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Bethlehem's Star
● Matt 2:1-10 . . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have
seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
. .When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born. And they said unto him: In Bethlehem of Judaea [Micah 5:2]. After
they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen
in the east went ahead of them.
* Bethlehem of Judea is approx +/- six miles south of Jerusalem.
As the Earth spins on its axis, stars appear to move across the sky from the
east towards the west. The wise men's star moved south, and it also came
to a stop; which should alert planetarium managers that it wasn't an
astronomical object.
● Matt 2:9 . . It stopped over the place where the child was.
Normal celestial objects are so far out in space that it's nigh unto impossible
to tell the exact spot on earth where one of them is directly overhead at any
given moment without special instruments; so I think we can be reasonably
confident that this star was low enough that there was no mistaking the
exact location where young Jesus was lodged. In other words; this star
wasn't a star, rather, it was an apparition.
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Bethlehem's Star
● Matt 2:1-10 . . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have
seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
. .When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born. And they said unto him: In Bethlehem of Judaea [Micah 5:2]. After
they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen
in the east went ahead of them.
* Bethlehem of Judea is approx +/- six miles south of Jerusalem.
As the Earth spins on its axis, stars appear to move across the sky from the
east towards the west. The wise men's star moved south, and it also came
to a stop; which should alert planetarium managers that it wasn't an
astronomical object.
● Matt 2:9 . . It stopped over the place where the child was.
Normal celestial objects are so far out in space that it's nigh unto impossible
to tell the exact spot on earth where one of them is directly overhead at any
given moment without special instruments; so I think we can be reasonably
confident that this star was low enough that there was no mistaking the
exact location where young Jesus was lodged. In other words; this star
wasn't a star, rather, it was an apparition.
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