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Dec 21, 2008 – Series: “What’s in a Name?” King - Is 9:7, Matt 2:1-12

So while th familiar Christmas carol "We Three Kings" offers us a mix of traditions - the Bible lays out the truth of the story.

NO, they were not Kings - but we do know they had come to worship to the one True King.

These sojourners would refer to Him as “the King of the Jews” and yet these non-Jewish visitors would bow their knees and worship Him. As Jeremiah 10:7 says, “Who should not revere you, O King of the nations?”

We do know how many of them there were to worship and offer the child gifts - but we do know from Revelation 7:9 that one day there will be, “a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language” that will worship and offer Him praises.

We do not know exactly when the Magi arrived to worship this Child King - but we do know that whenever someone might come, she too can find and worship and receive the King.

As we sang this morning: "Joy to the world! The Lord has come! / Let earth receive her King!"

So what is in a name? For this child is called “King.”

What is in the name King?

The hope of all nations. The joy of the world. The Kingdom of God breaking into human history. The invasion begins not in power and glory, but with the baby King seated in humility upon a manger throne.