Thursday, December 19, 2019

THE STAR



The great astronomer Kepler discovered that in Christ's birth year there was an unusual occurrence among the planets.

He found that in that year Jupiter & Saturn, which are generally in remote parts of the sky, came three times so near together that to the unassisted eye the rays of one were absorbed by the other, & their combination gave an extraordinary brilliant light, which continued for some months.

- F. B. Meyer. (moreillustrations.com)

Mat 2:1-2 (GNV): “When Jesus then was born at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise men from the East to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is the King of the Jews that is born? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him.”

“The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost to us.” -  Thomas Adams.

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