THE EPIPHANY

 

 

 

 

 

THE EPIPHANY

 

 

Do you know

What the word epiphany means

 

Maybe you have even said,

“I had an epiphany moment”

 

It means

To have a moment of revelation or insight

Usually through

Some simple or common occurrence or experience

 

In Christianity---specifically---it means

The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

In the persons of the Magi—the 3 wise men

 

I wonder if they new---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

He 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 befitting 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 Jesus---our King

 

Herod met with the magi

And asked them to report to him

Where OUR BABY KING could be found

In order to kill him

 

But the magi

Were warned in a dream

So 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

 

I wonder---WHEN or if

OUR EPIPHANY MOMENT

 

Is going to come in today’s world

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-7-12

 

Today---1-8-12—is the feast day of the EPIPHANY

And  1-4-2026