David says in the beginning of
Psalm 19, that the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament
showeth his handiwork. The heavens declare the glory
of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Yes, the heavens,
the stars, the sun, the moon, indeed the creation around us
as we read in Romans 1, demonstrate God's handiwork, they demonstrate
his eternal power and Godhead. They show how vast, how huge,
how wondrous his power is in creation, in being able to bring
forth this world and the heavens and space around this world by
a mere utterance of his voice. God spake and it was. The vastness,
the infinity of space, of the universe, of the galaxies all
around us is so huge, so great, that it leaves man without excuse. Anyone who looks at the world
around us, anyone who looks up into space, anyone who looks
at the stars, at the firmament, has no excuse not to know that
behind all these things there is a great force, a great power,
a great creative God. The invisible things of God from
the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead,
so that they are without excuse. How great the universe is, how
massive it is, and how small we are upon this world, in the
little town, in a little corner of this world, how small we are
in the creation of God, how great his creation is, and how great
he is Yet into such a dark world, from such a vast height, this
One who is so great, so powerful, so mighty, came into the presence
of those who are so small, so weak, so feeble. Yes, His glory is revealed in
the heavens, And in Matthew in chapter two, we read of some
men who were given to looking into the heavens, who observed
the heavens. Men who saw the lights in the
heavens, who observed the stars and the moving of the sun and
the stars and the moon, who observed the times and the seasons. Men
whose gaze was not merely set upon the minutiae of this world,
upon the cares of everyday life, but wise men who looked up, wise
men who looked into the heights, wise men who set their gaze not
upon the earth but in the heavens, wise men who saw a star in the
east, wise men. Now when Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold,
there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, where
is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star
in the east, and I come to worship him. When Herod the king had
heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And
when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of
the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem
of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou, Bethlehem,
in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of
Judah. For out of thee shall come a
governor that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had
privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what
time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem
and said, Go and search diligently for the young child. And when
ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship
him also. When they had heard the king,
they departed. And lo, the star which they saw
in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where
the young child was. When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. When they saw the star,
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Yes these wise men looked up
and when they looked they beheld a star in the east and they knew
something of the meaning of this star for they were drawn to follow
the star and to look for the king who would be born the king
of the Jews. They knew what this star meant
and they knew where it led them. They knew that there was one
who would come at one time who would be born the king of the
Jews. And when they saw this star at the appointed hour, they
followed. And they went on a great journey
that took them many months. And at last they came to where
he was. And yet when they came to the
Jews, And when they came to him who at that time was the earthly
king of the Jews, Herod, Herod was troubled. And all Jerusalem
was troubled with him. For he did not know that the
one promised to be born had been born. And he did not know where
he was born. and he was troubled that one
should be born who would be a king and who would usurp his authority
as king. These Jews and the king of these
Jews who should have been looking for the arrival of their Messiah,
their king, their Christ, knew nothing of his arrival. Herod's
scribes and wise men whom he called upon to tell him where
Christ should be born had not been looking. They had the scriptures. They knew the scriptures. When
Herod demanded of them they searched and they came and they were able
to find the place in the prophets where it is written and thou
Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the princes
of Judah for out of thee shall come a governor that shall rule
my people Israel. They were able to find the place
they knew that he had been prophesied of. And yet when after many hundreds
of years he finally was born, they were found out by wise men
from the East. Gentiles came in their midst
looking for the King, the Christ, and all Jerusalem was found sleeping. They didn't know what was going
on in their midst. And not only were they found
sleeping, but they were troubled that Christ was born in their
midst. Indeed, Herod's reaction is so
furious when he finally hears from the wise men after they
have been to find Christ. He's so furious that he seeks
to slay him. He is not welcome. He was not
sought for. He was not seen. He was not welcomed. He was opposed. But there were
wise men from the east whose gaze, unlike Herod's, was not
upon this earth and upon pleasure and upon wanton excess that they
might gather in this earth. But they had their gaze in the
heavens and they saw a light in the heavens They saw a star. And when they saw the light,
they followed the light. And the light which they saw
led them to a babe, to a child who had been born in Bethlehem. It led them to Christ. It brought
them to Christ. Now this account of the wise
men coming to worship Christ is only found in Matthew's gospel. It's the only one of the four
Gospels that records this account. There's obviously a reason why
this is only in Matthew. Why is it only in Matthew? Well,
Matthew's Gospel is written to present to us the Messiah, the
King of the Jews. It gives his genealogy right
back to Abraham through David. through the carrying away into
Babylon, unto Mary and Joseph and the birth of Christ. 14 generations
from Abraham to David, another 14 generations into Babylon,
and then another 14 generations into the birth of Christ. We
have him declared to us as he who would be born a saviour,
he who was Messiah, He who is born in Bethlehem of Judea, the
King of the Jews. Here is irrevocable proof to
all the Jews, to Israel, that this one who was born in Bethlehem,
this one who was nailed to a tree in Jerusalem, this one whom they
rejected and put to death in the end, was this one of whom
all the prophets bake, their King, their Christ, their Messiah. Therefore he is presented as
the King, as the King of the Jews, as him whom the wise should
seek. as him who would come to establish
a kingdom, as he who is the king in his kingdom, the one who rules
in his kingdom, the one who is indeed the king of the Jews.
