And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. The dream-warning that redirects the Magi is the same divine protection that had worked throughout: the God who guided them to the child now guides them away from the one who would use their information for violence. The another way is not only geographical — there is something of the converted person in the Magi's departure by a different route, having found what they sought and having worshipped, they cannot return to the world as it was. Romans 12:2 calls believers to be transformed, no longer conforming to the patterns of this age. The Magi who came in search of a king depart as worshippers who have encountered one.

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