Dr. Bob Gonzales
Puritan Board Junior
Numerous suggestions have been made over the centuries for the identity of the star that led the Magi to Jesus. Some of these proposals may be classified as purely natural, in that no miraculous intervention is postulated – e.g., Halley’s comet, some other comet, one or more of various planetary conjunctions, or an exploding star, such as a supernova. Other proposals can be labeled purely supernatural, since they suggest that a miraculous object – perhaps an angel, the Shekinah glory, or some other local, movable bright light in the sky – was responsible for the phenomenon. Drawing from the insights of Dr. Robert C. Newman, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA, and Ph.D in astrophysics from Cornell University, Pastor John Reuther proposes something of a hybrid model in the post below.
The Star of Bethlehem: A Natural-Supernatural Hybrid
The Star of Bethlehem: A Natural-Supernatural Hybrid