In the Far East, there was once a Three Wise Men who were following the Star of Bethlehem with three beautiful gifts that were Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold; These gifts were brought to worship the Child Jesus who, according to what they had known, would be the Redeemer of humanity.; So, after a long walk, they arrived at the manger and when they saw him next to his mother Mary, they threw themselves at his feet to give him his offerings.
King Gaspar or Galgalath, was the youngest and blondest of the three wise men, he is from Asia and delivers the Incense also called symbol of God, a preparation of aromatic resins that was used in some cases for religious rituals and that was burned in the Tabernacle of Moses and in the Temple of Solomon above the golden altar of incense, a site that was exclusively for sacred use, it had a totally deep and spiritual symbolism; it had to be burned in the sanctuary every day and every night as a pleasing homage to the Lord.
Incense was a symbol of prayer, it is known that it was very precious and expensive, it was also purchased at a high price for perfume and was extracted from trees in Arabia and Africa, it was placed in a vessel called an incense burner where the fire was placed so that burned on the altar; Those three elements, the altar of incense, the golden censer and the incense, symbolized the mediation of Christ, his priestly position and his intercession for man.
King Melchor or Magalath, was an old man with white hair and a beard of the same color, both very long, who came from Europe and brought with him Myrrh, which is a reddish ingredient very common in that part of the world and that is used in the elaboration of perfumes, however, at that time, it was used for the holy anointing oil, for the holy use and as an aroma for the holy burial.
Another use was for its soporific qualities, they mixed it with various drinks and offered it to tortured people to relieve their pain; this was the gift that prophetically warned of very fateful moments in the life of the Messiah; the suffering and continuous denial of himself was the constant in his journey through the earth, thus representing pain, affliction, sadness, anguish, bitterness, suffering and death of Christ; it was erected as the symbol of “total humiliation” in the life of Christ.
And finally, King Baltasar or Serakin, a black man who came from Africa brings with him and delivers Gold, the most precious of metals, a symbol of sovereignty, authority, royalty and dignity, which represents position, government and domain ; gold gives who receives it, security, influence and identity.
In short, those offerings that the wise men gave to Jesus were: gold, a recognition of his royalty; frankincense, a supreme homage to his divinity and his myrrh, an announcement of his sufferings as Redeemer of humanity, as well they offered the Child God the best they possessed.