God is able to describe men from all cultures as well as religious backgrounds to faith inwards the truthful as well as Living God...
There is much folklore surrounding the magi who visited Jesus, only accept you lot idea nigh the wonderful message they convey?
The Magi came from a infidel nation alongside infidel gods. But they were seeking the truthful God, as well as they flora Him. 
Their component inwards the nascency of Christ proves that God is able to beak to people inwards the midst of a infidel civilisation as well as convey them to Jesus. God promises: "You volition seek me as well as honor me when you lot seek me alongside all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13).
When nosotros come across wise men inwards a nativity, let's holler back this vision of eternity from Revelation 7:9-10: "I looked, as well as at that spot earlier me was a slap-up multitude that no 1 could count, from every nation, tribe, people as well as language, standing earlier the throne as well as earlier the Lamb... And they cried out inwards a loud voice: 'Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, as well as to the Lamb.'” Now that's a message worth celebrating every Christmas. images: Bible Picture Gallery & La Vista -------------------
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Herod's priests, who had God's Word, told the Magi the prophecy of Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-6). The Magi who came from infidel areas didn't accept God's Word then God spoke to them through something they did have: stars.(1)
This is meaning because it proves that people without God's Word aren't abandoned. If they sincerely attempt Jesus, they volition uncovering Him. 
But why does this appear to move on then rarely? It in all likelihood happens to a greater extent than than nosotros realize, merely the lamentable fact is that most people spend upwardly God's call. There were thousands of pagans who studied the stars, merely entirely these wise men responded.(2) There were thousands of Jews who studied the Old Testament, merely fifty-fifty the priests inwards Herod's courtroom showed no involvement inwards checking out the nascency of Christ. God speaks to pagans without His Word (See Wait for the English) as well as He speaks through His Word to us who accept it. But entirely genuine seekers respond. The Magi are a living proof of Jeremiah 29:13: "You volition attempt me as well as uncovering me when you lot attempt me amongst all your heart." ---------------------- (1) This doesn't hateful God speaks through infidel gods. He doesn't. But He volition employ unlike agency to larn people's attending then they volition uncovering Jesus, the truthful God. (2) Rahab's even out is similar. See The Prostitute as well as She Had a Past as well as a Future.
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