Where Is He?
Matthew 2:2 (NKJV)
saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have
come to worship Him."
The wise men's unexpected question—Where is the newborn King? How did the wise men know the
King of the Jews had been born? The answer is not given, but two other significant facts are.
1. They had a most unusual journey: they were guided by a star. What is meant by "his star"?
Again the answer is not given. However, Matthew 2:9 seems to indicate that it was some astronomical light.
This much is known: whatever it was, it was a miracle. It was a miracle at least in this sense:
it appeared at the very time of Jesus' birth; it appeared to Gentile wise men far away in another nation;
it guided them to Jerusalem where they were to worship Jesus; it appeared at the very time they were
given knowledge of the newborn King; and it appeared again for the specific purpose of guiding them.
2. They had a most significant purpose: their purpose was to worship the newborn King. They had come to
pay homage to a child whom they understood was to be King of the Jews. They expected what any foreigner
would have expected: the child would be a son of the reigning king. Jesus, of course, was not. It was this
fact that disturbed Herod so much. He concluded what any reigning monarch would: there was a movement
to overthrow the throne.
Where is He? Every person needs to be asked the question, for He has already come and most are not aware of it. Why? Because they are preoccupied with self and worldly affairs, with ambition and material possessions,
with the physical and the flesh.
⇒ "Where is He?" It is totally unexpected that the message would come from the Gentiles and heathen
of the world.
⇒ "Where is He?" It is totally unexpected that His own people do not know.
⇒ "Where is He?" It is totally unexpected that the religionists do not know.
How far away from God and how lost the world has become—not to know that God has sent the true King,
His own Son, into the world!
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting
life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (John 5:24)
