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In the

Stars 1

The First Step

As many of you know, I have spent a lot of time tracking the role of the stars in

the original Biblical calendar.

This quest often involves complex explanations, lengthy charts and a lot of

historical detective work that takes many

hours just to explain properly.

But the practical effect of this research is very easy

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The First Step

I believe we are meant to understand Scripture to a much higher level of

precision than many may have believed

was possible in times past.

And I have used this calendar driven by the stars to prove many things, such

as the actual dates for the Exodus,

Yshuas birth, and to confirm that priestly course 1 was on duty each time the

Temple burned. 3

The First Step

These things matter, because they show proof that the calendar in Scripture

actually works perfectly. YHWH is not

the Author of confusion.

And when it comes to star signs there is none more important or mysterious than

the Star of Bethlehem that announced

Yshuas birth.

But 2,000 years later many have no idea what that Star actually was! 4

The First Step

Almost all of the idealized Christian tradition here is inaccurate or overly

simplified. This is far more than just the

twinkling of a single star on a Silent Night!

What you are going to see are actual computer representations of many

types of special signs that occurred

over a 5 year period2 years before the birth and 3 years afterwards to mark

Yshuas safe return from Egypt. 5

The First Step

The message of Abba YHWH to the Magi; professional astronomers in Babylon, who

may have been trained by Daniel but

retained their Eastern astrology and pagan

culture; was through a series of

conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn in

Pisces, from May 29 to December 4 of 7

BCE. These conjunctions, coming very

close together in Pisces, gave the Magi a

special message about Yshua.

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Jupiter: Kings Planet

As the greatest wanderer in the sky, its not surprising this planet would be associated with kingship by the

Magi

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Saturn: Shabbat/Savior Planet

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Saturns Day = Saturday = Shabbat

Because the ancient Hebrews kept

Shabbat, Saturn

became their

champion in the minds of the nations

around Israel!

Pisces: The Sign of Israel

Traditions associate the fish

(Pisces) with Israel

due to the story of

Jonah

Early followers of Yshua also were associated with the

sign of the fish

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Pisces: The Sign of Israel

Teachings from Rabbi

Arbarbanel and

others confirm

these ancient

connections

And these signs spell out a

specific

message:

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The Great Message:

COMING SOON to a manger

near you!

King and Savior of Israel to be

born soon. Stay tuned for other

witnesses for more details.

He will appear in His Father

YHWHs Name to bring us

peace, atonement and light!

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The First Step

But before we can fully appreciate these great insights in the heavens, we need to

review the historical period in which these

signs took place.

What follows then is a proven historical processthe 7 Anchorsthat narrows the Nativity time down from nearly 3

years to the first 2 weeks of September

5 BCE. From there, astronomical clues

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The Seven Historical Anchors

The first anchor is also the easiest. Both Matthew and Luke agree that Yshua is born in the last days of King Herod the

Great.

More than 95% of all Biblical scholars agree Herod died somewhere between

March 25th and April 2nd, 4 BCE, because

of what the historian Josephus wrote

in The Jewish War, 2:1-10. 13


Basically, Herods son Archelaus mourns his fathers death for 7 days and right after this, Passover starts.

This gives us a really good idea when Herod died, no later than April 2nd, or 8

Abib, in 4 BCE.

Josephus also tells us the exact length of Herods reign from TWO separate time references, since Herod took over

Israel in stages

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So Herod, having survived the slaughter of

his son five days, died, having reigned 34

years since he had caused Antigonus to

be slain, and obtained his kingdom; but

37 years since he had been made king by

the Romans. (The Jewish War, 1:665)

Herod was proclaimed king by Rome in 40 BCE but becomes king in 37 BCE, so

both dates bring us to 4 BCE for his

death. Now moving on to anchor #2

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The second anchor is the fact that no significant astronomical events happened

prior to late May of 7 BCE which would

point to the birth of Messiah. More on

this later

So now the bookends are in place. Yshua is born no earlier than May 29, 7 BCE and no later than April 2nd, 4

BCE, when Herod the Great died. 16


The third anchor is the detail in Luke 2:8 that shepherds were living out in the fields keeping watch over their flocks by

night.

Even today in Israel, and this was certainly true 2000 years ago, shepherds

NEVER live out in the open with their

sheep after mid-November, when the

heavy rains come. 17


The range is then cut to no earlier than May 29, 7 BCE to no later than mid-

November, 5 BCE.

Our fourth anchor has to do with the purification period that Yshuas mother Maryam had to go through.