Yet when he came to his people, the Jews, the Jews did not receive
him. He came unto his own, as John
declares, and his own received him not. They who had been given
the most light in the Scriptures, and in the dealings of God with
them over many years, sat in darkness. And when he who is
the light was born in their midst, and when his light, his star,
shone in the heavens above, and led wise men from the east unto
his place where he was, the Jews round about, still had their
eyes shut. They were in darkness. Their
king was born in their midst. And they who should receive their
king into the kingdom had their eyes shut. And when others, Gentiles,
came to them declaring what they had seen, they were troubled.
So why does Matthew record this? Because he is indeed the king.
and because his kingdom, which he comes to bring in, the kingdom
of God, the kingdom of heaven, is not as the Jews thought it
would be. His kingdom was not simply the
kingdom of an earthly nation somewhere in the Middle East.
The citizens of his kingdom were not only those who were the literal
physical descendants of Abraham, His kingdom was not only of the
Jews at that day. They thought that they were God's
people. They thought that they were the
ones to whom Messiah would come and they would be the ones who
would be in his kingdom and he would rule over them and fight
the Gentiles on their behalf. Yet they, who had departed from
God's ways, they whose hearts are grown cold, they who had
become hardened to God and His truth, were they who were blind
to His coming when He came, and they who were blind to the reality
of the kingdom which this Messiah, this King would bring in. For
His kingdom is not of this world. It is not of this world. He did
not come to establish a kingdom on this world, a physical kingdom,
an earthly kingdom. This One who came, the King of
the Jews, came from heaven above. And this one who came as the
king of kings and the lord of lords came to establish his kingdom,
a heavenly kingdom, the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven. His kingdom was not just for
the Jews, but it was for the Gentiles, for all nations, for
all tribes, for all tongues and for all kindreds. When He came,
He came to bring in His kingdom to all men, in all nations, to
all types of men, to all countries. His kingdom is vastly greater
than ever the Jews at this time had envisioned. the prophets
of old who spoke of him and who spoke of his kingdom and who
spoke of his reign spake not just of an earthly king and an
earthly kingdom. but they spake of God's King,
God's Son, the King from heaven above, who would bring in an
everlasting kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, an everlasting kingdom,
an everlasting righteousness, an everlasting reign, an everlasting
rule. His citizens of his kingdom would
be from all tongues and all tribes and all kindreds. And this is
why when he came, that the ones who saw the signs in the heavens,
the ones who saw the star, the ones who saw the light in the
heavens, the ones who were led to the king, the one who heralded
the news of his coming, were not Jews, were not from Israel,
but were wise men, Gentiles, from the east, from the east. Yes, this record is in Matthew
to teach us two things, that the gospel, Christ's salvation
of his people, his kingdom, those whom he should save are from
all nations, not all men in all nations. but those people for
whom he died called out of all nations, a great company, a vast
company, but a company whom he was given to save, chosen by
the father, given to the son, redeemed out of every tribe,
kindred and nation, Jews and Gentiles. And secondly, this
is recorded in this way in Matthew's gospel, that the wise men saw
the light in the heavens, they saw the star, and they came searching
for the one of whom that star spake. And they came to Israel,
and the king of Israel and the Jews in Israel knew nothing of
it. This is recorded in this way
to teach us this vital truth, that Christ and his gospel is
not revealed to us, according to the natural intellect, according
to our natural birth or privilege. It was not those who were born
Jews who had the heritage who recognized him at his coming,
but it was first those who were outside, who were Gentiles, who
had their eyes opened by God to look into the heavens and
