(Full Service) The King: Wise Men Still Seek Him

The Story of the Magi “worshipping” Jesus provides a great epilogue to the kingship motif of the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew does not spend time on the narrative of Jesus as a baby but skips ahead two years to show the contrast between how the gentiles responded to His birth and how the people of Israel responded. Jesus is shown to be prophetically born in Bethlehem and contrasted with the current “king” who is there at that time: Herod.