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Anonymous Coward User ID: 7702593 Switzerland 12/25/2011 05:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Star of Bethlehem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Star of Bethlehem (disambiguation). Adoration of the Magi by Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone (1267–1337). The Star of Bethlehem is shown as a comet above the child. Giotto witnessed an appearance of Halley's Comet in 1301. In Christian tradition, the Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star,[1] revealed the birth of Jesus to the magi, or "wise men", and later led them to Bethlehem. The star appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew, where magi "from the east" are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem.[2] There they meet King Herod of Judea, and ask where the king of the jewish people had been born. Herod, following a verse from the Book of Micah interpreted as a prophecy, directs them to Bethlehem, a nearby village. The star leads them to Jesus' house in Bethlehem, where they pay him obeisance, or respect, and give him gifts. The wise men were then given divine warning not to return to Herod so they return to their "own country" by a different route.[3] Many Christians see the star as a miraculous sign to mark the birth of the Christ (or messiah). Some theologians claimed that the star fulfilled a prophecy, known as the Star Prophecy.[4] Astronomers have made several attempts to link the star to unusual astronomical events, such as a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn , a comet or a supernova.[5][6] Prominent scholars question the historical accuracy of the story and argue that the star was a pious fiction created by the author of the Gospel of Matthew.[7] More at link [link to en.wikipedia.org] |
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Isis One User ID: 1978809 United States 12/26/2011 12:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For as the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth even unto the West; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7690202 The Dawn of Aquarius: A New People, A New Consciousness, A New Era BY MEHMET SABEHEDDIN Aquarius will be the new age, the new life. First there will be disastrous events, gigantic upheavals, turmoil and change of all kinds…. Continue to read: [link to www.newdawnmagazine.com] The more people that awaken (or wake the eff up), the less cataclysim there will be. So Wake up PEOPLE...that means sit down somewhere quite and ask yourself the big questions Last Edited by Isis One on 12/26/2011 12:28 AM Spread the word, change the collective conscious...... THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING TO GO AROUND When you are undisciplined, the universe is extremely forgiving and when you are disciplined, the universe is extremely generous. Me One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
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