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| …Magi from the east came to Jerusalem… |
| —Matthew 2:1b |
A very popular Christian bumper sticker boldly declares the title of this blog post. In this post-modern, post-Christian culture, some women are offended that they have been left out. But, of course, they really haven’t been left out at all.
In the Koine Greek language of the New Testament, the word “men” often has the meaning of “mankind”—that is “male men” and “female men.” We should not let our own cultural sensitivities cloud the underlying message.
Wise ones still seek Jesus. As the Apostle Matthew records in Matthew 2:1-2:
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.
Yes, wise men and wise women, wise girls and wise boys, do still seek the Great King Jesus. If you have a longing in your heart to “love Him more dearly and to follow Him more nearly,” God has placed that desire in your heart.
Let us rejoice this day that we seek Jesus because in God’s mercy, grace, and love—before the foundation of the earth—God chose us to belong to Himself.
Based on a blog originally posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
