What Kind of Star Led the Three Astrologers to Jesus

A Child in Danger

Simeon's prophecy is a grim reminder that this innocent child will become an object of hatred. Even while he is still an infant, this hatred is already at work. Matthew's account details how this is so. A number of months have passed, and Joseph, Mary, and Jesus are now living in a house in Bethlehem. They receive an unexpected visit from a number of foreigners. Despite what countless Nativity scenes depict, Matthew does not specify how many of these men came, nor does he call them "wise men," much less "three kings." He uses the Greek word ma'goi, which means "astrologers." This alone should give the reader a clue that something evil is at work here, for astrology is an art that God's Word condemns and that faithful Jews scrupulously avoided.—Deuteronomy 18:10-12; Isaiah 47:13, 14.

These astrologers have followed a star from the east and are bearing gifts for "the one born king of the Jews." (Matthew 2:2) But the star does not lead them to Bethlehem. It draws them to Jerusalem and to Herod the Great. No man in the world holds such means and motive to harm young Jesus. This ambitious, murderous man had killed several of his own immediate family members whom he viewed as threats.* Disturbed to hear of the birth of a future "king of the Jews," he dispatches the astrologers to find that One in Bethlehem. As they go, something strange happens. The "star" that led them to travel to Jerusalem seems to move!—Matthew 2:1-9.

Now, whether this was an actual light in the sky or simply a vision, we do not know. But we do know that this "star" was not from God. With sinister precision, it leads these pagan worshipers right to Jesus—a child vulnerable and helpless, protected only by a poor carpenter and his wife. The astrologers, Herod's unwitting dupes, likely would have reported back to the vengeful monarch, leading to the child's destruction. But God intervenes through a dream and sends them back home by another route. The "star," then, must have been a device of God's enemy Satan, who would go to any lengths to harm the Messiah. How ironic that the "star" and astrologers are portrayed in Nativity scenes as emissaries of God!—Matthew 2:9-12.

Still, Satan does not give up. His pawn in the matter, King Herod, orders that all infants in Bethlehem under two years of age be killed. But Satan cannot win a battle against Jehovah. Matthew notes that God had long ago foreseen even this vicious slaughter of innocent children. Jehovah countered Satan again, warning Joseph through an angel to flee to Egypt for safety. Matthew reports that some time later Joseph again moved his little family and finally settled them in Nazareth, where Jesus grew up with his younger brothers and sisters.—Matthew 2:13-23; 13:55, 56.

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[AZIlluminati08]

isn't Venus the "morning star"? a.k.a. Lucifer?, the expelled angel from heaven, both in Christianity, and Greek mythology as well.. . in the arctic circle, after three days of darkness, Orion's belt will come over the eastern horizon, directly pointing to the location of the morning stars location to rise at, which is ultimately followed by the sun and its light. light and darkness being good and bad.

[afracturedskull]

It was Sirius.

[kikififi666]

Jesus is ruled by Venus. He embodied everything Venus.

[luismedina2008]

God Bless you.

[PsalmsNmyrrh]

I was told that the star was a UFO.