Astronomy – Page 4 – Matty (Headwind)

April 3, 2019April 2, 2022

The Star of Bethlehem

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
(Matthew 2:1-2) KJV

As far-fetched as it may seem that the angelic host visited Bethlehem on the night of Jesus birth riding on a section of the brightly shining crystalline firmament, we shouldn’t be surprised.

February 5, 2019December 23, 2020

Who is the Sun?

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
(Judges 5:31) KJV

The sun goest forth in his might? The song of Deborah speaks of the sun as if he’s a person, a sentient being. Who are we to say he isn’t?

December 9, 2018July 15, 2022

Outer Darkness

I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(Matthew 8:11-12) ESV

Outer darkness is only referred to three times in scripture, but by using context we can establish what and where it is. The easiest thing to take for context is the gnashing of teeth, which occurs nine times in the Bible.

September 24, 2018September 24, 2021

September 24th

The Star of Bethlehem

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
(Matthew 2:1-2) KJV

The last physical phenomena of world-wide, or at least region-wide, significance in the recent epoch is the most famous one of all, the star of Bethlehem.

September 20, 2018September 20, 2021

September 20th

Exodus

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
(Exodus 9:24) KJV

The plagues of the Exodus included rivers and streams turning into blood, a rain of hail mingled with fire, and impenetrable darkness in which people couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces.

April 23, 2018April 26, 2022

April 23rd

There is no New Thing Under the Sun

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
(Ecclesiastes 1:9-10) KJV

You may have heard news that the first ever picture of a black hole has been…. what’s the word? constructed? contrived? concocted? fudged? faked? Made up? Take your pick.

May 23, 2017December 23, 2020

Prove that You don’t Have Faith

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
(Judges 5:20) KJV

Our favorite illustration of how popular science (SciPop) requires faith is Kepler’s 1st Law of Planetary Motion. The law states that planetary orbits are elliptical and that the sun is at one focus of the ellipse.

December 31, 2016January 23, 2022

Effect and Cause

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
(Matthew 15:14) KJV

Why are planetary orbits elliptical? Supposedly Sir Isaac Newton solved this problem mathematically in his Principia Mathematica (1687).

April 12, 2016July 29, 2021

The Stars Shall Fall to Earth

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
(Mark 13:25) ESV

Jesus Christ, God in human form, prophesied about a time in the future when the stars fall out of the sky and impact the Earth. The express purpose of popular science (SciPop) is to make this seem impossible.