The theme that T.S. Eliot has written throughout The Journey of the Magi focus on three issues. These issues includes the hardship of the Magi had to face while seeking Jesus. The problems that some Christians still are facing today and the third theme would be about death and the Christians true kingdom.
As the Bible points out in Matthew 2:9-12, the reader knows that Jesus was a child when the Magi found Him. In today’s world many consider a child to be three years old. So with that said it would been at least a journey that took three years to complete. So we can understand why in the poem the Magi would have felt “There were times we regretted” (Eliot, 1927). However, they did not given in. Not even when they were tempted to give up. For …show more content…
The first would be the six people gambling in one of the travens that the wise men had stopped at. Then there is the Roman Soldiers, who were told to us in Matthew 27:35, were casting lots for Jesus clothing. Just as Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver the men at the traven were “dicing for pieces of silver” (Eliot, 1927) The three trees that we read about can be compared to the three cross on Golgotha where Jesus and two other died at. The fifth factor can be seen in Revelation when a white horse is mention. This horse is part of Jesus plan concerning His second coming after the rapture and in the poem about a horse going through the field. The final factor would be about death and the kingdom. For as the poem points out that there is birth of their Lord and it hints about the death of Jesus that would come thirty-three years later. For Jesus had come to this world to not set a kingdom here on this Earth as many through He was coming to do and over throw the Romans in the process. His true purpose as we all know was to save mankind from their sin. Due to this fact the Magi were seeking Jesus so they could worship Him and today as things are becoming more difficult wise men / women are seeking
As the Bible points out in Matthew 2:9-12, the reader knows that Jesus was a child when the Magi found Him. In today’s world many consider a child to be three years old. So with that said it would been at least a journey that took three years to complete. So we can understand why in the poem the Magi would have felt “There were times we regretted” (Eliot, 1927). However, they did not given in. Not even when they were tempted to give up. For …show more content…
The first would be the six people gambling in one of the travens that the wise men had stopped at. Then there is the Roman Soldiers, who were told to us in Matthew 27:35, were casting lots for Jesus clothing. Just as Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver the men at the traven were “dicing for pieces of silver” (Eliot, 1927) The three trees that we read about can be compared to the three cross on Golgotha where Jesus and two other died at. The fifth factor can be seen in Revelation when a white horse is mention. This horse is part of Jesus plan concerning His second coming after the rapture and in the poem about a horse going through the field. The final factor would be about death and the kingdom. For as the poem points out that there is birth of their Lord and it hints about the death of Jesus that would come thirty-three years later. For Jesus had come to this world to not set a kingdom here on this Earth as many through He was coming to do and over throw the Romans in the process. His true purpose as we all know was to save mankind from their sin. Due to this fact the Magi were seeking Jesus so they could worship Him and today as things are becoming more difficult wise men / women are seeking