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Tue 5 Jan 🌖 The three wise kings
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🤴🏼🤴🏽🤴🏿They Were Never Kings
Matthew's Gospel says: μάγοι. Magoi. Magi.
Not kings. Astrologers. Star-readers from the East.
In Persia, magoi were priests. In India, they'd be called ज्योतिषी - Jyotishi. Those who read the light.
📜The Names Came Later
Matthew never named them.
Melchor, Gaspar, Baltasar appear in 6th century mosaics in Ravenna, Italy.
Before that? Different traditions had different names.
Syria: Larvandad, Gushnasaf, Hormisdas.
Armenia: Baltasar from Arabia, Melkon from Persia, Gaspar from India.
🎁🎁🎁Three Gifts. Three Meanings.
Gold for kingship.
Frankincense for divinity.
Myrrh for mortality.
The Bhagavad Gita teaches: त्रिगुणात्मक - Trigunatmak. The three qualities of existence.
Sattva (purity), Rajas (passion), Tamas (darkness).
Everything divine, human, and mortal.
💛But Here's What They Actually Gave
Not abstractions. Real things.
Gold: wealth to survive exile in Egypt.
Frankincense: medicine for pain.
Myrrh: embalming oil for burial.
They gave what the child would actually need. Not symbolic. Practical.
Kingship. Life. Death.
👑The Real Question
If you were traveling to honor someone today, what would you bring?
Not what looks good. What they actually need.
Gold? Your time.
Frankincense? Your presence.
Myrrh? Your honesty about hard truths.
What are you actually giving the people you claim to honor?
Drop it below. 👇
Imperfect. Practical. Present. 🌖🦚
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