The Wise Men from the East - Part 1

Given on Dec 16, 2017 by Steven Shafer 2 commentsListen

To show the history behind Matthew 2: 1-3. To show who "the wise men from the east" were, where they came from, that there were more than three of them & to show why Herod & all Jerusalem was troubled at their arrival.

Steven Shafer

Elder, United Church of God

Steve Shafer was born and raised in Seattle. He graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1959 and later graduated from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas in 1967, receiving a degree in Theology. He has been an ordained Elder of the Church of God for 34 years and has pastored congregations in Michigan and Washington State. He and his wife Evelyn have been married for over 48 years and have three children and ten grandchildren.