Sunday, December 19, 2010
Die wyse manne : vreemdes maak Baba Jesus Koning
As mens aan die wyse manne dink , is dit hoofsaaklik net dat hulle uit die Ooste gekom het, en dat hulle kosbare geskenke met simboliese betekenis vir Baba Jesus gebring het – maar wie was hulle regtig, en hoe het hulle geweet van die Koning wat gebore wou word? (Lees verder onder kommentaar)
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Ek het jare gelede oor Radiokansel ‘n preek van John MacArthur oor hulle gehoor, en na al die jare die preek op Internet opgespoor. Ek was opnuut verstom oor hoe alles in die Bybel soos ‘n legkaart inmekaar pas. EN, soos die Afrikaanse stuk sê, dat die Skrifgeleerdes wat EINTLIK moes wéét wie die Baba Jesus is, dit nie weet nie, maar mense uit ‘n ver heidense land.....
ReplyDeleteLees hier: http://www.bybelkennis.co.za/Algemene-Artikels-Bybelse-Temas-en-Sake/Die-Wyse-Manne.html
Maar veral hier: (John MacArthur): http://www.biblebb.com/files/mac/sg2182.htm
Waar lees ons oral van hulle?
Jer 39 vers 3 en dan veral in Daniël: 2:10 en 27; 4 verse 7 - 9; en 5:11
Hier is vir julle ‘n kort uittreksel uit John MacArthur se stuk:
Conclusion
Isn't it exciting to you how God controls history? And do you know why it is so fascinating? Not because it is just a bunch of historical facts, but because you are seeing God at work. History is His story. Long ago He picked out a man named Daniel and put him in a place to influence some men so that they could arrive in perfect timing.
You say, "Well, why does Matthew present this?" Matthew, all the way through his Gospel, is trying to tell the world that Jesus Christ is King. And just to make sure nobody misses the point, he records the most famous king-makers in the world coming and bowing down at His feet. It's all a part of Matthew's strategy. If Israel isn't going to acknowledge Christ as King, then God is going to drag a bunch of people from Persia to acknowledge it.
God has masterplanned history. And the sad part of this particular bit of history is that the people who should have known the great significance of the event missed it, and the people from way off who should have never guessed it could happen, showed up and worshipped the One who came to the Jew first and also to the Gentiles (cf. Rom. 1:16). Jesus came and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Mt. 15:24). Israel turned her back on Christ, and so He called a people from those who were not formerly His (Rom. 9:25). He reached out to the Gentiles, Romans says, and grafted us in (11:17). Even the unbelief of His own people could not prevent the Messiah from being honored as Jesus made clear in Luke 19:40 that if the people wouldn't praise Him, "the stones would immediately cry out." Therefore, when the King arrived, and His own people wouldn't praise Him, then God made sure that there was somebody there to do it.
And you know in our world today, people celebrate Christmas by passing around Christmas cards. They look at the Wise Men, but few really understand the significance of their presence before that Child. There are some of us, however, who have followed the example of the Wise Men and bowed down to the "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS" (Rev. 19:16b).