Resources

CHAPTER 1: SETTING THE STAGE .

For millennia, believers, scoffers and the curious have wondered at the biblical account of the Star. The Bible recounts unusual or even impossible astronomical events at Christ's birth. For many doubters, the account of the Star is easily dismissed as myth. For many believers, it's a mystery accepted on faith. But what happens if we combine current historical scholarship, astronomical fact and an open mind? Judge for yourself...





CHAPTER 2: THE STARRY DANCE

The Star was something in the "normal" night sky which was startling when explained. That is the hypothesis for the Star we developed in setting the stage. Our process of elimination has knocked out meteors, comets and novae as candidates. That leaves planets...





CHAPTER 3: THE DAY OF THE CROSS

There is more to the dance - there is an ending and not a pleasant one. If biblical clues have led us to the sky of Messiah's birth, they now lead to a celestial dirge floating over Jerusalem. The bookends of a life. If the Almighty did orchestrate these signs of Messiah's coming and those at his death - then we are seeing more than stars in the skies. We are seeing a poetry of terrible beauty and of silent awe...





CHAPTER 4: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

King David said "the stars speak." The starry events you have seen match the nine-point account of the same events in the book of Matthew. A reasonable person could conclude that we have found the biblical Star. If we have, then you have heard the stars speak. You have heard the celestial fanfare for the birth of a King and the Messiah. You have heard the hushed celestial dirge played out in the sky at his crucifixion. But what do these things mean?