Leviticus 12:1-4 requires a total of 41 days of purification for the mother of a

boy. And the Gospels say this 18


And when the days of their purification

were fulfilled according to the instruction

of Moshe, they took him up to Urishlim to

present him before Master YHWH.

(Luke 2:22-AENT)

So Herod doesnt order the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem before this

purification period is over and Joseph

and Mary must stay near Jerusalem

that entire time. 19


But now our fifth anchor will cut 2 years off our birth window. It is based

on three references in the Gospels.

These references, in turn, contain precise astronomical information that

conclusively tell us what the Star of

Bethlehem has to be.

First, Matthew has the Magi say something critical to King Herod

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And when Y'shua was born in Beth-Lekhem

of Yehuda, in the days of Herodus, the king,

Magoshi came from the east to Urishlim.

And they said, "Where is he who has

been born the king of the Yehudeans?

For we saw his star in the East and have

come to worship him." (Matthew 2:1-2-

AENT)

We know when the Magi saw this star in the rising/in the east

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We have seen his star rising in the East. (May 27, 5 BCE)

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But its this second passage from Matthew that begins to confirm the

timing

Then Herodus, in secret, called to the

Magoshi and learned from them by which

time the star appeared to them. (Matthew

2:7-AENT)

Herod wants to know when the Magi became interested in the star.

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Then, when he gets the data he needs, this is what he does with it, in Matthew

2:16

Then, when Herodus saw that the Magoshi

mocked him, he was angry and sent (and)

killed all the boys of Beth-Lekhem and of

all from its borders 2 years and under,

according to the time that he inquired

from the Magoshi.

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This tells us the Magi were tracking the star for 2 years by the time they saw

Herod. But 2 years from what event?

The first conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces was a fairly common eventhappens about once every 19 years. This

would not have greatly intrigued the

Magi at all no matter what year it fell

because the pattern had only just

started presenting itself at that time. 25


However, the 2nd conjunction would have really captured their attention. It

had happened only a few months later,

which is rare in and of itself.

But the Magi were from Babylonthats the only place they could have tracked

these signs from--where a vast Jewish population was alsothey would have known the Hebrew calendar and that

they were tracking a Jewish Messiah.

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Their faith tradition, known as Zoroastrianism, told them a world ruler would be born in a land to their

West to where the stars would direct

them.

What better sign then could the Magiwhich is a title for the high

priest/astronomers of their religionhave had than an October 1st conjunctionon a High Holy day - YOM KIPPUR!

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So 2 years later, or mid September in 5 BCE, is the time the Magi would have

visited Herod. The 2nd solar anniversary

of the Yom Kippur event is Oct 1st.

And because they viewed Herod as a Jewish king (he was really half Arab), the

Magi surely told him about the Yom

Kippur event in 7 BCE, causing Herod to

kill the infants 2 years and under after

they departed!

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Our sixth anchor though will confirm this timing. Observing Jupiter rise in the

east in late May of 5 BCE.

Since this is the sign that caused the Magi to leave Babylon for Israel, we

need to factor in how long the journey

would have taken them along well

known travel routes from these locations.

This is where Tanakh helps!

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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month,

in the seventh year of the king's reign; for

he had ordered the departure from

Babylon on the first day of the first

month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on

the first day of the fifth month, since the

kindly hand of his God was over him.

(Ezra 7:8-9 NJB)

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Ezra, travelling under the protection of the king, would have taken the same

travel routes and travelled in the same

high style as these Magi did about 500

years later.

And the text directly says it took EXACTLY four months to take this

route from Babylon to Jerusalem,

which fits all the data thus far!

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Since the Magi would have left for Israel when they saw Jupiter rise in the east the

date of this event matters: May 27th, 5

BCE (Gregorian).

Their arrival to see Herod though is just after the birth of Yshua because they proclaim, in past tense, Where is he who has been born King of the Jews.

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I will deal with that timing issue more precisely in a moment. For now, just

understand that the Magi dont leave Herod until the star moves again, on September 26th 5 BCE.

They are seeing Herod when Jupiter has paused over Bethlehem, no earlier than

the week before,September 19th. This

matches the journey of Ezra almost

perfectly! 34


In Hebrew terms, Ezras journey from the 1st day of Abib to the 1st day of Ab

is precisely 119 days (30 for Abib + 29

for Iyar + 30 for Sivan + 29 for Tammuz +

1 for Ab = 119).

