# The Three Wise Men - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 2 Feb 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 145. Three wise men from the east, following a special star, travel to Jerusalem seeking the newborn king. King Herod, feeling threatened, deceitfully asks them to find the child and report back. The wise men find Jesus in Bethlehem, offer gifts, and worship Him. Warned by God about Herod's evil plan, they return home by a different route. Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus flee to Egypt to escape Herod's wrath, who then orders a tragic massacre. After Herod's death, an angel tells Joseph it's safe to return, and the family settles in Nazareth, fulfilling prophecy. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where
[0:04] Speaker 1: is he who is born King of the Jews? For
[0:07] Speaker 1: we saw his star in the east and have come
[0:09] Speaker 1: to worship him. Matthew 2, 1-2 Dear God, thank you
[0:16] Speaker 1: that you are wiser than anyone else. You can make
[0:20] Speaker 1: any bad situation good, and you can make any sad
[0:24] Speaker 1: moment happy. What you know and understand is so much
[0:28] Speaker 1: more than we ever could. So help us understand and
[0:32] Speaker 1: trust you. Teach us more about your wisdom in our
[0:36] Speaker 1: story today. Thank you, Lord. We love you so much.
[0:41] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:17] Speaker 3: The Three Wise Men In our last story, we learned
[1:22] Speaker 3: about the birth of Jesus.
[1:24] Speaker 2: In this story.
[1:26] Speaker 3: We will learn about the three wise men and how
[1:28] Speaker 3: Jesus escaped to Egypt because of the decree of Herod
[1:32] Speaker 3: to put to death all babies under the age of two,
[1:36] Speaker 3: as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:43] Speaker 1: Hi, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffer Sadler
[1:47] Speaker 1: with the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. I am
[1:50] Speaker 1: so excited you're here today. In this story, we get
[1:53] Speaker 1: to hear the story of the wise men and what
[1:57] Speaker 1: they can tell us about God today. Are you ready?
[2:00] Speaker 1: Let's listen.
[2:03] Speaker 3: Around the time of Jesus' birth, there were three wise
[2:07] Speaker 3: men from the East who saw the signs of the
[2:10] Speaker 3: birth of the Savior. In their studies that spanned many subjects,
[2:14] Speaker 3: they had made notes that one day a Savior King
[2:17] Speaker 3: would come to Israel. and knew that one of the
[2:20] Speaker 3: signs would be in the sky. Today was the day
[2:24] Speaker 3: that they spotted the star that led them to believe
[2:28] Speaker 3: that Savior was to be born. That very evening, they
[2:32] Speaker 3: began to prepare for a trip, packing everything that they
[2:36] Speaker 3: would need to travel for a long time, as well
[2:39] Speaker 3: as bringing gifts to give this newborn king. As soon
[2:42] Speaker 3: as they were prepared, they set out on their journeys.
[2:46] Speaker 3: They followed the star in the sky that they believed
[2:49] Speaker 3: to be the sign and marker of the Savior's birth.
[2:53] Speaker 3: It led them to the city of Jerusalem, and they
[2:56] Speaker 3: went to the leader of the region, King Herod. They
[3:00] Speaker 3: asked if he knew of the newborn king. At hearing this,
[3:03] Speaker 3: Herod was confused and concerned for his own power, but
[3:07] Speaker 3: he kept a calm demeanor and told them he had
[3:10] Speaker 3: not heard, but would check with his advisors. Herod excused himself.
[3:15] Speaker 3: and went to talk to his Jewish advisors, and asked
[3:18] Speaker 3: where this king was to be born. After checking their
[3:22] Speaker 3: own notes, they told Herod that the Messiah was to
[3:25] Speaker 3: be born in Bethlehem. Quickly, Herod crafted a plan to
[3:29] Speaker 3: send these wise men to the baby, and then for
[3:31] Speaker 3: them to bring him to the baby, at which point
[3:35] Speaker 3: he would kill baby Jesus and solidify his own power.
[3:40] Speaker 3: He returned to the wise men, and told them what
[3:42] Speaker 3: he had learned, and asked that they would come back
[3:45] Speaker 3: and tell him exactly where the baby was, so that
[3:48] Speaker 3: he too might worship this new king. The wise men
[3:51] Speaker 3: continued on their journey at once, departing for Bethlehem. They
[3:55] Speaker 3: did not have to search long before finding the house
[3:58] Speaker 3: of Joseph and Mary and their son, Jesus. They presented
[4:03] Speaker 3: their gifts and worshipped the young Jesus. When their time
[4:07] Speaker 3: with Jesus came to an end, They were about to
[4:10] Speaker 3: return to King Herod and tell him where they found Jesus. However,
[4:14] Speaker 3: before they could return to Herod, God spoke to them
[4:18] Speaker 3: and informed them of the plot that Herod had and
[4:21] Speaker 3: that he was going to kill Jesus if they told
[4:24] Speaker 3: him where he was. After hearing this, they decided to
[4:28] Speaker 3: take another route home. The night after they left, God
[4:34] Speaker 3: also sent an angel to speak to Joseph who said,
[4:38] Speaker 3: Take your family and run. Herod is coming to kill Jesus.
[4:42] Speaker 3: Go to Egypt.
[4:44] Speaker 2: You will be safe there.
[4:46] Speaker 3: So Joseph woke up his family and took them to Egypt.
