Why did Jesus need to come to earth and why is that relevant to the 鈥榮tar鈥 according to the Bible?
Satan, an angel desired worship that belonged to God. Using a serpent as a tool he tempted Adam and Eve. Genesis 3:1-6.
Basically Satan challenged God鈥檚 right to rule over his creation and called Him a liar.
Adam and Eve, by disobeying God, began to die and lost perfection. They also lost the ability to give their offspring the opportunity to live forever and make the whole earth a paradise.
Genesis 3:15, tells us Jesus will crush Satan in the head or totally destroy him. Jesus dying as a perfect human would redeem mankind Matthew 20:28
Satan, the father of the lie (John 8:44) would try to do anything to prevent Jesus from being able to fulfill this prophecy.
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鈥淲ise men鈥 鈥 how many 鈥 the Bible does not say. (check out the Encyclopedia Britannica)
Were the 鈥淲ise men鈥 kings? - the Bible does not call them kings. (check out the Encyclopedia Britannica) They were astrologers
When did the 鈥淲ise men鈥 visit Jesus? This was a number of months after Jesus birth and Jesus was a young child (Matthew 2:11) and no longer in a manger
The Astrologers went not to Bethlehem but to Jerusalem first, not to Jesus but to King Herod. (Matthew 2:1,2)
Matthew 2:3-6 鈥 King Herod told the 鈥淲ise men鈥 Jesus was in Bethlehem. So the star did not lead the 鈥淲ise men鈥 to Jesus first, the star led them to King Herod. After that the star led them to Bethlehem. Matthew 2:9
Is that significant? Yes because that appearance of the 鈥榮tar鈥 set in motion the events that threatened Jesus鈥 life and resulted in the murder of innocent children.
Matthew 2:12 鈥 Divine warning to not return to Herod
Matthew 2:16 鈥 Herod ordered all the boys in Bethlehem 2 years old and under killed.
Why did Jesus need to come to earth and why is that relevant to the 鈥榮tar鈥 according to the Bible?
Satan, an angel desired worship that belonged to God. Using a serpent as a tool he tempted Adam and Eve. Genesis 3:1-6.
Basically Satan challenged God鈥檚 right to rule over his creation and called Him a liar.
Adam and Eve, by disobeying God, began to die and lost perfection. They also lost the ability to give their offspring the opportunity to live forever and make the whole earth a paradise.
Genesis 3:15, tells us Jesus will crush Satan in the head or totally destroy him. Jesus dying as a perfect human would redeem mankind Matthew 20:28
Satan, the father of the lie (John 8:44) would try to do anything to prevent Jesus from being able to fulfill this prophecy.
Back to the Star.
鈥淲ise men鈥 鈥 how many 鈥 the Bible does not say. (check out the Encyclopedia Britannica)
Were the 鈥淲ise men鈥 kings? - the Bible does not call them kings. (check out the Encyclopedia Britannica) They were astrologers
When did the 鈥淲ise men鈥 visit Jesus? This was a number of months after Jesus birth and Jesus was a young child (Matthew 2:11) and no longer in a manger
The Astrologers went not to Bethlehem but to Jerusalem first, not to Jesus but to King Herod. (Matthew 2:1,2)
Matthew 2:3-6 鈥 King Herod told the 鈥淲ise men鈥 Jesus was in Bethlehem. So the star did not lead the 鈥淲ise men鈥 to Jesus first, the star led them to King Herod. After that the star led them to Bethlehem. Matthew 2:9
Is that significant? Yes because that appearance of the 鈥榮tar鈥 set in motion the events that threatened Jesus鈥 life and resulted in the murder of innocent children.
Matthew 2:12 鈥 Divine warning to not return to Herod
Matthew 2:16 鈥 Herod ordered all the boys in Bethlehem 2 years old and under killed.
So this 鈥榮tar鈥 was not from God.