The Magi, were prepared for months to leave Babylon for Israel, and upon

seeing the star rise would have been

ready to depart later that same day they

saw that sign, May 27th, at sunrise. 35


So lets add up the Magis time

1) 5 days left in May (27-31 inclusive)

2) 30 days for June

3) 31 days for July

4) 31 days for August

5) 19 days until September 19th

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So the Magi come to see Herod only 3 days shy of how long it took Ezra to return

to Jerusalem, from the same Babylon

road.

And Ezra definitely rested on Shabbat, so his real travel days are probably considerably less than the Magis, possibly around 17 days less. But even if

the Magi kept Shabbat and rested, the

trip is extremely doable for them.

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Our seventh and final anchor has to do with the fact that as Luke 2:7 said, for there was no room at the inn.

We now know for certain that Yosip and Maryam are in Bethlehem during

the 7th month, or September.

But when they get there, the inns are completely stuffed full of peopletheres nowhere to go but a manger.

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The inn is crowded because pious Jews are gearing up for the fall sacred season

and the Romans have scheduled their

registration to coincide with when

people would be on the road anyway to

get to Jerusalem for the Feast of

Tabernacles, or Sukkot.

But during Sukkot no Jews would be at the innthey would live OUTSIDE!

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Therefore, Yshua had to be born in the 7th month but just prior to the start of

Tabernacles. Thus the 2 week window I

spoke of earlier would be September 1st

through 13th, 5 BCE.

However, the retrograde motion of Jupiter will narrow the time further.

When Matthew 2:9 says the star went out before them, this refers to a specific astronomical event

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Supporting Evidence

As the Earth moves through space, the

outer planets the Magi are watching

appear to speed up or slow down in their daily motion. So when Jupiter

emerged from the sun, it appears to race ahead, as it did from May to September in 5 BCE. The anchors are donenow its

time for astronomy and other evidence.

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Supporting Evidence

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Supporting Evidence

But on September 18th, after four months of going ahead of the Earth,

the Earth caught up to Jupiter and for

the next week, Jupiters motion appeared to pause over Bethlehem (19-26).

This would have to be the time that the Magi saw the infant Yshua, but we are also missing a critical fact still: Yshua was born well before this!

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Supporting Evidence

The reason, as we already discussed before, concerns what the Magi said to

Herod: Where is he who has been born King of the Jews!

Another critical clue is in both Matthew and in Luke, where the shift in language

goes from calling Yshua an INFANT to calling him a CHILD or a BOY. This is

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Supporting Evidence

The most significant place that child or boy appears rather than infant is in Matthew 2:11 and 13

And they entered the house and they saw the boy with Maryam, his mother, and they

fell (and) worshipped him, and they opened

their treasures and offered to him gifts (of)

gold and myrrh and incensethe messenger of Master

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Supporting Evidence

YHWH appeared to Yosip in a dream and

said to him, "Arise, take the boy and his

mother and flee to Misrayin and there

remain until I tell you. For Herodus is going

to seek the boy as to destroy him.

So by the time the Magi see Yshua, he is called a BOY, or talia in Aramaic. The

Hebrew equivalent to this is zakhar, but

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Supporting Evidence

What is the one time in Scripture when it is appropriate to call an infant by the name boy (talia/zakhar) instead?

This is my covenant which you must keep between myself and you, and your

descendants after you: every one of your

males (zakhar/) must be circumcised.

You must circumcise the flesh of your

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Supporting Evidence

the covenant between myself and you. As

soon as he is eight days old, every one of

your males (zakhar/ ) generation after generation, must be circumcised, including

slaves born within the household or bought

from a foreigner not of your descent. (Genesis 17:10-12 NJB)

So this is the only time that an infant is a MALE or a BOY, at circumcision!

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Supporting Evidence

The Greek version of the NT also seems to support the Jewish understanding.

The same Greek word paidon () can refer either to an infant (Luke 1:59,

John 16:21) or to a toddler.

In Greek, Luke 1:59 calls Yshua this literally when he is an 8 day old infant,

so the Magis arrival to see the child is actually pointing to an 8 day old infant in

the Greek!

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Supporting Evidence

The text is also very clear that the Magi left very soon after seeing the Set-

Apart family and the family also left for

Egypt immediately thereafter.

This means the Magi must have seen Yshua just AFTER his circumcision on the 8th day of his life which is in turn

sometime during Jupiters pause over Bethlehem (September 19-26).

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Supporting Evidence

8 days before September 19-26 would put Yshuas birth sometime between September 11th and 18th, 5 BCE.

