USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: The Three Wise Men from the East : Who Were They?

I am more interested in the institution the "wise men" may have
represented and in one of the gifts they were said to have given to
baby Jesus, the frankincense, said to have symbolized priesthood. I am
interested in which priesthood the gift symbolized.

In a related development, I am also interested in the personality of
Joseph of Armentieres, a man who like the Masons prepared his own
tomb, but offered to have Jesus buried in that tomb. A man, who was
influential enough to demand and obtained the body of the executed
Jesus for washing and burial from the authorities, without attracting
the wrath of the very influential high priest Caiaphas, whom even the
authorities were afraid of and who would have preferred that the body
of Jesus was thrown away or at most given a shabby burial. A man not
known to be a relative or follower of Jesus and yet was willing to
bury Jesus in an expensive tomb he prepared for himself.

--------CAO



On Dec 25, 8:15 pm, OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <tva...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>                                                                  The Three
> Wise Men from the East
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> Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
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>       Compcros <http://danteadinkra.wix.com/compcros>
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>                                                            Comparative
> Cognitive Processes and Systems
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>                                          " Exploring Every Corner of the
> Cosmos in Search of Knowledge
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>                                                          in the Spirit of
> the Three Wise Men from the East"
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> I wish the fulfillment of the season on every group I belong to and
> on everyone in those groups.
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> We celebrate the birth of a great, mysterious and controversial person,
> Jesus Christ.
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> The three wise men are described as bringing three gifts to Jesus on
> his birth.
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> After that, there is no more mention of them.
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> Who were these mysterious figures?
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> Even if one were to take the story as pure imagination, the role of the
> three men  remains enigmatic, their image compelling.
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> This mystery is amplified by the associations of how they were motivated to
> go on this journey and where they came from.
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> They are described as coming from the East and as being guided by star.
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> Is that star not yourself, is that child the men traveled so far to see and
> to give those gifts not yourself?
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> Yourself, born with such magnificent potential  and given gifts to help
> you realize that potential.
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> Where are the gifts?
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> They are within and around you.
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> They are often obscured by the busyness of the common day, the noise of the
> moment.
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> Try to recognise and unwrap  them.
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> Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
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> Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
> "Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"
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> Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
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