Why did the wise men come from the East?
A wizard (originally spelled wisard,) is simply a wise man, like the wise men who followed the Christmas star to Bethlehem. “But is there a reason why those particular wise men came from the East?” You ask a very interesting question. Let’s roll back the calendar to the sixth century BC. Do you remember Daniel from the story of the lion’s den? While Jeremiah spoke to the Jews in Judah and Ezekiel was God’s spokesman to the Jewish captives in Babylon, Daniel served in the courts of the pagan kings who ruled the world. In this respect, he’s similar to Joseph who served as prime minister of Egypt when that nation was at the height of its power. The kings Daniel served were Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great. (It’s possible that Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great were two different names for the same king.) In the book of Daniel, chapter two, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has a dream. When he awakens, he’s deeply troubled by the dream, though he can’t recall
