For awhile, the wise men in Persia were sort of blind because they were not reading the right books to explain what the star meant. Their minds were blind.
Finally the wise men began reading the part of the Bible written by a Jew who had lived in Babylon and Persia hundreds of years earlier. His name was Daniel.
God told Daniel to write down the exact year the new king of world peace would begin to reign. The true God of the world knows everything.
God also told Daniel to explain this new king of world peace would be like a star and would begin to rule in the land of Palestine where Bethlehem is located.
The wise men in Persia knew no one could have known the exact year the king of peace would begin to rule even before his birth except the one and only true God.
The four wise men rushed to the king of Persia and showed him their proof that a world king was born in Palestine. The king wanted to be friends with this new king of world peace even as a baby, so he sent his wise men to take him some gifts.
They took nearly half a year to cross a thousand miles of desert. When they finally got to Palestine, they couldn't understand why no one was excited about their new baby king.
The people in Palestine were blind too. They had read the explanation by Daniel in the Bible. But they did not want their king of peace to be a baby. They wanted him to be full grown. They did not want to wait for him to grow up.
So the wise men from far-away Persia wondered what to do because by now the star had disappeared. Then one night they saw the star again. They were so excited.
The star looked like it was right over the little town of Bethlehem. They rushed to Bethlehem and began searching for Jesus.
They found Mary and Joseph with their little boy, Jesus, in a little house. The Persian wise men gave Mary and Joseph the gifts from their king. They knew Jesus would some day be king.
Do you know someone who says they don't believe in God because they can't see him? God is too big for us to see. But we can hear him whenever we read the Bible, his words.
Tell your friend God talks to them in the Bible and says he loves us all. Everyone who obeys Jesus' teachings in the Bible will be able to live with King Jesus some day in heaven. Isn't that wonderful?