OPINION: Our longing for Christmas echoes those who longed for first Christmas
, we will find two special groups who greatly anticipated this season as well – albeit not for the presents and decorations, but for the manger and the Messiah.
Kings' chariots march during the "Cabalgata de Reyes," or the Three Wise Men parade in Madrid, Jan. 5, 2015. They were filled with excitement as they collected their gifts, planned their long treks across deserts, and set off with pomp and ceremony. From Jerusalem, the Magi traveled the final five or six miles to Bethlehem. And there they found Him. They spent time with the boy and His family, presented their gifts, and worshipped Him. The stargazing and the journey were worth the wait. They had found the King they were looking for.
These local shepherds were a preview of the kind of people to whom Jesus would later minister – the loathsome lepers, the despised tax collectors, the poor, and the outcast. These Jewish shepherds knew of the Biblical promise of a coming messiah, and were surely waiting and wondering if it would happen in their lifetime. Their hearts must have leaped in their chests when they realized what was about to unfold.
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