to see a light in the heavens and to follow that light to the
Savior. And today, the Gospel is not revealed to those who
by their own intellect or by their own privilege of birth
will think that they can discover the truth. You can be brought
up in a Christian home. You can have the Bible, the Scriptures. You can go to church every week. You can hear the Gospel preached
week by week. But like these Jews of old, you
can be as blind to Christ and His coming as any other. You
can have every privilege of birth, every privilege, every advantage. You can have the scriptures,
you can have the wisest of minds, the brightest of minds. You can
read the scriptures from cover to cover. You can hear a preacher
week by week every week. You can be brought up in a Christian
home. You can have every advantage. and still be as blind to spiritual
realities as any other man in this world. You can be as blind
as the darkest Gentile, as those who live in the darkest of lands,
who've never had the scriptures, who've never had the slightest
advantage, who know nothing of the truth. You can be as blind
as they are to Christ and His coming, for these things are
not made known. by nature. They're not revealed
to natural reason or natural wisdom. None of these things
will let you see Christ. He must be revealed to you. You
must be led forth by light. The eyes must be opened. You
must see light in the heavens. You must see his glory. You must
hear his gospel. God must reveal him to you. And
Matthew's gospel opens with this evident reminder that those who
were given to see Christ at his coming were those who were the
least advantaged. Gentiles from the east who had
seen a star in the heavens. When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. When they saw the star they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Have you seen the star? Have you seen the star? Have you looked into the heavens? Have you seen a light in the
heavens? Has that heavenly light led you
to the one He was born in Bethlehem, the King of the Jews. Have you
seen the star? And having seen the star, and
being led to that one born the Saviour, the Christ, the Messiah,
has your heart, like these wise men, rejoiced with exceeding
great joy? Have you seen the star? Consider
these wise men, They're not described as kings.
We're not told how many there are of them. The traditions of
men tell us that there are three kings that came from the east.
Nevertheless, the scriptures teach that there were wise men
from the east. Wise men. What did their wisdom
stand in? Are they wise because they were
wise? or are they wise because God
gave them wisdom to look up, because he opened their eyes,
because he opened their understanding, because he revealed the truth
to them, because he made himself known unto them as he who is
wisdom. They were wise because they saw,
and because they followed, and because they came, and because
the Lord led them to Him who was born, the King of the Jews,
the Savior of sinners. These wise men were from the
East, from another kingdom, not from Judea, not from Israel,
but from a far kingdom. They were from the East, Now
what is particular about the east? Well the east is where
the sun rises. The sun rises in the east and
sets in the west. We know Japan is often referred
to as the land of the rising sun in the far east. The sun
rises in the east. And these men that came to Christ
to worship Him were from the East. They were from that place
where the sun rises. The sun, the light, the glory. And this is pictorial of that
sun who would come. The one who was referred to in
Malachi as the son of righteousness. Christ, the son of God. they from the east saw the star
they looked up and they beheld the light they beheld the light
they saw the light that comes from the sun they saw the light
that came from his star and seeing the light they followed the light
They were wise for they looked into the heavens. They didn't
have their gaze upon earth. They weren't taken up with everything
that goes on in this earth. They weren't taken up with their
own gain and pleasures and riches in this earth. They were taken
up with the heavens and their wisdom came from above. Where
is your wisdom? Where is your wisdom? Are you
wise or are you a fool? Do you look into the heavens?