[4:49] Speaker 3: When Herod realized the wise men never returned, he was outraged,
[4:54] Speaker 3: and he sent his soldiers to kill all the little
[4:56] Speaker 3: boys under the age of two in hopes that one
[4:59] Speaker 3: of them would be this newborn king. This brought great
[5:03] Speaker 3: tears to the families that lost their children at this time.
[5:07] Speaker 3: A few years passed, and Jesus and his family were
[5:10] Speaker 3: still in Egypt, but news was getting around that King
[5:13] Speaker 3: Herod had passed away. Shortly after they heard this news,
[5:17] Speaker 3: an angel of God appeared to Joseph and said to him,
[5:21] Speaker 3: It is safe to return to your home. So they
[5:24] Speaker 3: packed up from Egypt and set back to Israel. However,
[5:28] Speaker 3: Joseph did not want to return to Bethlehem out of
[5:31] Speaker 3: concerns for safety, so they returned instead to Nazareth. This
[5:36] Speaker 3: also fulfilled the scripture that said Jesus would be called
[5:40] Speaker 3: a Nazarene. Jesus grew up here and God was with
[5:45] Speaker 3: him always.
[5:50] Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, what a story! Now, you may have
[5:54] Speaker 1: already known the wise men from the Christmas story. But
[5:58] Speaker 1: their story shows us something surprising and wonderful about God...
[6:03] Speaker 1: that you may have not known. To find out what
[6:06] Speaker 1: it is, we have to become Bible detectives. So put
[6:10] Speaker 1: your clue finding, problem solving, super smart thinking cap on
[6:14] Speaker 1: and get ready to become a master figure outer with me.
[6:17] Speaker 1: Are you ready? Okay, let's examine the clues. Clue number
[6:22] Speaker 1: one is that you guys are called wise men. Think, think, think.
[6:27] Speaker 1: Do you remember about another Bible story when someone hung
[6:30] Speaker 1: around guys called wise men? Clue number two is that
[6:34] Speaker 1: these wise men came from the east. The Jews once
[6:37] Speaker 1: spent a long, long time in a big city to
[6:41] Speaker 1: the east of Israel. Do you remember the name of
[6:44] Speaker 1: that city? Clue number three. These wise men studied stars
[6:49] Speaker 1: and they knew Jewish history. They knew Balaam had once
[6:53] Speaker 1: blessed Israel saying a star would come from Jacob's people.
[6:58] Speaker 1: And they knew this star represented a special king. Unlike
[7:02] Speaker 1: any other king, that god would send and they knew
[7:06] Speaker 1: to bring this king stuff you would find in god's
[7:08] Speaker 1: temple as presents all right got your clue finding problem
[7:13] Speaker 1: solving super smart thinking cap on let's put these clues
[7:17] Speaker 1: together what was the name of the city where the
[7:20] Speaker 1: jews spent a long time yes babylon who used to
[7:26] Speaker 1: hang out with other wise men Right, Daniel, who also
[7:30] Speaker 1: lived in Babylon. Who knew Jewish history and what should
[7:34] Speaker 1: be inside of the temple? And that God had promised
[7:37] Speaker 1: a special king would come to Israel? The Jews who
[7:41] Speaker 1: had lived in Babylon. You see, even the Jewish people
[7:45] Speaker 1: were so very sad to be taken away from Jerusalem.
[7:49] Speaker 1: Faithful Jews like Daniel held on to hope in God's
[7:52] Speaker 1: promise of a Messiah, even in Babylon. So they told
[7:57] Speaker 1: the next generation of people living in Babylon about that promise.
[8:01] Speaker 1: And they told the next generation, who told the next generation,
[8:06] Speaker 1: and so on and so on, until a long line
[8:09] Speaker 1: of people sat and watched the stars each night, waiting
[8:14] Speaker 1: to see God's promise fulfilled. Then one night, there it was,
[8:18] Speaker 1: a bright, bright star, shining like hope after 400 years
[8:22] Speaker 1: of darkness. And these wise men knew God's king had come.
[8:29] Speaker 3: So they packed up.
[8:30] Speaker 1: Presents that looked and smelled like God's home, the temple,
[8:35] Speaker 1: and came to worship him. You see, even though living
[8:38] Speaker 1: in Babylon had felt scary and sad for Daniel and
[8:42] Speaker 1: Jews at the time, in God's hand, that bad thing
[8:46] Speaker 1: turned into something special. Our story of the wise men.
[8:50] Speaker 1: God did it with Egypt too. Did you see? Put
[8:54] Speaker 1: your clue-finding, problem-solving, super-smart thinking cap back on and let's
[8:57] Speaker 1: figure it out. What kinds of memories did the Israelites
[9:01] Speaker 1: have of Egypt? Bad ones. It was a dangerous, scary
[9:05] Speaker 1: place where they worked as slaves for 400 years. It
[9:09] Speaker 1: was where God had rescued them from. Through the Red
[9:13] Speaker 1: Sea and across the desert to the beautiful Promised Land. Israel,
[9:17] Speaker 1: their home. But now Jesus and his family were running
[9:21] Speaker 1: away from Israel to Egypt. In God's hands, the place
[9:26] Speaker 1: that once felt the scariest had become the safest. So
[9:31] Speaker 1: what surprising and wonderful thing about God did we learn today?
[9:35] Speaker 1: That no matter how scary something or someone is, in
[9:40] Speaker 1: God's hands, what's bad can become beautiful. He can turn
[9:44] Speaker 1: anything that's dark into a bright, shining hope. Mystery solved.
[9:50] Speaker 1: I am so happy you joined me today. Come back
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[9:55] Speaker 1: was around your age. Remember, the Bible is the best story.
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