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MizSuz -> RE: Jesus? (12/25/2004 6:54:17 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
the Star Prophecy recorded in Numbers 24:17 claims that a kingly messiah would arise whose birth would be marked by a star......Matthew's Gospel has the magi saying "we have seen his star in the east".
there is an ancient Jewish belief that major astral events happen within a pattern linked not only to Venus, but to that planet's more random conjunctions with Mercury. These extremely bright but irregular astral events were called Shekinah and were taken as a sign of God's favor.
astrological calculations find that this phenomenon took place 22 minutes before the sun rose in Jerusalem, December 25, 7 BC in the east-southeast direction.
warmly,
beth
Greetings beth,
The same show I was watching on the history channel echoed much of what you say here, although it did not agree that the event occurred on December 25, rather like the spring. It did say, however, that the astral event most likely was a planetary conjunction. It agreed that mercury was involved, as well as jupiter and that they were probably eclipsed by our moon during that event. It also suggested that of all the societies in that time the ONLY place in which they have found no evidence of the belief in astronomy as effecting humans was in Judea (did I name that right? - hmmm). Apparently all other societies, especially those in the 'east,' did adhere to such beliefs.
They also said that conjunctions were attributed to "kingly" events, usually things like births; whereas something like a comet would have more likely been attributed to a death or something negative and/ or horrible like a disaster.
Of course, that's the TV and I haven't done more reading or investigating of it.
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