2022-12-11 Religion Today - The Star of Bethlehem and The Wise Men - a podcast by KSL Newsradio

Host Martin Tanner covers the major proposed ideas for the Star of Bethlehem, including a comet, Super-nova, conjunction of planets, and a special miracle. There is more evidence for the comet idea than any of the others.  Who were the Wise-men?  In ancient Christian tradition the Wise-men were astrologers who although not Jewish, were familiar with Jewish prophecy of a Messiah. They were included in the account of Jesus'birth because they brought gold (representing royalty), incense (representing priesthood), and myrrh (representing embalming and death).  The star and Wise-men both demonstrated to the early Christian reader that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah and king of the Jews.   

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