The sun, moon and stars are for signs, times and seasons.
Gen 1.14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
One interesting note is something found in the scriptures that a star will rise in the house of Jacob. Magi in the east saw a star rising in some constellation relating to Israel and knew from the scripture that the king of prophecy had been born but not where. They discovered it was Bethlehem only when the wisemen of Herod’s court told them.
Num 24.17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Matt 2.1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Now is this a sign? If so, is it similar to astrology or is it something completely different? Do you have an alternate understanding?
Have fun with it.
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