Is the star of Bethlehem a REAL star?
For centuries we've come to believe that the star of Bethlehem in the Biblical narrative of Christ's birth was some sort of supernatural cosmic event. But, was it a LITERAL star? As explained in the Greek Interlinear concordance, the word "star" can be rendered LITERAL or FIGURATIVE! My conclusion it should be considered figuratively or something else than a real cosmic star. LITERAL VIEW : THE STAR WAS A SUN We all know that a star is a Sun that can be millions if not billions of light years away. Even though God could in His infinite power move a Sun so far away as it would appear in our sky and shine where Jesus was born, it would still not agree with the complete narrative of the Nativity story. ARGUMENTS AGAINST BEING A LITERAL STAR Astronomers, understanding the laws of physics, have a hard time believing the narrative and I would not blame them. A sun cannot do what the Bible said it did. Actually, sympathetic astronomers have gone out of their way to convert
