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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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inqtliiy <strong>of</strong> all arOnnd, <strong>and</strong> Oertaiiily, amchig<br />

o<strong>the</strong>i^, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews. Here we leaye <strong>the</strong> domain <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> c^toin, <strong>and</strong> enter a{)on that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prbbable.<br />

Kepler, who was led to <strong>the</strong> disOoteiy bjr<br />

obsefying a similair cdnjnnction in 1603-^, also<br />

noticed, that when <strong>the</strong> three planets oaine into<br />

oonjondtion, a new^ eictraordinarily brilliant, <strong>and</strong><br />

pecnliai'ly colonred eyanescent star Wtu3 yidble<br />

between Jn-piter <strong>and</strong> Satam, <strong>and</strong> he suggested that<br />

a similibr star had appeared ilnder <strong>the</strong> same<br />

circnmstances in <strong>the</strong> conjunction pl'eeeding tiie<br />

Nati-yity. Of this, <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>the</strong>re is not, <strong>and</strong><br />

cannot be, absolute oerttiinty^. But, if so, this<br />

would be ' <strong>the</strong> star' <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Magi, ^ in its rising.'<br />

<strong>The</strong>i^ is yet ano<strong>the</strong>r remarkable statetnent which,<br />

howeyei*, must aldo be assigned only to <strong>the</strong><br />

domain <strong>of</strong>tiiepmlxAle, In <strong>the</strong> astronomical tables<br />

<strong>of</strong> t^e Chinese—to whose general trustwoithiness<br />

so high an authority as Humboldt beaifd testimony<br />

^-^<strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> an eyaneecent stiir «oomxM,<br />

was noted. Pingr6 <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs haye designated it l»<br />

a cOmet, <strong>and</strong> cal- ^' ^ culated its first appearance

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