Not physically into the heavens but do you look up? Do you look
up? Has God given you faith to look
up as he opened your understanding as he has sounded an alarm in
your hearts to look up beyond this world to that which is above,
that which is heavenly, that which is glorious. Where is your
wisdom? The fool have said in his heart
there is no God. What does your heart say? Do
you look up? Do you look for God? For his
coming, for his salvation? The wise do, those who are made
wise unto salvation know that this world will come to an end. They know that their life will
draw to a close. They know that there is a Creator
who drew out the vast firmaments of heaven, who spread the stars
in the skies above, who put the sun and the moon and the planets
in their orbits, who brought forth living things upon this
earth. They know there's a Creator. and they know that they are accountable
to that creator. They know that their life ebbs
away to a close and that what they do and what they say in
this life they will have to answer for. They know that they will
come to stand before this great almighty God who spake and brought
forth all into being. Who spake and brought forth them
into being. Who speaks and causes them to
live. And they know that if they are
brought to account before such a God, that they will be found
wanting, for they are sinful through and through. They are
wretched, they are vile, they are base. Yes, their wisdom was
not found in earthly things. Their wisdom stood in that revelation
which came from the light from above. that taught them what
they were, that taught them their need of salvation, that led them
to the one who was born to save them. Where is your wisdom this
day? Do you know what you are? Do
you know your need? Have you seen a star in the heavens? Has that light led you forth? Where are your footsteps going? These wise men journeyed, they
journeyed month in and month out. You don't embark on such
a journey unless you're determined to reach the end. These wise
men journeyed, they took footsteps, they walked, they rode, they
were heading somewhere. They were heading to where this
star, this light would lead them. Where are your footsteps taking
you this day? Where are you heading in your
life? What is your destination? What do you hope to reach? What
are you hoping for? Are you hoping for riches? Are
you hoping for friends, for family, for a big house? What are you
hoping for? Do you think you'll be able to
take those with you when you die? What is your greatest riches? What do you desire? Where are
your feet going? The wise follow the light in
the heavens. They follow it, step by step,
week by week, year by year, until it brings them to one who was
born the King of the Jews. Wise men were brought to worship
the Son of God. Wise men. Wise men. We read elsewhere of the shepherds
who came to worship Christ. The shepherds who came to see
the babe. His birth was heralded by shepherds
and by wise men from the east. While the rest of Judea The rest
of Israel had no room for him, had no time for him, had no care
for him. Yes, it was shepherds who sought
him out and wise men. The shepherds, of course, are
a picture of those shepherds that Christ sends to feed his
flock. They are a picture of preachers
of the gospel. We see in the shepherds being
brought forth to worship the babe born in Bethlehem, we see
the preachers come to worship the saviour. Those who would
go forth from his presence to bring the glad tidings to all
those to whom they are sent. and we see the wise men also,
heavenly men, men who look above, men who have their eyes opened,
who too come to see the Saviour and who too rejoice in beholding
Him, who rejoice with great joy and who go forth to declare His
glory for all to whom they will be brought. Wise men, they came
to a King They came to him who was born the king of the Jews,
born in Bethlehem, born in a stable, born in what is called a manger,
which has become quite a quaint name by tradition. When we heard
the word manger in our language these days, we think of something
quite nice. become such a tradition the heir
of the birth of Christ and how he's born in a manger that we
completely lose sight of just what a manger really is. A manger
is simply a trough in which the cattle feed. This one who was
born the king of Jews had as his bed a cattle trough. a dirty filthy trough in which
the food for the cattle and the sheep would be poured and they
would eat out of it. That was his bed, a dirty vile
stable because every room, every inn was taken up by those who
had no time for him. And he was laid in a dirty vile
trough from which animals fed. The world did not want this man
who was born in their midst. Israel did not want him who was
born king of the Jews. This king who was born was rejected. He was cast out. He came unto
his own and his own received him not. And yet he still came. He still came. He knew what would
face him when he came, and yet he still came. He came for his
own, and his own are brought to him. Though Israel had no
time for him, the wise men were led, and the wise men found him,
and the wise men worshipped. He came. Why did he come? Why did he come? To what end?