However, Anchor #7, no room at the inn, means its before Sukkot, which eliminates September 15th-18th. This

narrows the dates to September 11-14,

5 BCE.

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Supporting Evidence

It is this four day range, September 11-14, or between Yom Kippur and the

day before the start of Sukkot, that we

will keep studying in astronomical terms

until we get to the exact day and hour

of the Nativity!

But before that, we will set our clock back to May of 7 BCE and begin

tracking the star signs that lead to

Yshua! Meanwhile

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Meet the Planets!

Previously, we saw the historical evidence for narrowing the range of

the Nativity of Yshua to just 4 days: September 11-14, 5 BCE.

Part of the reason for this precision was marrying Scripture to exact astronomical

events.

Now we are getting more deeply into YHWHs message from the stars.

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Meet the Planets!

One of the most important signs of the Nativity was an incredibly active 5

month period, from late May to early

December in 7 BCE, when three

successive conjunctions of the planets

Jupiter and Saturn occurred in the

constellation of Pisces. Basically a

conjunction is when two planets appear

very close together in the sky.

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Meet the Planets!

How close the planets appear varies. Technically speaking a conjunction is when two or more planets are within a

few degrees of one another in the

same part of the sky.

But conjunctions can be very close. Sometimes the planets would get so

close they will appear to merge;

however, most times they remain distinct

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Meet the Planets!

Ancient astronomers could not always recognize the night of closest approach of a conjunction due to a wide array of factors such as the brightness of the sun, position of the planets over the horizon, etc.

With modern tools we can predict things to the moment they happenedbut this is almost always 1-2 days before the ancients would have perceived them.

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Meet the Planets!

We will now start tracking these three rare conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces. The dates/times of astronomical closest approach are May 27 @ 8:00 AM, September 29 @12:15 AM and December 3 @ 8:28 AM

But they would have been perceived by the Magi on May 29, Oct 1 and Dec 4.

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Meet the Planets!

In order to confirm these dates, I enlisted the help of my science advisor, Bill Welker.

Bill has two physics degrees, and has spent his career working on US Department of Defense space systems. He also builds telescopes from scratch in his so-called spare time. Bill has proven invaluable for augmenting my astronomical knowledge. 58

Meet the Planets!

But in order to produce the right results, we both had to forget our modern astronomy gadgets and computers and put ourselves back to the visual astronomy practices of 2,000 years ago.

Modern astronomy can tell us the second something happened, but the ancients didnt work that way. At any rate, here is what Bill said.

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[10:07:48 AM] Bill Welker:

Sorry these descriptions were so long, but I had to convince myself this

effect was real. I did not "force" them to come out your way. I think you are

right, that the "end" of the conjunctions would not have been

perceived till the day after the "real" (calculated) end. Someone could

always argue about this, but I have a lot

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of years of observing the planets, so I'm also using how I know the real planets would look like in the sky, compared to what my software is

showing.

Bill Welker, Skype correspondence, September 15-16, 2013

So now that we have confirmed the dates as May 29th, Oct 1st and Dec 4th of 7 BCE, lets see these same days on the Hebrew calendar...

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May 29, 7 BCE (Jupiter and Saturn in

Pisces)

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October 1, 7 BCE (Jupiter and Saturn

again in Pisces)

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December 4, 7 BCE (3rd conjunction in 5

monthsvery rare!)

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The real record from the actual place!

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When in Doubt

But our rare star signs are just beginning. At this point the Magi have seen a preview of what is coming, but they are definitely staying put for right now.

The winter has begun, and its a very unpleasant time of year to travel 660 miles if you dont have to. And the stars are about to tell them many more details. When in doubt

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Read the Directions!

July 26, 7 BCE (Faint red line is Jupiters motion. Blue line is Saturn)-

Guide 9.0 Software

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July 26th is the mid-point between the 1st and 2nd conjunctions.

This is the direction Jupiter and Saturn are seen to be going as they move through the sky each night for the next several months: toward Jerusalem!

Then something dramatic happens to Jupiter and Saturn just after the third conjunction on December 4th

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December 7, 7 BCE (Jupiter and Saturn

now begin to move away from Jerusalem)

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December 7th star signs are pointing away from Israel and the rainy season is a bad time to travel 660 miles if you can help it.

As before, the Gospels are clear that Yshua was born before Herods death in April, 4 BCE.

But then another very rare event happens on February 20th, 6 BCE

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Conjunction of Planets, February 20, 6 BCE

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Another view

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Conjunction of Planets

On February 20th, in the skies over Babylon and Israel, a conjunction of planets occurred in the sign of Pisces. Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon and Mars all appear within a small visual field from one another!

