Why do you think that Herod was troubled when he heard that the Magi have come to worship Jesus?

Why is it significant that Jesus was born in Bethlehem?  What does that tell us about who he was, and what he would do?

Read Micah 5:1-6.  What does this tell us about the Messiah who would eventually come from Bethlehem?  How does Jesus fulfill these prophecies?

Read 1 Kings 10:14-29 (a description of the gold that belonged to King Solomon).  Why is it significant that one of the gifts of the magi was gold?  What does that gift tell us about the person and work of Jesus?

Read Exodus 30:34-38 (instructions about the use of frankincense for worshipping God) and Revelation 8:1-5 (description of God being worshipped with incense).  Why is it significant that one of the gifts of the magi was frankincense?  What does that gift tell us about the person and work of Jesus?

Read Mark 15:22-25 and John 19:38-42.  Why is it significant that one of the gifts of the magi was myrrh?  What does that gift foreshadow?

What does it look like to acknowledge the kingship of Jesus in ours lives?  What does it look like to refuse to acknowledge his kingship?  How can we practically seek to do the former, and guard against the latter?

What does it look like to acknowledge the divinity of Jesus in ours lives?  What does it look like to refuse to acknowledge his divinity?  How can we practically seek to do the former, and guard against the latter?

What does it look like to see Jesus as our suffering savior, and to respond rightly in our lives?  How can we be actively seeking to do this?

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