Friday, January 6, 2012

THREE KINGS DAY


1-6-12 "Three Kings Day" is celebrated on January 6th, twelve days after Christmas. Also called Epiphany, it's a Christian feast day, that celebrates the revelation of the Son of God as a human being in His son, Jesus Christ. It is often viewed as the last day of the Christmas season.
For centuries, churches have celebrated the twelve days of Christmas, beginning on Christmas Day and ending on January 6.
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod (the King), they returned to their country by another route. (Matthew 2:9-12)
Hooray for the three kings who bowed down and worshiped and who did not heed Herod's instructions.