What was the star of Bethlehem?

[Mark La Buda]

These so called “wise men” were from the neighborhood of Babylon, were not what we would today call academics; neither were they kings and worshipper of the true God. They were, as most modern English translations read, “astrologers,” “stargazers” or “Magi.” They were “diviners” who engaged in a practice of predictions based on the position of the stars and planets of which is condemned in the Holy Scriptures. (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) Note that only these astrologers were reported to have “seen” the star. If the star had been an actual physical body, it would have been as visible as a beacon to the public in general. But even King Herod had to ask them about the details of its appearance.

It is also notable of their adverse results of their visit: placing in danger the life of the future Messiah. In consideration of their having been directed by a source adverse to God’s purposes as relating to the promised Messiah, it is certainly reasonable to ask if the one who “keeps transforming himself into an angel of light,” whose operation is “with every powerful work and lying signs and portents,” who was able to make a serpent appear to speak, and who was referred to by Jesus as “a manslayer when he began,” could not also cause astrologers to “see” a star like object that guided them first, not to Bethlehem, but to Jerusalem, to Herod, where resided a mortal enemy of the promised Messiah.-Matthew 2:1, 2; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3, 14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9.

These facts give evidence that the star was from an evil source: Satan the Devil. The Bible describes him as using “lying signs and portents.”-2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9.

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

These so called “wise men” were from the neighborhood of Babylon, were not what we would today call academics; neither were they kings and worshipper of the true God. They were, as most modern English translations read, “astrologers,” “stargazers” or “Magi.” They were “diviners” who engaged in a practice of predictions based on the position of the stars and planets of which is condemned in the Holy Scriptures. (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) Note that only these astrologers were reported to have “seen” the star. If the star had been an actual physical body, it would have been as visible as a beacon to the public in general. But even King Herod had to ask them about the details of its appearance.

It is also notable of their adverse results of their visit: placing in danger the life of the future Messiah. In consideration of their having been directed by a source adverse to God’s purposes as relating to the promised Messiah, it is certainly reasonable to ask if the one who “keeps transforming himself into an angel of light,” whose operation is “with every powerful work and lying signs and portents,” who was able to make a serpent appear to speak, and who was referred to by Jesus as “a manslayer when he began,” could not also cause astrologers to “see” a star like object that guided them first, not to Bethlehem, but to Jerusalem, to Herod, where resided a mortal enemy of the promised Messiah.-Matthew 2:1, 2; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3, 14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9.

These facts give evidence that the star was from an evil source: Satan the Devil. The Bible describes him as using “lying signs and portents.”-2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9.

The "star" described in the Bible was said to "go before" the wise men and to "stand over" the house were Jesus was. Real stars to not go before men and stand over houses. Even the best navigator today could not find one exact house using a star for guidance. This was not any ordinary star but was a sign created either by an angel or maybe a demon as suggested above. I tend to think an angel but who knows.