THE EPIPHANY

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 the 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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