Today’s Topic: Understanding the Role of the Stars
Scripture: Genesis 1:14,15; Matthew 24:17,30; Numbers 24:17; Matthew 2:1,2
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
In the last message we left off talking about the star that guided the wise men to the newborn King, Jesus. And we stated that the wise men said that they were guided by His star. So what is it about stars that are so important? Well let’s go back to the beginning and see. Look at Genesis 1:14:
“ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years”
Now how many times have we read this and did not think twice about what God said when He said “Let them be for signs..”? The sun, moon and stars are all objects and things that illuminate the day and the nighttime sky and they are also there for signs, seasons, days and years. Now what this tells me is the heavens (stars, moon and sun) is God’s billboard for us to know when something or someone from the eternal is about to impact the Earth. Now the human study of the stars trace all the way back in history to the kingdoms of Samaria and Babylon. Now you may wonder how did these stars get their names? The names were primarily given by the Arabs, Romans and Greeks who also studied the stars after the Samarians and Babylonians. To give you an example of one or two constellation of stars that are Arabic are Zuben Elgenubi and Al Zimach. So what we have established is that the heavens of this realm are for signs to the Earth that the eternal is impacting or about to impact the Earth. The study of the stars and even their naming, go back as far as Samaria and Babylon to the Arabs of the Middle East and the Romans of the Roman Empire (before Christ). Now what I want to show you is this correlation in what the wise men saw in the east and how they knew that the King of the Jews had been born on Earth. Now I want to walk you to the wise men in scripture to show there has always been in scripture the prophecy of a star being the sign that Jesus, the Messiah was on Earth. Let’s start with Numbers 24:15-17.
Numbers 24:15-17
Here we have the words of Baalam and the verse I want you to lock in on is verse 17. Now in verse 17 we have these powerful words:
“I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel…”
Now who is it that they shall see? Jesus. Baalam then says in the vision that he shall behold him but not yet. Now the revelation, there shall come a Star out of Jacob. Now here is one of the first references to Jesus and a Star. So the ancients new of this scripture and had written knowledge of a star signifying the Messiah. Now Numbers is one of the five books of Moses so this is obviously written information so that the elders, scribes and chief priests can know that there will be a star in the sky signifying the Messiah has come.
Now I must emphasize this and we will continue this wonderful revelation in the next message, God always warns and prepares His people for the impact of the eternal on the natural. Take a look at some of the things that God warned mankind about before it happened:
1. Promise of Death from Sin – Adam
2. The Flood – Noah
3. The Coming of the Messiah – The Law and the Prophets
4. The Return of the Kingdom of God to Earth – John the Baptist
5. The Return of the Lord – Jesus Himself
6. The Demonic Kingdom on Earth: Daniel and the Apostle John (Revelation)
Now these are major events and there are thousands of others I could use but to keep us in focus we will stick with the first coming of Jesus. In the next message we will continue to look at evidence and proof of the stars being set for signs in heavens for us to know when the eternal will impact the earth.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
