May we, as had the magi and the shepherds, hear the call to witness. And may we answer it without hesitation, forget our earthly ties as dust they are.
Love this! Is magus the singular form of magi? Brings to mind a comedy sketch shown on TV years ago, the 3 kings encounter a 4th one also looking for baby Jesus. One says "I bring gold". The 2nd says "I bring frankincense". The 3rd ssys "I bring myrrh". The 4th, played by George Carlin, turns to the camera, says "I got him a tie"😂
P. S. I had never heard that about Orion's belt, how sweet. Did you ever listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Spirit Of Christmas? There is a Catalan Carol called The Three Kings, which I have never heard sung anywhere else
As you say, the bible doesn't tell us hiw many magi there were. But the earliest depiction of the magi show them to be seven in number. They only became three wise men because of the associated number of gifts.
Very cool. Not totally convinced of the names of the kings corresponding to the speculates nations (Balthazar sounds Babylonian, not Ethiopian) but lots to think about!
Their names are not biblical...they are ascribed to Martin Luther the protestant reformer who gave them nicknames never intending that the names were actually factual
19:45 This oddly reminds me of a NatGeo documentary I saw called "Eating with cannibals" in this documentary investigators visited a community in Papua New Guinea whom in the past they used to involve in cannibalistic rituals where the shaman was told by an spirit who to slay through singing, one day a group of christian missionaries arrived and since that point the shaman started to feel his connection faltering, as time passed more people in the community converted to Christianity and the more people converted the powers of the shaman diminished more and more until the very most of inhabitants converted resulting in the shaman losing completely his connection with spirits. Spiritual warfare is real, Jesus is King, stay aware.
@@sirron2929 There is no one definition of paganism. There is classical paganism, philosophical paganism, vulgar paganism, and neopaganism to begin with. Myself and OP are referring to the original, which is classical paganism. Zoroastrians at the time of Christ and in modern times are thoroughly monotheist and thus not classically pagan. Classical paganism necessarily requires the religion to be polytheist. There is an argument to be had that original Zoroastrianism in 1000 BC was polytheist, but that had entirely changed.
@@jeremias-serus the original, “pagani” if we’re talking 4th century, is still any non abrahamic religion. Early Christians referred to the Roman pantheon as an example of paganism relevant to the times. The definition of classical pagan has always been used to refer to people who do not worship the God of Abraham. The polytheistic element is a 16th century invention by Protestants who accused the Roman Catholics of worshipping the saints and deemed it “pagan” as a derogatory term.
This is awesome. Best Christmas gift we could ask for - Thank You!
Glad you enjoyed!
Great Video!!! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Epiphany!!
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Beautifully told tale! So much depth to this story of the Magi. Thank you for this.
Well done and beautifully told. Great aesthetic. Subbed!
Thank you!
Merry Christmas to you from India. Thank you for making this insightful and touching video. May God bless you. 😊
Merry Christmas!
May we, as had the magi and the shepherds, hear the call to witness. And may we answer it without hesitation, forget our earthly ties as dust they are.
This is easily my favorite video from you. This is a topic I've been interested in for a while. Bravo!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome! You answered questions I didn't even know I had. 😊
Historically, the "Magi" was what Zoroastrian priests were called.
FINALLY!!! Grank you Gravantus
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Love this! Is magus the singular form of magi?
Brings to mind a comedy sketch shown on TV years ago, the 3 kings encounter a 4th one also looking for baby Jesus. One says "I bring gold". The 2nd says "I bring frankincense". The 3rd ssys "I bring myrrh". The 4th, played by George Carlin, turns to the camera, says "I got him a tie"😂
P. S. I had never heard that about Orion's belt, how sweet. Did you ever listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Spirit Of Christmas? There is a Catalan Carol called The Three Kings, which I have never heard sung anywhere else
Hey, who made this version of We three kings that you used? Very pretty
Please, Sir Gravantus
Does anyone know the name of the three kings version that is at the beginning of the video?
As you say, the bible doesn't tell us hiw many magi there were. But the earliest depiction of the magi show them to be seven in number. They only became three wise men because of the associated number of gifts.
That's true, in early iconography, there was some variation to the number of men.
Bethlehem = House of Bread
Ephratha = Fruitful
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Great detailed video but barely watchable with all the adds
Thanks for letting me know. I'll go into the settings. One video UA-cam put like 30 in it without me knowing
@@The.Tabellion of course love the content! Keep it up👍
@@johnleonard1648 Thank you!
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Very cool. Not totally convinced of the names of the kings corresponding to the speculates nations (Balthazar sounds Babylonian, not Ethiopian) but lots to think about!
Their names are not biblical...they are ascribed to Martin Luther the protestant reformer who gave them nicknames never intending that the names were actually factual
They tried to smoke a rubber cigar
19:45 This oddly reminds me of a NatGeo documentary I saw called "Eating with cannibals" in this documentary investigators visited a community in Papua New Guinea whom in the past they used to involve in cannibalistic rituals where the shaman was told by an spirit who to slay through singing, one day a group of christian missionaries arrived and since that point the shaman started to feel his connection faltering, as time passed more people in the community converted to Christianity and the more people converted the powers of the shaman diminished more and more until the very most of inhabitants converted resulting in the shaman losing completely his connection with spirits.
Spiritual warfare is real, Jesus is King, stay aware.
The Magi (i.e. Zoroastrian Priests) were not "pagan", as Zoroastrianism was a monotheistic religion.
You have no idea what ancient Zoroastrians believed because none of their ancient sources exist. Seems likely that they worshipped stars.
Spot on
@@jeremias-serus pagan is non abrahamic.
@@sirron2929 There is no one definition of paganism. There is classical paganism, philosophical paganism, vulgar paganism, and neopaganism to begin with. Myself and OP are referring to the original, which is classical paganism. Zoroastrians at the time of Christ and in modern times are thoroughly monotheist and thus not classically pagan. Classical paganism necessarily requires the religion to be polytheist. There is an argument to be had that original Zoroastrianism in 1000 BC was polytheist, but that had entirely changed.
@@jeremias-serus the original, “pagani” if we’re talking 4th century, is still any non abrahamic religion. Early Christians referred to the Roman pantheon as an example of paganism relevant to the times. The definition of classical pagan has always been used to refer to people who do not worship the God of Abraham. The polytheistic element is a 16th century invention by Protestants who accused the Roman Catholics of worshipping the saints and deemed it “pagan” as a derogatory term.
Tarshisj is the British Isles. You haven't really got your facts in this piece.
How interesting! Never heard about that. Something else to Google