The gifts of the Magi are meant to express our human awe and reverence for the true, inner nature of the Christ child. Worldly powers, represented by the Three Kings, along with their powers of government over peoples, are placed at His feet. Gold, the currency of kings, is given to Him. Frankincense is the gift given to priests, bringing us into contact with the world of mystery and transcendence. Death is a mystery we all enter into as equals, regardless of how important or significant our lives have been during time here on earth.
Death is a mystery to be lived rather than a problem to be solved.
Mysteries lead to discovery, or more accurately to revelation. When you encounter paradox and mystery, you are close to the gospels. For, quite obviously, God is bigger, more powerful, and infinitely more than anything we are. Mere data, mere information cannot possibly carry the weight, bear the load, of the enormity of Mystery, particularly theological mysteries. The only thing that's strong enough to bear the full weight of revelation is mystery, along with poetic and symbolic language.