Christ. It tries its utmost to destroy such aspiration by destroying the newborn babies, because it is afraid to lose its attachments to possessions, relationships with others, and worldly values. However, spiritual aspiration cannot be destroyed; it outgrows the time of Herod and his tyranny.
The three Sages do not return to Herod. The course of Nature, which was beholden to the king, now detaches itself from him and offers its gifts to Jesus. In other words, there is a transformation of energy. Impure ego is gradually deprived of Nature’s gifts, and spiritual aspiration becomes the focus of one’s life—the movement towards God.
The Genealogy of Christ
In the prelude to the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew, Christ is said to be “the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Then following in the genealogy is an enumeration of all