Advent 22 Why we Celebrate Christmas wk 3

The first two individuals we investigated from the Scripture narrative who were greatly influenced by the coming of Jesus as Immanuel were Saul/Paul and John the Baptist. The third were a group of Gentile astronomers from near East who observed a special star over Judah in Israel and pointed to the prophesy of Balaam in Numbers 24:15 and the prophet Micah. They traveled far to Jerusalem to find this speical child, only to encounter King Herod who was disturbed and threatened by their news.