<TITLE>08. Par 47-52</TITLE>L-47   If there isn't something in a name, then why as long as Jacob was called Jacob, which means "supplanter, deceiver," that's what he was? But when he wrestled with the Lord all night, and the Lord changed his name, and about... when he was about sixty years old. He changed his name from--from--from Jacob to Israel, "a prince before God," and that's what he was.
Why was Abram called... had to be called "Abraham" before the baby could be born? Why was Sarai called "Sarah" before the baby could be born?
Why was Paul... or call... his name was Saul, but when he met Jesus, He changed him from Saul to "Paul."
When Simon was changed from Simon to Peter, which means "little stone." And--and all their names were changed, is because what you are called is something about it. When you speak something, it identifies itself. I don't want to get in there, 'cause that's coming up next Sunday night, see, identification of a word. And, but now, we find these things so true.

L-48   Now watch, God... What a strange thing it is tonight, to see that those men, Magis, learned men, great men... coming down from the East, that was Babylon, which was India. And they never come in any all night, and started one night and got there the next, they were about two years getting there. They never come to a little Baby in a manger. They come to a young Child, a young Child. And Herod killed the children from two years old. See, to know that it wasn't a little infant laying in a cradle, he'd just kill all infants. But he killed the young children, so that he'd be sure to get Him, anywhere from two years old back. He set the time up because knowing he didn't want to kill too many, all of them, he just... 'cause they were more like slaves to him. He wanted to get... be sure to get Him, so he said, "The Kid will be about two years old. So, everything from two years old down, kill it." See?
And that's brought to pass what the prophet said, that "In--in Rama there'd be heard a--a screaming or crying, a weeping; that Rachel weeping for her children, and they were not."

L-49   Now, did you notice that these wise men, great men, was up in Babylon and they saw His Star, we said, "We have saw His Star in the east and are come to worship Him." They come from the east, where they saw the Star, going west. Because India is west, northwest of Bab-... of--of Palestine. And they come right down through by the Tigris River and crossed over the plains right on in, come down into Bethlehem where they found the--the--the Baby. And remember Joseph and them never left there; they went right down to Nazareth and brought the Child up, right there.

L-50 Now, we see here that they presented... These men, being astronomers and studying the stars, and seeing these mysterious heavenly lights appear up there, that there was something going on; that they knowed that that's Messiah, the--the Ruler of heavens and earth, was to be born. And they come, knowing that Deity would be enclosed, in-housed in a--a human being; 'cause to show you their testimony.... You know, you know, your life speaks so much louder than your words, till no matter what you say, people know what you are by--by what you are.

L-51   And watch these people, these Magi, they brought Him... Watch the gifts they brought Him, identified what they thought He was. They brought Him gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And now watch what these symbols, that I want to talk to you about now... is what these symbols mean. Now, I've got some Scripture wrote out here that we'll read just in a moment on it, the Lord willing.
Now: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

L-52 Now: gold in the Bible... how fitting it fits to Christ, because gold speaks of Deity. Gold is "Deity." We'll get to it just in a moment. Frankincense speaks of "service." And myrrh is "death." God, Deity, in service to die. And that's what He was. The very thing that they brought identified what they thought He was.


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