Around Hanukkah, the Festival of Light, I like to think on
the star that announced the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Light of
the World.
In 2021 I wrote The Sceptre Star and the Revelation 12 Birth of the Man Child
offering the suggestions that the star might have been a manifestation of the
glory of God or perhaps it was a comet that guided the magi and their troupe. One
of these still could be the case, however, the planet Jupiter retrograding
within the constellation of the woman Virgo is still the key to the timing of
the birth of Christ and the later visitation of the magi.
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| Zodiacal light ~ Milky Way, Planetary Conjunction & Zodiacal Light / Nightfall La Palma 2023 |
It was actually a year ago when I learned of the rare triple conjunction of 7 B.C. from the Prophecy Watchers video, The Mystery of the Christmas Star | A.C. Katz (starting at 17:03 minutes). A triple conjunction is when a planet appears to meet up with another planet or star, moves away, then meets it again a total of 3 times. In this case it was Jupiter in conjunction with Saturn.
Many believe the magi took note of the first Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction and made their way eastward from Babylon initially going to
Jerusalem where they met with Herod (Matthew Chapter 2) and were informed of
Micah 5:2—
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men[magos] from
the east to Jerusalem, - Matthew 2:1 KJV
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men,
enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word
again, that I may come and worship him also.
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the
star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. - Matthew 2:7-10 KJV
What did the magi see and when?
If it was the Hanukkah season of 7 B.C. when the wise men
were traveling towards Bethlehem, what they saw was the brilliance of Jupiter
and Saturn appear over Bethlehem on the horizon shortly after sunset as
the stars began to come to life causing a faint cone of light known as zodiacal light.
Bethlehem is at an elevation of 2,550 feet and as they
were coming up the road they would have seen this cone of light and the star or
conjunction right above it would have looked like it was coming lower as it set
giving the appearance of standing over the house where the child was.
And when they were come into the house, they saw the
young child[paidion]
with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had
opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh. - Matthew 2:11 KJV
Strong’s Concordance defines paidion
as “a childling (of either sex), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy
or girl”.
This is a different term than the newborn the shepherds saw
in the Book of Luke:
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in
the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I
bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the
babe[brephos]wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. - Luke 2:8-12 KJV
Strong’s Concordance defines brephos
as “an unborn child, embryo, a foetus; a new-born child, an infant, a babe”. So
the wise men were not amongst the shepherds at the manger but arrived in
Bethlehem months later.
A.C. Katz believes Jesus was born when the first conjunction
of Jupiter and Saturn took place on Rosh Hashanah 7 B.C. She may be accurate,
however, there is much evidence to support a Feast of Trumpets 3 B.C. birth as
offered by many researchers including Luis B. Vega at PostScripts.
Also, she fails to mention that there was a census in 2 B.C.
as well:
Luke 2:1 is the traditional starting point for many for the yearly reading of the Christmas story: “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.”
And thus begins the earthly story of the greatest king of all time — and not the man with the lofty title “Caesar Augustus.” Rather, Caesar was unwittingly helping to set an ancient prophecy in motion.
Of course, it’s doubtful anyone was grateful for the census at the time, probably least of all the pregnant Mary. She and her betrothed, Joseph, were members of a conquered people group, forced to travel about 90 miles to be counted for the census of the conquering empire so that it might know just how many people it had available to tax. . .
More localized censuses also took
place regularly in certain areas of the Roman Empire; Judea faced at least
three censuses around the time of the birth of Christ, in 8 B.C., 2 B.C., and 6
A.D. Source
No matter what the Star was that pointed the way to the
newborn KING of kings, I am expecting that God will do something similar to
mark the birth of the True Church, the Bride of Christ also known as the
Revelation 12 Man Child, into the throne room of Heaven.
Just as in ancient times, God has set signs in the
heavenlies in modern times especially since the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad and
the 2017 Revelation 12 Sign of the Woman (see The Revelation 12 Sign Compendium by Unsealed). These,
along with prophetic dreams and visions (see The Sceptre Star and the Revelation 12 Birth of the Man Child),
lead me to be expectant for some type of magnificent conjunction, nova,
asteroid, or comet to appear around the time of the birth or Rapture of the Man
Child as prophesied in Revelation 12.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up[harpazō=raptured]
unto God, and [to] his throne. - Revelation 12:5 KJV
Dear Brethren, at this holiday season I am also joyfully
thinking of you and very much looking forward to greeting you all face-to-face
hopefully in the coming New Year after we are harpazo-ed into the Lord’s
arms!
