THE EPIPHANY
Do you know
What the word epiphany means
Maybe you have even said,
“I had an epiphany”
It means
A moment of revelation or insight
Usually through
Some simple or common occurrence---an experience
In Christianity---specifically
It is the manifestation of
Christ
To the gentiles
In the persons of the magi---the 3 wise men
I wonder
If they knew---really knew
That they were looking at God himself
All those years ago
Did they really have an epiphany
At that very moment
I don’t know
But I do know this
In Matthew 2
Matthew tells us he story
“Magi from the East
Came to Jerusalem
and asked,
“Where is the one
Who was born King of the Jews
We saw his star in the East
And have come to worship him”
Pretty smart---these 3 wise men
And they brought gifts
Gifts befitting of a King
Gold-incense-and myrrh
And I do know this
Herod was worried enough
About his kingship
To want to kill our newborn baby King
He met with the Magi
And asked them to report to him
Where our baby could be found
But they were warned in a dream
They did not go back to Herod
And returned home
By another route
Pretty smart---these 3 wise men
I guess they did
Have an epiphany after all
“But you Bethlehem
In the land
of Judah
Are by no means
Least among the rulers of Judah ;
For out of you
Will come a ruler
Who will be the Shepherd
Of my people Israel ” Matthew
2:6
We could learn a lot
From these 3 wise men
I wonder---when or if
Our epiphany moment
Is going to come in today’s world
Robert P. Wallman
1-7-12
Ps today
1-6-13 is the feast of the Epiphany
WITNESS 1-7-13
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