A colleague of mine, Dennis Murphy sent me this clip and meditation for Christmas and I share it with you.
I must warn you that the Wingclips clip is a bit long, but it is very powerful.
We remember so easily at Christmas that God came in the form of a child, but we forget why...
The 3 gifts help us refocus on the ultimate meaning of Christmas: Gold-power/king of kings; Frankincense-incense for priests. he's our intercessor/go between making God and His Holy Spirit accessable to all of us; Myrrh--spice for embalming, he came to be the sacrifice for our sins. Which is why we take communion. to remember he wasnt just a baby...grown to be a good, holy man...but he was God himself giving up his life for us, so that we may know that we have eternal life.
To be absolutely correct, we're not sure there were three kings, only three gift, we don't know if they rode camels, although it is probable, and we don't know if they came to the manger or at a little later time to the house where they were living--most likely, but artistic and popular assumptions aside, three gifts were brought by wise men to worship Jesus.
This morning, let us focus on Jesus, King, Priest, and one who willingly sacrificed his life for us.
Video clip: http://wingclips.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16552&category_id=549
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