A Poor Family comes into Wealth
What happened to the gifts presented to Jesus by the wise men (Matt. 2:11)? Scripture doesn’t say. Clearly they reflected the magi’s worship of Christ at His birth. Yet we can speculate that they may have provided the means for His family’s flight to Egypt (2:13–15).
The angel’s warning and instructions to Joseph were sudden and unexpected, and there was no time to save enough money for such a long journey—if saving was even an option. The family was poor, as is indicated by their offering of turtledoves or pigeons (Luke 2:24), and the costly gifts probably represented more wealth than either spouse had seen in a lifetime.
In this instance, therefore, the offerings of worship may have paid for their journey to Egypt and a new life in a strange land.
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