Originally Posted by
Bonefish
Christmas
Its Christmas once again, and I am thankful to see another Christmas because I am getting up in years. I admit I am a Christian, and make no apologies for my faith. If the form thinks I write too much or I say things that are not in context with the mission of fishin.com, I have no problem with the form blocking me. I have been an educator all my life, so writing becomes easy for me.
It is only been in the last 40 years that astronomers have been able to go back in time and observe what the stars and planets were doing at any specific date and time. Through men like Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Issic Newton and their discoveries in the astrophysical laws of universe was it possible for computer software of today track planet and star relationships with precision. NASA uses these same astrophysical laws to explore the universe. Through these computer programs, the Star of Bethlehem can be traced to a time and place.
If you open the astrological “Starry Night” computer program, you will see the following events. If we go back to September 11, 3 B.C. between 6:15 P.M. and 7:49 P.M. in the computer program, we see Jupiter (King Planet) “crowning” (in conjunction) with Regulus (King Star), the brightest star in the constellation of Leo (the Lion) (Ref. Gen. 49:9). The constellation Virgo (the Virgin) follows Jupiter, rising in the constellation of Leo, clothed with the sun, with a “crescent” moon at her feet. This is the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah (Rosh Ha-shan-na). This astrological event (sign) is the “Conception of Christ.” This is what the Wise Men in Babylon saw.
This is what John saw in chapter 12 in his dream… “And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars; and she was with child, and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.”
Let’s advance nine months in the computer program to June 17, 2 B.C. in Babylon. Jupiter is moving back away from Regulus and the sun is setting in the West. Everything rotates to the West by the rotation of the earth. It s now 7 A.M. in the morning in Bethlehem, and in the southern sky, Jupiter, the “King (father) planet” and Venus, the “Mother planet”, the two brightest objects in the night sky, except for the moon, are now in a “figure 8” (Naked-Eye Double, twice the light) conjunction as the brightest astrological event ever, the “Star of Bethlehem.” It’s the “Birth of Christ.”
The angel visits the shepherds in the fields. The Wise Men see the Star and start their journey to Jerusalem. Six months later the Wise Men arrive in Jerusalem. Wise Men are told Jesus is in Bethlehem. As the Wise Men leave Jerusalem were on their way to Bethlehem, Jupiter is still “crowning” Venus, and the “Star of Bethlehem” leads the Wise Men by “standing over” the house of Jesus. Bethlehem is just 5 miles due south of Jerusalem. On 2-25, 2B.C., the Wise Men find Jesus, a young child (6 months old), and give him gifts suitable for a King, which is the first Christmas.
King Herod did not see the “Star” over Babylon and Herod had no clue the “Star” had appeared. Herod was “troubled” that he did not see the “Star” and demanded to know the date and time the “Star” appeared. From the chief priests and scribes, Herod learns Jesus is in Bethlehem. From the Wise Men, Herod learns of the “date and time” of the “Star” in Babylon. When Herod finds out the date of the “Star” in Babylon, he knows to kill the children up to 2 years of age. Herod dies approximately January 29, 1 B.C.
Reference: Rick Larson’s “The Star of Bethlehem Documentary 2007 on You Tube
Bonefish