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Matthew chapter 2, verse 11.

And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother,

and they fell down and worshipped him.

Then opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrr.

What a powerful picture.

These wise men from the nation's influential, noble men from far away, who come and bow at the feet of a baby.

They fell down and worshipped him and opened up treasures and offered these gifts, gold,

and frankincense and myrrh.

Gifts fit for a king.

What a scene! This is amazing to think about, like from the very beginning of Jesus' life, the clear picture we have of this is no ordinary child, no ordinary

baby. This is a king before whom nations will bow. And so you can't help,

but just to jump ahead of the New Testament, whether it's to Philippians chapter 2,

verses 9 through 11, that makes clear one day every knee will bow in heaven and on earth and

on earth. Every tongue will confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father like everyone every single person listening to this

right now every single person on the planet right now every single ruler among the nations right now

will one day bow and worship Jesus.

The reality that we see in the end of the Bible in Revelation, when nations, tribes, tongues,

people all gathered around the throne of God's singing praises to Jesus for his salvation as our king.

This is where all of eternity is headed, the nations bowing before Jesus, either for his

salvation or experiencing condemnation and sin because they have not put their faith in Jesus.

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