And so the sky speaks

Last night, nerds like me and hopeful people stayed up to watch the lunar eclipse. I filmed it because it was a neat experience. The footage wasn't the best though. The camera couldn't really capture the lunar eclipse because clouds had gotten in the way. Did anybody else see this wonderful event?

For me, seeing the lunar eclipse reminds me of how the sky can speak to us. Around this Christmas time last year, Venus and Jupiter came very close and made what looked to be a bright star. It was the closest they have been since 2 B.C.

Does that remind you of anything? That's right, the Messiah's star! You might know it as the star of Bethlehem.

Have you ever wondered about the Messiah's star? You see Christmas light decorations of the nativity being displayed with a star. Was it real?

The star wasn't really a star. It was Jupiter and Venus together in retrograde motion. The Bible has a different classification than today's classification of things. Everything in the water is a fish. Everything in the sky is a bird. Everything on land is a land animal. Simple yes? Not only that, but the sky was classified too. The sun and the moon are the only bodies in space that are differentiated. The rest are called stars. Planets and stars fell under the same category.

There were actually two stars. First was when Regulas, the king star, was crowned by Jupiter, the king planet. Jupiter went into retrograde motion placing a sort of crown over Regulas. This signaled for the wise men to set out to find the Christ. They were magi and not kings. Then Jupiter went onward to dance with Venus. The mother planet. The magi had made it to Jerusalem and saw the star stop. Stars don't just stop, but these two dancing planets stopped. They were in retrograde motion.

Retrograde motion is really simple. If you see when you're in a car as you pass another car, the car being passed isn't standing still, but it sure does look like it. That's retrograde motion.

The following will lead you to the site where it is better explained.

http://www.bethlehemstar.net/