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What was “The Star in the East" that led the Wise Men or Magi to travel to Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago? By
using “Starry Night” software, July 9, 6 BC is the date when three heavenly objects: Jupiter, the moon, with
Pleiades are all aligned in the east in the Constellation of Taurus. A priestly sacrifice is symbolized by Taurus, the
Bull. This event marks the conception of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. It is nine months later that the birth of Christ
occurs with an even more important sign in the heavens. This is the “Bethlehem Star” appearing in the skies that is
the Pleiades star cluster, the moon, Venus, and Jupiter aligned or coalesced in the Constellation of Taurus. This
occurs directly west on March 11, 5 BC. This event marks the birth of Jesus Christ. The “Star of Bethlehem”
needs to come up in the east and go down over Bethlehem to the west to be Biblically correct. The Magi will
need to be able to follow the star from the East. It needs to be the brightest coalesced object in the sky. Three of
the brightest objects in the night sky are coalesced overhead which are the moon, Venus and Jupiter. In the Old
Testament, both King David and Job recognized that God knew them in their mother’s womb. This is in Psalms
and the Book of Job. Further, proof comes from the Apostle Paul. He makes the statement that God recognized
him while he was yet in his mother’s womb. Why does man refuse to recognize an unborn life?

Galatians 1:15 “But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me
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through His grace, was pleased.”

Baby’s Head in the Womb (CCASA)

June 15, 1983: In Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state
requirements that abortions performed after the first trimester be done in a hospital. It is a woman's right to
know the law before she can consent to an abortion. Nevertheless, the Court rules that states may insist that only
licensed physicians perform abortions.
June 28, 1983: The U.S. Senate rejects the Eagleton-Hatch Amendment which declared “a right to an abortion is not
secured by the Constitution,” by a vote of 49-50. A two-thirds vote is required to pass a constitutional amendment.

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New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. 1995 (Ga 1:15). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.