The Wise Men
During the time when Jesus was born
there was a very mean king who ruled the land, his name was King Herod. Remember
his name, because we will talk about him later.
Soon after Jesus was born, wise
men were traveling on their camels; one night they noticed a very strange star
in the sky. They knew that this star meant that the King of the Jews, the
One who would save the world had been born.
When the mean King... ( what was his
name again?) Herod heard this he got very worried.
He called a meeting with all the other
important people in the area and asked them where this special baby had been
born. The people replied, "In Bethlehem, because they heard that one
day a special person would come from there and take care of all the
people."
Then King Herod called the wise men to
a secret meeting and found out from them exactly where they saw the star.
He then told them, "Go and find this child. As soon as you find him,
tell me, so that I can go and worship him."
After they had spoken to the King, the
wise men left to find the baby. They didn't know exactly where the baby
was, but at night they followed the star in the east. They followed the
star until it hung right over the very place where Jesus was.
When they finally had arrived they were
very excited and happy. They found Jesus laying in Mary's arms, and they
bowed down and worshipped him.
After that they opened the gifts they
had brought Jesus. They were gold, frankincense and myrrh. These
were very expensive gifts, gifts that you would give to a King, not to a
baby. Mary thanked them for bringing the gifts for Jesus, and the wise
men went to find a place to sleep for the night.
As the wise men were sleeping, they
each had the same dream. They were not to go back and tell King Herod
where they found Jesus. King Herod didn't want to find Jesus to worship
him, he wanted to kill him because he was jealous that this baby would someday
be better than him.
So the wise men went home another way
so that Herod would not know where they had come from. They also decided
that they would not tell King Herod anything about what they had seen.
When the wise men had left, an angel
appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," the angel said,
"take Jesus and Mary and run away to Egypt. Stay there until I come
to you again, because Herod is going to search for Jesus to kill him."
Joseph immediately got up and woke up
Mary, and she gently picked up Jesus so he wouldn't wake from his sleep.
They left in the middle of the night for Egypt, so no one would see them.
They were safe in Egypt, and after King
Herod died an angel appeared to Joseph and told him could go to a place called
Nazareth. And that's where Jesus grew up.
Ask them who they think was the real King of the Jews, King Herod, or the
baby that the wise men found? Why didn't anyone else in Israel know that
the star meant that Jesus was born? Because no one was looking and
listening for God's signs. What if God is speaking to you but you're not
listening? Then let's pray for God to help you hear His voice and see the
signs He gives you so you can see the miracles you need.
Enjoy the activities and have a great week!
Let's prepare some craft of the wise man, colouring, cut and glue
No comments:
Post a Comment