How would the wise men know how to follow the new star? How could they tell if it was directly above the stable, or if it was directly above the next town. And if it was in the distance, how would they know when to stop?
2007-11-15 15:43:56 · 3 answers · asked by Jonathan 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Real answers please, I don't need to hear that they knew it in their hearts or that they were guided by God. If that was the case, then what was the point of even having the star?
2007-11-15 15:45:03 · update #1
The Wise Men were likely practitioners of Zoroastrianism, prevalent in the Middle East at the time. Zoroastrians read the Jewish Scriptures and other books in their religion and in AStronomy, following what they knew was a sign from God.
Old Testament prophecies included the City of Messiah's birth, as well as the approximate year of His birth.
Bethlehem is cited in the Book of Micah as Messiah's birthplace, and the 70 weeks of Daniel give us the precise date of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, on what we now call Palm Sunday, just several days before His Crucifixion.
2007-11-15 15:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to astronomy, the star was a super nova - a large star that had exploded thousands of years before the biblical account - and its light just reaching the earth at that time. As far as the strory of the three wise men - just a myth - like all the other stories in the bible. A large percentage of these stories have been debunked by archiology, astronomy and other branches of science.
2007-11-15 23:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by monkey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you know that there is no other resources to prove that there even was a star or wisemen? Did you know that Matthew and Luke tell completely conflicting stories about Jesus' birth story?
2007-11-15 23:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by Cami 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