New Year's Lesson 2025 - Epiphany Story Quiz

New Year's Lesson 2025 - Epiphany Story

• The lesson focuses on the message of the Epiphany story for the new year.
• The lesson provides a gospel reading from January 5, 2025.
• The study prompts identifying words from the gospel related to the Epiphany story.

Identifying Words

• 1. The birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem
• 2. Jesus was born during the days of King - Herod
• 3. From the east, these men arrived at the newborn king - looking for
• 4. The reason for these men going to Jerusalem was - to worship the newborn king.
• 5. When King Herod heard about the newborn king, he was deeply - disturbed
• 6. The star preceded the wise men at its rising and it stopped - at the place where the child was (i.e. the location of the birth of Jesus)
• 7. After giving homage to the newborn King, the wise men offered - their gifts
• 8. These gifts are gold, frankincense and - myrrh
• 9. Although instructed by King Herod to return to him, the wise men were informed by God - to pass by another way
• 10. For them to pass by another route was a wise decision because in reality, King Herod's intention - was not to worship the newborn king, but to harm or kill him.

Epiphany Story Details

• The story involves wise men, also known as Magi, who traveled from the east to Jerusalem to find the newborn king.
• The star guided their journey and led them to the location of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.
• The wise men offered gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the child Jesus.
• King Herod, not wanting to share the glory, sought to kill Jesus after hearing about his birth.
• God intervened, enabling the wise men to depart by another route, avoiding Herod's trap.