Nitrous McBread
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The story of the 3 kings, or wise men, is well-known amongst Christians, who believe they visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts.
The Bible says they were magi, the plural of magus - meaning occult sorcerers. The gospels tell us they started on their journey to see the baby because of the astrological signs they saw.
But any Christian I know runs a mile at the mere mention of the occult, or sorcery, or astrology. Indeed, there are several injunctions against using these disciplines in both Old and New Testaments. Yet the implication within the nativity story is that astrology works, and sorcery brings wisdom and knowledge - so how do Christians marry these seemingly irreconcilable things?
The Bible says they were magi, the plural of magus - meaning occult sorcerers. The gospels tell us they started on their journey to see the baby because of the astrological signs they saw.
But any Christian I know runs a mile at the mere mention of the occult, or sorcery, or astrology. Indeed, there are several injunctions against using these disciplines in both Old and New Testaments. Yet the implication within the nativity story is that astrology works, and sorcery brings wisdom and knowledge - so how do Christians marry these seemingly irreconcilable things?