According to the author, in order for astronomers to identify what is known as the Star of Bethlehem, the date of Jesus' birth would have to be known. Topics include an attempt to create an historical timeline that will help solve the mystery of what astronomical event took place on the ...
However, we are now in the time after Epiphany. I want to remind the readership of a cool DVD (sent to me last a couple years back by a reader) and website wherein a good argument is made about the Star of Bethlehem. What was the Star of Bethlehem, anyway? Surely it is a fact...
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” These lines from the Gospel according to...
What does the red and white barber pole represent? Barbers: Barbers are professionals that cut and style men's hair and facial hair. Historically, men would have their hair cut and beards maintained by a barber. But barbers also performed dentistry and undertook procedures like bloodletting. ...
12. Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatumis a perennial bulb-type plant with flowers that resemble a daylily but are much smaller. It also grows similarly to daylilies, naturalizing in your garden with flowers, each lasting only one day. ...
Magi, singular Magus, also called Wise Men, in Christian tradition, the noble pilgrims “from the East” who followed a miraculous guiding star to Bethlehem, where they paid homage to the infant Jesus as king of the Jews (Matthew 2:1–12).What does God say about being wise?
Like God, Christmas is timeless and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. It is something even more than what happened that night in starlit little Bethlehem; it has been behind the stars forever. There was Christmas in the heart of God before the world was formed. ...
[811] Can they mean it seriously, that the sins of the second, are more grievous than those which caused the first dispersion; or that they of the first captivity repented, but not they of the second? What constitutes this repentance which yet remains to be made? But the reasoning ...
We do like to spread the meal out, but how to do that with just the two of us? Inspiration finally hit. We love small plates, and have a favorite restaurant the does all kinds of Mediterranean dishes. What if we just do small plates and appetizers? We pulled out our recipes and ...
The implication here, as many have interpreted it, seems to be that the star first led the magi westward to Jerusalem from their eastern homeland and then to Bethlehem, which is just south of Jerusalem. The star then rested on top of the house where the child Jesus was staying. ...