Dem Go Home Through Another Road

Somewhere near Bethlehem, di travellers dey sleep, dia empty treasure boxes dey near dem. And for di quiet of di night, God talk to dem for dream. No go back to Herod.

Di magi don do wetin dem come do. Dem follow one star from di east. Dem find di young pikin with Mary im mother. Dem fall down worship am, and dem give am gold, frankincense and myrrh. Now, di plan na to go back to Jerusalem, few miles go north, and report to King Herod, just as e ask. Find di pikin, e talk, and bring me word, so dat I fit come worship am too. E sound like correct tin. But God know wetin dey Herod heart.

Matthew tell am for one sentence. And as God don warn dem for dream say make dem no go back to Herod, dem go back to dia own country through another way. God warn dem. Dis no be just feeling for body or lucky guess. Na God imself warn dem. And e do am for dream, di same way wey e don talk to Joseph before. Matthew no tell us how di dream be. E only tell us di message: no be Herod. No go back to am.

Imagine to wake up after dream like dat. Maybe dem look each other face for morning food and dem realise say God warn all of dem. Maybe one of dem share di dream, and di oda ones know say na true. Any way wey e be, dem get choice. Herod na powerful king, and dem be foreigners for im land. To disobey am get risk. But dem don come all dis far to worship di true King. And now di true King Father dey talk to dem. Dem choose to listen to God.

So dem go back to dia own country through another way. Matthew no talk which road. Maybe dem go east, go down to di Jordan valley, or go south round di Dead Sea, so dat dem no go pass Jerusalem at all. Whichever way dem pass, dem comot from Herod reach, and im plan to use dem as spies scatter. Dem go home to dia own people with one story wey pass imagination. Dem don see di King. And somewhere behind dem, for one small house for Bethlehem, God don already dey prepare to protect im Son again.

E no easy to run from Herod power near Bethlehem. Just few miles go di southeast, e don build one big fortress palace on top one hill, wey dem dey call di Herodium, and e name am after imself. Di historian Josephus describe am, and e talk say dem later bury Herod there. People still fit see di hill wey shape like cone from di Bethlehem area today. To comot through another way mean to keep far from one king wey im power dey near.

Di magi journey go home dey Matthew chapter two, verse twelve. Dem come find one King, dem find am, and dem comot as dem listen to God, no be to one king wey want harm am. For di verses wey follow, God go warn Joseph make e carry di pikin go safe place too. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. After you don meet Jesus, how God fit dey lead you to go through another way?