Mars is well-known as a bloody omen due to its red color and for being the Greek and Roman the god of war!

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Conjunction of Planets

For the Magis astrological and pagan-influenced world this means the War Planet of Mars has invaded the King Planet Jupiter and this may be foretelling a dire time for Israel, when war causes chaos in the region.

So, until other signs clarify, the Magi are staying put! And Mars will confirm that decision by making another personal appearance just a short time later

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Jupiter and Mars too close for comfort in

Pisces on March 1, 6 BCE

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Jupiter and Mars

This could not be a clearer astronomical message: Blood has overwhelmed the house of the king so the Magi are still not going anywhere.

It is also still winter, the rainy season, so again, no compelling reason for the Magi to travel 660 miles to Israel if they dont have to. And even just before spring starts, the omens for the king remain dark.

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Jupiters Dark Spring

A little later, on March 18th, 6 BCE, the Kings Planet disappears in a most unusual way: It is occulted by the New Moon! As the moon became new, not yet visible, it blocks Jupiter completely one sunset when Jupiter would have otherwise been seen.

Jupiter will then go behind the sun for 4 more weeks, shielding it from view for the whole 1st Hebrew month. The Kings Planet is in hiding! Next 78

The Baptists Comet

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The Baptists Comet

We know Yochanan the Immerser is born 5-6 months before Yshua.

During the month of Abib in 5 BCE, a comet was seen over Israel. It was visible across the region for a total of 70 days, but strongly visible in Israel ONLY during Abib (March 7- April 5), after which it gets much harder to see. I believe this comet was meant to herald the Baptists impending birth.

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The Signs Change

But on April 16th, Jupiter returns from its March 19th exile behind the sun and is surrounded by the stars of spring--definitely a turn for the better for the Magi. 1 more sign remains!

Jupiter must rise in the east and move towards Israel. That event has a solid date, two years to the day of the first closest approach of Jupiter and Saturn, May 27th, 5 BCE. Lets take a look 81


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The Magi would not have left before seeing the kings star rising in the East!

We also saw that it took exactly 4 months to travel from Babylon to

Jerusalem along well-known trade

routes.

This will bring the Magi to the right area in mid September, 5 BCE.

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As we saw earlier, our range for Yshuas birth within that month of September is between the 11th and the 14th, 5 BCE.

But it is only on ONE of these daysthe 13ththat we see a stunning celestial sign truly worthy of the King of Kings. Perhaps the Magi, having heard of it or seen it, knew he was born right then. My science advisor Bill Welker explains

Bill Welker says

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On the night of September 13th, 5

BCE, there is a well placed total

Lunar Eclipse. By well placed, I mean that the moon rose that night, well

before Jupiter, and was of course,

nearly full. The eclipse began at

about 8:30 PM, with the moon 35

degrees high perfectly placed from Jerusalem to see the entire eclipse.

Bill Welker says

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At totality, at about 9:30 pm, Jupiter was

rising but just barely above the

horizonThis means that as the total lunar eclipse ended, about 11 PM,

Jupiter was itself now prominently

placed, 20 degrees above the horizon,

a little north of due east. The fullness

of the moon, would not have

lessened the visibility of

Bill Welker says

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Jupiter that night and it would be

easy each night from now on to tell

Jupiter was dramatically slowing

down in its nightly motion against

the stars.

This absolutely stunning lunar eclipse marks not just the day of the

birth, but I believe also the very

moment of his birthbetween 8:30-11:00 PM!

Bill Welker says

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Friday, September 13th, 5 BCE, 9:30

PM, Bethlehem local time (Actual photo of an eclipsed moon, May 25, 1975)

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However, the signs dont stop with Yshua being bornfar from it!

First up is a lunar eclipse mentioned by Josephus that was literally the last full moon Herod the Great would ever see.

It also happened right at the time of Purim, linking Herod thematically to the Arab nemesis Haman who was also an Edomite. Lets show this

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March 11th, 4 BCE, 4:37 AM

Sources: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LE-0099-0000.html, calibrated to the Gregorian date and time in Jerusalem.

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The eclipse was partial, but it would have caused a stir to the ancients.

This is the last full moon before Passover, 14 Adar (Purim), when Haman died!

As we have seen before and will see again, the number of astronomical events surrounding Yshuas birth and afterwards aligning with Hebrew feasts is astonishing.

