Herod had everyone looking his way. He was living in the kingdom of Herod – or the kingdom of self – and wanted to exclude the true God. He was not wise but a fool. The Messiah was being born and everyone in Herod’s court was preoccupied with Herod and not with the Messiah. The same thing happened with Pilate when he asked Jesus, “What is truth?” – when truth was standing right in front of him. Saul, who was ravaging the church, was headed to Damascus to persecute Christians when he met the resurrected Christ. The Magi got it right a lot more than did the “mighty and all powerful” Herod, Pilate and Saul. Wise people still seek Him.