He came to die for his own. This one born King of the Jews
came for this purpose, that he should lay down his life for
sinners. That he should lay down his life
for those for whom he came. For those whose King he is. He came the King and Savior of
his people. but he came to die. The Jews
that should have received him, and yet who rejected him, at
the end so despised him, so turned in rage against him, that they
said, away with him, away with him, crucify him. We will not have this man to
reign over us. Crucify him, crucify him. and they handed him over to the
Romans and the Romans took him and they nailed him to a tree
and they lifted him up. They lifted him up in the midday
sun. They lifted him up in the morning
and he hung there for hours as the midday sun came upon him.
in the heat of the day to die, to suffer and to die in the place
of sinners. This is why he came. Why? Why should this one born the
King of the Jews die? Why should this one who came
to save his people from their sins, this one named Jesus, for
he shall save his people from their sins, why should he die?
Why should he be nailed to a tree? Because it's the only way that
God could reconcile dead sinful men like you and me unto himself. It's the only way that he could
take our sins away. It's the only way that he could
be a just God and a savior. It's the only way that he could
judge the sins of his people. and take those sins away and
yet still bring those people to everlasting life. God cannot
turn a blind eye to sin. He's an all-knowing, all-powerful,
all-righteous, all-holy God. He cannot look upon sin. He cannot
just turn a blind eye to it. It must be judged. And it will
either be judged in us an eternal damnation, an eternal darkness,
where there is no light, where there's no possibility of seeing
a star, where the time for seeing a star has gone, where the star
that leads to the Savior is no more seen. It will either lead
us to eternal darkness as we bear its judgment forevermore,
or that judgment of our sins would be poured out upon another.
For Christ came as a substitute. He came as one who would stand
in the place of his own. He came as the one who would
stand in the place of that people whom he loved. that people whom
he was the king of, that people whom he came to save, he would
stand in their place and willing to stand in their place he was
willing to go even to the cross and he was willing even to be
nailed to the cross and willing to be lifted up and willing to
have his father lay upon him their sins and to be made their
sin. as the light of the sun was taken
away, and as the wrath of God poured down from heaven above
upon him, and as his own father beat him, and bruised him, and
slew him, that he should take away sins. Have you beheld this
one who came, the King of the Jews? The wise men followed the
star, And they came to where the young child was. And when
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Why
did they rejoice? They rejoiced because they knew
that this was the King. This was their Savior. He had
come to save them. But that light that led them
there, That light that revealed this babe, this child, or at
the time which they came to see him, he'd have been much older
than that, he'd have been a child by then. not older than two years
old, but soon after when they led, Herod slew all the children
in Judea, all the children around Bethlehem that were two years
old and under, for he worked out how old Christ would have
been. He was at maximum two years old, but he was older than a
babe at this point when the wise men came. They knew where the
young child was. And they knew that this young
child would be their savior. They knew that he had come into
this world to save them. but that light that led them
there would also need to lead them to see how he would save
them. For the light of the star, the
light from heaven, the light of the gospel, that light which
we need to see, the light from heaven, the light of the gospel,
that light which reveals Christ to us, That light which leads
us to Christ, that light will lead you not just to a child,
not just to a babe born the King of the Jews, but that light will
lead you to the cross outside of Jerusalem on which that man
born King of the Jews was nailed. And that light will point you
to Him there crucified and you will behold Him and you will
see him by that light as the one who was slain for sinners
and if you are one of his as the one who was slain for you
and for your sins. Have you been led there? Have
you been led to the foot of the cross by the light from heaven
to see him the king of the Jews nailed to a cross at the end
when he was nailed to a cross and Pilate handed Christ over
to the Jews, handed him over to be crucified. He had that
epitaph nailed above him. This is Jesus, the King of the
Jews. He had it written down and the
accusation put above him. Again, this is recorded in Matthew's
Gospel. Again, it brings to a conclusion
this fact which is made known at the beginning, that this is
indeed Jesus, the King of the Jews. And when he was crucified,
it was there above his head as a witness to the Jews that this
is the King, the King of the Jews. This is Jesus, the Savior. who is nailed to this cross.
This is He who must be lifted up. This is He who must die in
order to save. Have you seen Him there as your
Savior? Have you beheld Him suffering
in your stead? Have you beheld His love for
you? That He should go to such lengths
for you? That He should be nailed to the
cross for you? That He should be lifted up for
you? That He should suffer for you?
