They have brought gold for the pure King of glory. They have brought frankincense as offering of prayer to the Son of God. And they have brought myrrh foretelling of His death for the sins of God’s people.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. – Numbers 24:17