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    The document summarizes the biblical story of the Three Wise Men or Magi who visited baby Jesus. It describes the Three Kings - Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar - following the divine star to bring gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Jesus. However, when meeting with the evil King Herod to inquire about the newborn king, they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod and instead fled to their home countries to protect Jesus from Herod's plan to kill all baby boys.

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    Twelfth Night celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings to the

    birthplace of Christ. It is on January 5th. Eastern Orthodox


    churches celebrate the Three Kings on a different day.

    The Three Kings are:

    Caspar, King of Tarsus -The land of Myrrh

    Melchior, King of Arabia-The land of Gold

    Balthasar, King of Saba Frankincense flows from trees.

    Three Kings or the Wise


    Men are vital part of the
    Nativity scenes and birth
    of Christ acted again and
    again in churches at
    Christmas. They
    travelled for miles to see
    baby Jesus and brought
    him the gifts of gold,
    frankincense and myrrh.
    Known as the Magi
    (scholars, priests or
    astrologers), these three
    men were first mentioned
    in the New Testament as
    the 'wise men from the
    East'.

    They followed the divine star that led them to the child Jesus to worship the Messiah
    and brought gifts for him. Since, these men were from different cultures and bore rich
    gifts that were laden on many camels, they caused quite a stir in Jerusalem and were
    highly regarded. They came inquiring about the newborn 'King of the Jews'. What made
    their arrival even stranger was that coming of the foreign kings and gentiles bearing
    gifts of gold and frankincense for the promised Messiah was foretold in the scriptures.
    Accord to the legend, there were three Magi and they were so talked about that they
    attracted the attention of King Herod too. Herod the Great was one of the kings
    sharing a family name of 'Herod' who held the throne at the time of Jesus's birth. He
    was evil, tyrannical and delighted in torturing his Jewish
    subjects. He was very suspicious and levied heavy taxes on
    his people. When he came to know that some distinguished
    visitors have entered his kingdom, he consulted his priests to
    know more about the ancient prophecy that predicted the
    birth of Christ in Bethlehem and he was to be the future
    ruler of Israel. Then, he invited Magi to his court and told
    them that the Messiah was born in the city of Bethlehem and
    asked them to find the child and inform his whereabouts to
    the king so he could also go and worship the child.

    The Magi who were being led by the divine star followed
    Herod's directions and the Christmas Star and reached
    Bethlehem. There, they found Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus in a lowly stable.
    They worshipped the Child and gave Him the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. As
    they fell asleep that night, they were warned in the dream not to go back to Jerusalem
    and King Herod. Similarly, Joseph and Mary were asked to leave Bethlehem immediately
    with the Holy Child until Herod dies. Thus, Magi took a different route to their homes
    and Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt with the baby before Herod realized that Magi had
    given him a slip and ordered all the children under two to be put to death.

    True False

    1. The Three Kings came to visit King Herod


    2. They walked and followed a star that showed them
    the way
    3. They found Baby Jesus in a stable with his parents and
    worshipped him.
    4. Then they went back to their countries without seeing
    King Herod again.
    5. King Herod noticed that he had been deceived by them
    and was very cruel with the little children.

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