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1 | Who Prophesied Christs Birth? | Mic 5:2 | Lancelot777 | 118482 | ||
Well, this is my first posting, so please forgive my ignorance *grins* Anyhow, it seems to me that Christ's birth was prophesied 500 years before it happened right? By who? Who told the 3 wise men to look for that star configuration and what it meant? The three wisemen were the government scientists of the time right? Just how much do we know about the man/men who prophesied Christs coming? And what do we know of that prophecy? Thanks eh? Cheers! |
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2 | Who Prophesied Christs Birth? | Mic 5:2 | Lancelot777 | 118520 | ||
I thank you for the information given,as in these verses, yet I don't feel I have the answer. No where in these verses does it say "look for such and such a star and then follow to directly under it to find the christ child" since it does not say this? How did the wise men know to look? |
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3 | Who Prophesied Christs Birth? | Mic 5:2 | Emmaus | 118548 | ||
Lancelot, I don' think you are going to find an explicit verse saying what you are looking for. Below are some footnotes on Matt 2 from the NABB. 3 [2] We saw his star: it was a common ancient belief that a new star appeared at the time of a ruler's birth. Matthew also draws upon the Old Testament story of Balaam, who had prophesied that "A star shall advance from Jacob" (Numbers 24:17), though there the star means not an astral phenomenon but the king himself. 4 [4] Herod's consultation with the chief priests and scribes has some similarity to a Jewish legend about the child Moses in which the "sacred scribes" warn Pharaoh about the imminent birth of one who will deliver Israel from Egypt and the king makes plans to destroy him. Matthew 2:11: Cf Psalm 72:10, 15; Isaiah 60:6. These Old Testament texts led to the interpretation of the magi as kings. 5 [11] Psalm 72:10; Psalm 72:15; Isaiah 60:6; These Old Testament texts led to the interpretation of the magi as Kings. Emmaus |
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