Bible Answers: What was the Star of the Magi?
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Ever wonder what it was that the Magi followed to find Jesus? We'll use science to find out!
The Science Behind the Bible- Full Length Documentary:
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The Star of Bethlehem by Fredrick Larson:
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Music by: John Cola
Intro Music: Overdrive - Corbyn Kites
Great work!. It is very interesting. Thank you for creating this fantastic channel!
Another interesting video, Mr. Wilson. It's fascinating to me to see how biblical and astronomical events line up so well, when they're seemingly so separate. I'm heading on over to Fredrick Larson's documentary next, to hear more about it.
Praise the Lord Oh Rejoice oh ye Rejoice in the Lord , for He is Good. His Grace and Mercy is everlasting! Amen
Great documentary, and clear explanation! I've previously studied the work of Karlis Kaufmanis, who undertakes a similar explanation. Instead, he focuses on the very rare conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn which happened around 7B.C., I believe. But the effect is the same; a rare astronomical event that causes early astronomer/ astrologers to take note. The fact that they had access to the written prophecies about the birth of the Messiah gives further evidence that they would have been looking for this event around this time period.
Interesting theories.
What happens to the signs if we take another look at scripture and realize that the Sabbath when Jesus died was not a normal Sabbath, but one associated with the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread? (Likely a Thursday - and that gives us the three days and three nights in the tomb).
Side note, because you said it: Culturally speaking, Mary and Joseph, as travelers of the line of David expecting a child, could not have been cast aside to a barn. Someone would have made room for them, if it meant another traveler staying outside.
However, barns were unknown in that culture. Animals were kept in a portion of the courtyard, in the home.
The "inn" Luke speaks of is likely a mistranslation. The Greek word he uses (kataluma) might be translated inn, but is often used to mean upper room -- as Luke used it when describing where Jesus ate the Last Supper with the disciples. He uses another word (Pandocheion) to tell us about the public inn where the "Good Samaritan" took the man who fell among thieves. Bethlehem was a tiny town, estimates between 300-1000 people. Being on a major highway, it probably had a small, open-air pandocheion with a communal dormitory, not individual rooms. But only one. There was not knocking on door after door, while Mary, in labor, was screaming at Joseph to hurry up.
They would have had a window of time to travel and register for the census/tax. (The Bible doesn't say that Joseph was from Nazareth. In fact a careful reading indicates that he wasn't. So, he likely had a home in Bethlehem). They probably arrived early and were well established in the home when it came time for Jesus to be born, but there were so many travelers at that time that there was no private area in the kataluma for Mary to give birth. The quietest place was downstairs, in the animal stalls.