Epiphany: Herod

INTRO: Today is the day we know as Epiphany day. Let me introduce this day from a message I did some years ago to help us understand why we commemorate this day. “The day we commemorate on January the sixth is called Ephiphany from the Greek word epiphaneia, meaning manifestation. It is one of the three oldest traditional festival days celebrated by Christians. These three are Christmas, Easter and Epiphany. In the West Epiphany commemorates the first manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles, namely the magi or wise-men of the East. Apparently, in the Eastern churches it also commemorates His manifestation of divinity at His baptism.”