In Secret They Were Sent - v2

Magi, astrologers, wise men.

they were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners;

but Herod needed spies to find the baby

to search out the King, to find his rival

so he could pinpoint his strike, his attack,

to cut off the prophesy, to deny God.

Herod met with the foreigners

the astrologers, the wise men

the outsiders, to be his unwitting agents;

but God had other plans

Plans for homage and for safety

for glory and for the future.

In secret they were sent

by Herod to find the Christ-child

unwitting agents, warned

to go another way,

to leave Christ in secret

to continue on home.

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edited August 15, 2019

In Secret They Were Sent – v2

edited and adding third stanza

January 6, 2008

In Secret They Were Sent

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-secret-they-were-sent.html

Matthew 2:1-12

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