Blood Moons Rising by Hitchcock Mark

Author:Hitchcock, Mark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Eschatology
ISBN: 9781414397108
Publisher: Tyndale House (eBook)
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

THE BETHLEHEM STAR

Supporters of the blood moons prophecy point to the Bethlehem star at the first coming of Christ as a biblical example of signs in the heavens signaling that something big is about to happen on earth. When the Magi (wise men) arrived in Jerusalem, they said, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him” (Matthew 2:2). Then, after they were informed by the Bible scholars of that day that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, the wise men redirected their journey there. Matthew 2:9-10 continues the story: “After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.”

As you can imagine, there are many views concerning the nature of the star that led the Magi from their home in the East all the way to Jerusalem and ultimately to the very house where Jesus was living. Here are some of the suggestions.

Halley’s comet passed overhead in 12 BC—but this is too early, since Christ was probably born in about 4 or 5 BC.

Johannes Kepler held that the conjunction of the planets Saturn and Jupiter in 7 BC in the zodiacal sign of Pisces would have shined brightly and that Pisces was connected in ancient astrology with the Hebrews. This, too, seems too early to fit the chronology of Christ’s birth.

A supernova.

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