Have you seen His love for you in suffering and dying for you,
in suffering the anguish of the outpouring of God's wrath hour
after hour after hour upon the cross for you? Did He take your
sins away? Is this your King, your Saviour? Has the light revealed Him to
you? Have you seen a star in the heavens
above Him? Has it lit Him up? Has it opened
your blind eyes to see? Have you seen Him lifted up for
you, taking away your sins, bearing your sins, every last one of
them? that they might never, ever,
ever be brought forth in remembrance before the Father again. Did
He take away your sins? For if He did, then He is indeed
a Saviour unto you. For He has taken away every sin.
He blotted away every sin of every one of His people out of
sight. And every one of them, when He
rose from the grave, they rose with Him as those who were slain
with Him. For their old man was slain with
Him. Their sins were slain with Him,
their sin was slain with Him, and there is no more sin. They
rose with Him righteous, victorious, glorious, perfect in Him, in
their Saviour. They rose with their King, with
their Lord and their Saviour. They rose unto everlasting life
with the One who loved them and gave Himself for them. Yes, he came a king, he came
to die, And having died, he rose again victorious. having conquered sin, having
conquered death, having conquered hell, having taken every last
sin, every last blemish away, he rose in power, he rose in
victory. This king was no weak king. He came to a people that cared
not for him, an earthly people who were turned away from him.
and yet even out of that people he came to save a number and
out of every other nation he came to save a multitude and
out of the jews and the gentiles combined he saved the multitude
for that king rejected was not a weak king but he was a mighty
and a victorious king he was nailed to a tree yes he died
yes he was crucified yes he was cast out and rejected yes But
in the end He rose victorious and mighty, a mighty Saviour,
One who is mighty to save. And He saved every last one for
whom He died, every last one, not one will be lost, not one
sin was left unjudged, but everything was taken away. He rose victorious
and powerful. Did He rise for you? Have you seen the star? Have
you seen? He who came to die, he came to
be lifted up, lifted up above the earth for all those who will
look for him, all those who are led to him, all those who come
to worship him, like these wise men led forth from the east.
And who are those who are led to him? But all those whom the
Spirit draws to him. The light drew the wise men to
the sun. What did they know in that country
so far off? What did they know of this man
who would be born in Judea? They were Gentiles. The Jews
should have known. How did they come to know? What
brought them to him? What brought them to hear? What
brought them to understand? God brought them to understand.
The Spirit sought them out. The Spirit drew them irresistibly. The Spirit opened their eyes
to the heavens, to the light. The Spirit led them forth. and
the Spirit will find out all for whom Christ died. He brings
the Gospel, He brings the light into their presence. He opens
their blind eyes to see the light and to hear the truth in the
Gospel. And He draws those who were once
unwilling, He draws them willingly to the Saviour. They follow the
star, they follow the light and they come from afar. And they
follow to that place where they kneel down at the foot of the
cross and they look up and see Him who was lifted up for them. As Christ says in John chapter
12 and verse 32, but I, when I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto myself. When I am lifted up. Have you
seen Him? Have you seen Him lifted up?
Has the Spirit in the Gospel lifted up Christ above the earth
unto your gaze? Have you seen the light radiating
down from the star in heaven above this One who was born the
King of the Jews? Above this One who was nailed
to a tree? Above this One who died under
the accusation? This is Jesus, the King of the
Jews. Have you seen him in the light
of the gospel? Have you heard? Have you fell
down and worshipped? O behold, turn aside from the
things of this world, look up to the heavens, look for the
star, look for his coming. And if God be pleased to lead
you to Him, if God be pleased to open your eyes to see the
star, then He will lead you forth. His Spirit will bring you, and
being brought forth you will find Him who was born, the Saviour,
Jesus, the Saviour of sinners. When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding Great joy, have you seen the star? For if you see the star, and
you're brought to this one who was born the King of the Jews,
who died, who rose again, who conquered sin, death, and hell,
who brought in a great company, who saved a great company, if
you're brought to see his star, if you're brought to him, then
you, like these wise men from the East, will rejoice with exceeding
great joy. Amen.