How old was Jesus when the Wise men came to see him? Many people claim that He was a two year old child, and if you have a modern translation of the Bible God’s Written Word, you may be one…For in the account of His birth in Matthew and Luke, simple words have been changed to indicate that, which teaches to confusion..
The word used in verse (1 of Matt. 2) as *IT* reads in OKJV --
“When”. Some of the modern translations including The ~New King James~ have changed it to “after”… When Saying , “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.. when, whether being used as a noun, verb or adverb means an unspecified time period as …during the event…at the time of… but! “after” locks it into the past.. IS, is 3rd person singular present OF: to be which it could read “Where to be he born” which would not be proper “English”, but also doesn’t lock it into a past event … However IT IS more proper than changing *IS* to *Has been*… AND the wise men said, “we have seen” which is already done they, done did, saw *IT* His star, and now they have come to inquire…
How badly man can rearrange the meaning of God’s Written Word with the simple insertion, omission, OR changing of ONE simple word… Consider the scriptures and the message that God’s Written Word brings forth about the “Blessed Event
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(Matthew 2:1a-2- KJV).. Reads: “Now ~~WHEN
~~ Jesus was born in Bethlehem… saying, where ~IS~ He that IS born King of the Jews? For we ~Have seen~ His star in The East…”
(Matthew 2:1a-2 ~NKJV~) Reads: “Now ~~AFTER
~~ Jesus ~ was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, where is He who ~~Has Been~~ born…” IT IS NO Wonder, that so many folks get confused about: The Biblical Account OF The Birth of Jesus….OR any of The Blessed Scriptures.. IS IT simply ignorance, IS IT Intentional, or IS IT the subtle urgings of the same old serpent that lurked in the garden, that led mankind to change these words, to insert his own thoughts into God’s Written Word, thus changing the “Account” as The ~Newer~ more ~Modern~ Bibles are being printed… Most look harmless in the changing of the words, just making *IT* easier for some folks to understand… Really? Understand? OR Change History as IS mans habit… Listen to mankind’s account of some of the things that actually happened in your lifetime, things that you heard or saw as *IT* unfurled before your eyes… Now mankind IS actually rewriting many events to hold their own thoughts of ~What, Where, Why, or How ~ these things came to be… It may make for an interesting document to entertain some, BUT to others IT IS Making a lie out of History… AND So IT IS with the New Modernized Bibles… For Instance:
The ~First~ argument that comes forth IS: “Well, ~ALL~ Bibles are Translations, written by men, even the Original King James… BUT IT WAS translated by men who lived closer to the days of the original accounts.. And *IF* you read and study IT carefully, with the “Prayerful” Guidance of The Holy Ghost, there ARE NO conflicts in *ITS* messages… Whereas the very changing of ~ONE~ Single word sets up a domino effect that makes for much confusion and contradiction..
Another caution here to be ware of, IS The Popular Pastime of: reading The Bible from front to back, to accomplish the feat of: “Reading The Bible Through.” First that should not be ~The Goal~… To accomplish something to brag about, BUT, The goal, should and must be to ~~Learn~~ of The Wisdom That God The Father has provided in IT’S Pages for mankind to grow in, learn, follow, and use as a ~Sword~ to execute the enemy of ignorance in this life….
For example… The reading in the NKJV of: (Matthew 2:4) contradicts that which is written in verse 1.. For IT shows King Herod asked the chief priest and scribes, where the Christ ~Was To Be Born~.. Not where He Was Born as IS Indicated in the 1st verse… The OKJV does not create a contradiction…
As a child I read everything I could get my hands on.. I read many books, but today all I remember from them IS that I enjoyed reading them, and yes I read the Bible through from cover to cover, BUT all I remembered is that “Eve ate the apple”… Which is not As IT IS Written… But a popular teaching of confusion which mankind offers to little children.. Herein sets the stage for many ~False Teachings~ to emerge…
Many folks adamantly believe, that Jesus was two years old, when ~The Three Kings~ came to see Him… Do you believe this? Why???… And by the way, again it takes more than a glance of reading to obtain the full meaning and understanding of Biblical Accounts… For instance King David Wrote:
(Psalm 72: 10) .. ~The kings
~ (pleural kings) of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the ~kings~ of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts… This IS a writing of a prayer of David for his son, Solomon, who by the way fell to the false teachings of the nations which he surrounded himself with.. IT IS Also, prophesy of The Coming of Jesus the Savior… AND Matthew refers to them as wise men, and mostly Wise men are learned men, sincere studiers.. According TO The Psalms, there were more than ~Three~, and even Matthew describes them as *THE* not the three…
The reasons that have been given so far are:
1. Jesus was called a child
when they, *THE* Wise Men, came and they saw Him in a house not a manger… This IS their ~Proof positive~ fact…. Read then:
First we gotta accept the prophesy and the obedience of the Israelites, those like Mary and Joseph who followed the Law of Moses, to a “T”, That God Gave him (Moses) to pen down.
According to: (Luke 2:1-6) which tells us that Joseph and Mary although from Judea, now lived in Galilee, in the city of Nazareth… {that prophesy be fulfilled} (Matthew 2:23) He shall be called a Nazarene… AND while they were there Mary , the days were accomplished…
Some use the word young child
to confirm that Jesus was no longer a babe…But! READ:(Luke 2:5) Mary being great with *child*… refers to an unborn babe as a child . & (Matt. 1:23) “a virgin shall be with child”.. SO there goes that profound fact out the window…. This is written similar in the NKJV but reads: who was with child… still meaning and unborn babe…
Now the clincher that really shows that Jesus was not two years old, but most likely a New Born Babe is found in (Luke2:22-39)…especially (v’s. 22 & 39) when the days of her purification …according to the law of Moses…were accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem… to the Temple…bringing Mary’s cleansing sacrifice.. according to: (Leviticus 12:1-8)….she could not come into the Sanctuary until the 30 days of purification were accomplished…but when the 40 days are done she must bring a sacrifice unto the priest…
And! Immediately after all things were done according to the law, they returned to: Galilee: unto their own city Nazareth! (v.39 of Luke 2) & (Matt. 2:23)
BUT, we must understand that unless the people are ~Taught~ in truth, what is learned IS nothing more than false vanity… AND, Unless folks really care and want to seek *TRUTH*, they are content with what ever sounds good to their itching ears…
(II Timothy 4:3-5).. For the time ~Will come~ when they will ~Not~ endure *Sound Doctrine*; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears ~from THE Truth~, and shall be turned unto ~Fables~.. (Tales, Santa Claus, Lighted Trees, Tales of Made up miracles that only happen at this time of year, Easter Rabbits, hallowed spooks, and such… found in false doctrines and teachings.) BUT, *Watch* thou IN ~ALL~ Things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make ~FULL PROOF~ Of thy Ministry…. Prove what you teach, HOW? AS IT IS Written IN The Biblical Scriptures
This IS the days that we are living in, and so many are being led to ~The beauty, and fun, and passion of the seasonal celebrations, getting caught up in the flurry of tales of false teachings, that are claimed to be just for fun, but did Jesus teach us that these last days would be *FUN*?
Read, by subject, Study, by subject, compare some scriptures learn to understand ALL OF the Blessed Account of The Birth of God’s Own Son on this earth… IT Will help us have a better understanding of why the pagan customs that have entered into the ~Memorial Event~ of Christ Birth is an offense…
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