I know it's nowhere near Christmas, but I was reading Matthew 2, and I feel like I've been lied to by every nativity set I've ever seen. There weren't just three guys in shiny robes riding camels. The "Magi" were a powerful class of Parthian (Persian) king-makers. And they didn't travel alone. Historically, they would have traveled with a massive, heavily armed military escort. No wonder the Bible says "King Herod was troubled, and ALL Jerusalem with him." You don't panic an entire capital city over three guys asking for directions. You panic when a rival empire's private army shows up at your door looking for a newborn king! The biblical story is so much more epic, dangerous, and politically explosive than the sanitized, cute versions we put on our mantels. Our King’s arrival literally shook empires. #BibleTruth #Magi #ScriptureOverTradition #KingJesus #HolyCuriosity