The Three Kings

OK- who are these three guys?
Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspard
(the latter sometimes called Caspar)
Two white guys and a black guy!
(Although they all look white on the above pic!)
Sounds like the Rat Pack to me!
But Sinatra, Deano and Sammy Davis Jr
were cool cats (or rats) - not royalty!
So we have to look elsewhere here...
Let's first establish who the 3 are NOT:
they are certainly and definitely not
- Athos, Porthos and Aramis
- Louvain, Lautrec & Lalonde
- Clooney, 'Ice Cube' and Marky Mark!
- Lavon, Dean Crownover & Ralph
- Bourdon, Campan et Légitimus
or even (or much less)
LaFleur, Phillips & Mendelson!!!

Now that that's settled...
The Three Kings are also known as
Three Wise Men
and Three Magi -
likely proficient in astronomy
as well as astrology, yes!
The truth is that there could have been
more than just three of them!
(Aren't you all relieved now,
those of you who put together
various remnants of old Nativity sets
and wound up, like me, with four,
five or up to nine or 12 Wise Men!
There aren't as many left
IN THE WORLD
or so it seems, oftentimes...!
Me, I just pretend the 4th one
(who wears a red cloak)
is none other than the REAL
Saint Nicholas!
No commercial Santa for me, no!
Nothing remotely "wise" in that
as far as I'm concerned - wise guy!
But I am digressing again...
And that is NOT so wise, no!
So, as Sammy Davis Jr would say
"let's move on"...!)
The Three Kings
(let's keep'em crowned, aye)
were simply three (or more) guys
who KNEW better than most!
They KNEW something was amiss
They KNEW something was happening
and they wouldn't have missed it
for the world!
So they made sure they were there
when THE EVENT was occurring...
They only narrowingly missed
THE BIRTH...
But they got there days later
and offered gifts to make up
for their tardiness!
(Well, okay -
the gifts were highly symbolic really
and what can you give someone
who already has EVERYTHING
- and that only truly applies
HERE; to the Son Of God!
Amen!)
Speaking of the Good Book -
I would not omit to mention the
choice for Verse of the Day
on this day of Epiphany,
courtesy of Facebook's Daily Verse application...!

January 06, 2008

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Romans 3:20

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Whatever... What an interesting choice
for the Daily Verse
on the day of Epiphany
making us realize
a basic truth
on the day that bears the name
synoymous with intuitive
realization!
And one says intuitive
one says 'luminous' -
you know it!

Thus, I think it is a
foregone conclusion
what *my* verdict is
regarding the
Three Kings!

I leave thee, then,
with an exclusive set
(Scoop! Scoop!) of
luminous pictures of the
Pimentel Nativity Set
2007 edition -
try and spot
my 4th Wise Man,
St- Nicholas,
with a reindeer (!)
somewhere
on Little Jesus' right...!
;)








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