2006-12-17 08:00:45 · 19 answers · asked by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
according to some modern day astrologists the "star" of Bethlehem was the planet Jupiter and it would have appear in The sky at the time of Jesus' birth on April 17th.
2006-12-17 08:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by nebtet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so clear on this as I once was,but reasoning goes that star or whatever it was had more to do with Satin ,remember Herod had ordered all male 2 years and under babies to be put to death.Also these astrologers (star gazers) were not worshippers of the Father of Jesus.Next Joseph received a message to get outta there and flee into another country to save the boys life which he did promptly,and only coming back quite a bit later.
2006-12-17 17:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by hunter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There wasn't one. It was just a literary symbol. There was no such star in nature. Or it was just one of the many stars in the sky that the wise men (if any truth to this) followed for direction finding and was given greater significance through exaggeration in the retelling of the story. My best friend does this to all our shared stories. If the events in my life were half as significant as his narrative descriptions would have you believe, then, boy, did I have a good life.
2006-12-17 16:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by Hank Hill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some say a UFO, but that doesn't mean it was alien...it could've been from a previous advanced civilization on earth years ago. Or it could have been a star or angel or even a planet.
2006-12-17 16:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there were two of them.
The first was the conjunction that took place in March of 4 BC.
Then there was the flying saucer that hovered over the inn.
2006-12-17 16:04:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The beacon that God set in the sky to guide the wise men to the Holy Child's birthplace.
2006-12-17 16:05:55 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a comet. It did move in the sky. But maybe it was Mercury. Or Voyager caught in a time warp.
2006-12-17 16:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many who say that it was the planet Venus which according to charts was very visible at the time but I prefer to think that it was a brand new star created by God to mark the birth of His Son.
2006-12-17 16:04:28 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An anti-matter mining vessel from Planet H. (You Earthlings call it a UFO from Planet Heaven).
2006-12-17 16:04:28 · answer #9 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
star
2006-12-17 16:02:33 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