In the same moment that the shepherds of the Migdal Eder were told about Ushaa Shialom,
A new star appeared in the sky.
A new star appeared in the sky.
A new star appeared in the sky.
Seven hundred miles away in a tall tower in Babylon, astronomers saw the star and rejoiced. They had been waiting to see that star for five hundred years.
The astronomers packed their clothes and grabbed some food and
gathered their things and rode their horses seven hundred miles.
And all along the way, they spoke every day of what Belteshazzar said
five hundred years ago.
“What did he say? Oh, what did he say?”
Belteshazzar said that when the King of every King was born, a new star would appear in the sky. “And be sure to follow that star, so that you can meet him.”
Seven hundred miles later, the astronomers from the tall tower in Babylon
arrived at the home of little Ushaa Shialom.
They spoke with Ama Tala, and gave baby Ushaa Shialom, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Gold is the gift for a king.
Frankincense is an offering to the maker.
And myrrh was used to prepare the bodies of the dead for burial.
The astronomers waited five hundred years and rode seven hundred miles
to meet a king,
who was the maker,
and was going to die.
He was going to die.