The Star of Bethlehem
by Stephen Vidano
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Actor: Frederick A. LarsonDirector: Stephen Vidano
Brand: ESI
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 65 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Stephen Vidano Films, Mpower Pictures
DVD Reviews of The Star of Bethlehem
DVD Review: Excellent Example of God's Infallible Word
Summary: 5 Stars
This video does a great job of demonstrating how advanced computer software can simulate what the night sky looked like nearly 2,000 years ago when the magi followed the star of Bethlehem. It's not just a boring documentary, however, as Mr. Larson's presentation is entertaining and inspiring. He movingly explains how he came upon studying the information he discovered and then demonstrates what the magi must have seen; how the star they followed was an especially bright "star"; how it did, in fact, move through the night sky during their journey; and how it then miraculously stopped over the town of Bethlehem. The video is well done and words to describe it really do not give it full justice. It is well worth watching! My recommendation is you order now, watch it when it arrives, and then watch it again at Christmas with friends and family. Not only will it fascinate you, but you will find it to be a wonderful witnessing tool.
By itself the video is absolutely fascinating, but what made it especially interesting to me was how it also related to a topic I like to study and write about: end-times Bible prophecy. Some of the scripture Mr. Larson used can be found in Revelation 12:1,2 where we read, "A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth."
As Dr. David Reagan explains in his book Wrath and Glory (page 36), "The first five verses of Revelation 12 tell the story in symbolic language of how Israel gave birth to the Messiah and how Satan tried to kill Him at birth". As one watches the video and relates that concept to the symbolic flashback we see in Revelation 12, it provides an amazing look at God's profound Word and omniscience.
The issue of how we can link the symbolic scripture found in Revelation 12 with scientific evidence that, in fact, a "star of Bethlehem" existed is not unlike how we see the literal fulfillment of Jeremiah 16:14-15 where we read, "However, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when men will no longer say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' but they will say, `As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers."
Unlike what many scholars must have experienced for many centuries after Jerusalem was destroyed at the hands of the Romans and Israel ceased to exist, we now have the luxury of knowing, without any doubt, that God's Word in that passage meant exactly what it said since Israel miraculously became a nation again in 1948.
Indeed only recently has end-times Bible prophecy become as understood as it is today, which is quite encouraging given what God told Daniel. Daniel wrote, "I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, `My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?' He replied, `Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end'" (Daniel 12:8-9).
As you can see, Daniel did not understand what God was asking him to record. When he asked the Lord what the outcome would be, God replied that the words were not meant for Daniel to understand and, in fact, they were to be "closed up and sealed until the time of the end." Now, however, we have a lot being unsealed before our very eyes. First, we have the Book of Revelation which is becoming increasingly more understandable as we watch today's news headlines. We also have seen Israel become a nation just as the Bible predicted. Finally, though not completely necessary, God allows us to make scientific discoveries, such as the Star of Bethlehem, that help us understand scripture more than ever. The logical conclusion is exciting because we can reasonably conclude we are now living in "the time of the end".
Jeffrey R. Camino, Author
Pray That You May Escape
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Description of The Star of Bethlehem
Studio: Esi Distribution Release Date: 08/26/2010 Run time: 65 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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