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So this sign was showing YHWHs displeasure at Herods bloody reign, but other signs would follow that tell us exactly when the Set-Apart family would return to Galilee.

However, the threat to the Set-Apart family did not end with his death because Matthew 2:20 talks about men seeking to kill Messiah, and once ordered, they will not stop.

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In terms of the chronology, Herod dies in 4 BCE, but the family stays in Egypt for another 2 years. Then they avoid Herods replacement (Matthew 2:22).

And since Archelaus (reigned 4 BCE-6 CE) was just as brutal as his late father, it is easy to see why the threat remained to their safety. He would not have countermanded the order, so the men who were charged with it had to die. Moving on

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On May 17th, or Shavuot in 3 BCE, Mercury (the messenger) and Saturn (the Savior) had a close conjunction in Taurus.

The message of the Savior in the sign of sacrifice (the bull), may refer to Yshuas ascension during the omer count. Then on June 10th, the day Aaron died (1 Ab, 3 BCE), Venus and Saturn came together in Taurus as well, another sign of sacrifice. Next

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August 10, 3 BCE, conjunction of

Jupiter and Venus

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This conjunction was even closer than normalspectacular as the two planets very nearly merge into one mass.

Since Jupiter represented the King, Venuswho was often called by Gentiles like the Magi Queen of Heaven--must have represented Yshuas mother, Maryam. It signaled the family was coming home soon

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But then we get another glimpse into Yshuas far future. On Tishri1-4, or Sept 7-10, 3 BCE, imagery of Revelation is evoked with a meteor shower (like Wormwood?) in the sign of the Dragon/Draco (haSatan?).

But the next event was amazing: 3 conjunctions of Jupiter and the star Regulus drawing a crown, on Sept 14, 3 BCE, Feb 15 & May 6 in 2 BCE.

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So, over a period of almost 8 months, the planet Jupiter has crown drawn around it by the star Regulus.

Regulus, as it turns out, also means king in Latin, so the Kings Planet has a crown made for it by the Kings Star! The event is so rare and beautiful that some call it the Star of Bethlehem. Take a look...

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Regulus in Time Lapse (nearly a year)

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The problem of course, as we saw earlier, is that the Nativity could not have happened in 2 BCE because Herod died in 4 BCE.

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Also the Magi could not have used this sign walking from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. It was in the East, Southern, and Western sky over the span of a yearnot likely to guide them as they were moving south, and Regulus is a fixed starso even if they noticed this from Babylon, it wouldnt lead them to the baby!

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But these signs dont have to be the Star of Bethlehem to be important. They simply relate to Yshuas formative years and future!

And as the connections between the dates of observation and their alignment with the Hebrew calendar and feasts is a recent discovery, we are just beginning to see the depth of the message.

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Remarkably though, the Crowning of Regulus in terms of conjunctions also falls on important dates: Sept 14th, 3 BCE is right in the middle between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur.

The 2nd conjunction, on Feb 15th, 2 BCE falls on 13 Adar, the Fast of Esther.

And the final conjunction on May 6th is none other than Shavuot, when he Ten Commandments were given!

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This brings us to the last 3 signs, all in 2 BCE. First, on March 29th, another great conjunction of Venus, Mars and Saturn in Taurus occurs. Message may be: Mother of Wars and Sacrifice coming!

Then on April 28th, 4 planets (Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury) all mass in Leo, the sign of the Lion of Judah. This is about Yshuas kingship.

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And finally, on June 15th, 2 BCE, Jupiter and Venus have an extremely close conjunction in Leo.

The Message: The King (Jupiter) who is the Lion of Judah (Leo) and his mother (Venus), are safe back in Galilee! And so the great cosmic drama comes to a close!

But now the time has come to add it all up.

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The Master List of all these signs is on the notes for the slide before this one.

And when we add everything we have seen, from announcing the birth in 7 BCE, to chronicling Yshua and familys return to Galilee in 2 BCE, one last remarkable pattern emerges: The number of astronomical events is exactly 26.

Post Nativity Signs

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In Hebrew, the letters of the alphabet also are numbers and add up to special sums.

Often in Hebrew thought two words that add up to the same number are said to be related to one another.

But I can also tell you I have many studies that track these numbers, and if they are important enough, they follow the same theme. Such as 26 which means

The List of Signs: 4-2 BCE, Part 2

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Yshua Came in His Fathers Nameliterally!

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abr hdwt Todah Rabbah

Peace and blessings Andrew Gabriel Roth

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nativity in the stars with improved graphics final

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