AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS, SOME WISE MEN FROM THE EAST SAW A STAR IN THE EAST THAT INDICATED THAT THE KING OF THE JEWS. THESE MAGI WENT TO ASK HEROD ABOUT THIS MATTER. HEROD, AS KING OF THE JEWS, WAS FRIGHTENED BY THE APPEARANCE OF A USURPER. HEROD GATHERED THE PRIESTS AND SCRIBES IN AN ASSEMBLY AND ASKED THEM WHERE "THE ANOINTED ONE" HAD BEEN BORN; HEROD KNEW THAT JESUS WAS THE TRUE HEIR TO HIS THRONE SO HE GAVE THE ORDER TO KILL ALL THE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO IN BETHLEHEM; MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS; UNVEILED SECRETS AND MESSAGES OF LIGHT
