The Creation Equinox, Blood Moon Eclipse, and Star of Bethlehem: A Jewish Springtime Perspective on the Nativity

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@David Koberstein ~ I thought you might be interested in this.

I receive PDF papers from Academia.edu on all assorted Judeo/Christian religious themes.

I got this one today, and while I am not going to copy all 25 pages here that they suggest is a 50 minute read, I read along far enough to think maybe some one here might be interested.... and posted an intro.

The link is The Creation Equinox, Blood Moon Eclipse, and Star of Bethlehem: A Jewish Springtime Perspective on the Nativity

And if you do click it , it should open automatically in a PDF reading mode. Any bolding is mine for emphasis.

The jest of it is

By Robert William Weber

Published 2025

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Roman History,
Early Christianity,
Book of Genesis,
Christian Apologetics,
Creationism
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According to a Jewish tradition from the Book of Genesis, as detailed in the Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 59b, the Sun, Moon, and stars were precisely aligned on the Fourth Day of Creation. Today, during the spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Jews recite a special blessing every twenty-eight years on a Wednesday to honor Creation and thank the Lord for the Sun. Some modern rabbis believe that the recurrence of this rare alignment signifies an opportune time for the arrival of the Messiah.

Similarly, in Luke 21:25-28, Jesus instructed His followers to watch for signs in the Sun, Moon, and stars preceding His Second Advent. The next verse, Luke 21:29-31, indicates that these signs will begin in spring. This could also be applied to the First Advent and should be taken into consideration.

Around the Nativity on March 22, 5 BCE, a celestial alignment occurred at the March equinox involving the Sun, Moon, and stars, echoing the verse in Berakhot 59b. Evidence from NASA, NOAA, and the modern software Fourmilab, used by the Harvard Math Department, supports a heavenly recurrence akin to the Talmud’s Creation Alignment.

This event happened one Passover before Herod died in 4 BCE, a timeframe that most conservative theologians agree on. These celestial signs in the Sun and Moon (a total lunar eclipse and possible Blood Moon) match the only primary source for the Star of Bethlehem:

The Chinese observation of a comet (the signs in the stars). Note: the word 'alignment' in the thesis title refers to a chronological order (i.e., Fourth day of Creation in the book of Genesis), not a celestial one (i.e., Planetary Alignments found in Babylonian astrology).

 

[David Koberstein]

@David Koberstein ~ I thought you might be interested in this.

I receive PDF papers from Academia.edu on all assorted Judeo/Christian religious themes.

I got this one today, and while I am not going to copy all 25 pages here that they suggest is a 50 minute read, I read along far enough to think maybe some one here might be interested.... and posted an intro.

The link is The Creation Equinox, Blood Moon Eclipse, and Star of Bethlehem: A Jewish Springtime Perspective on the Nativity

And if you do click it , it should open automatically in a PDF reading mode. Any bolding is mine for emphasis.

The jest of it is

By Robert William Weber

Published 2025

sell
Roman History,
Early Christianity,
Book of Genesis,
Christian Apologetics,
Creationism
Show more
According to a Jewish tradition from the Book of Genesis, as detailed in the Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 59b, the Sun, Moon, and stars were precisely aligned on the Fourth Day of Creation. Today, during the spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Jews recite a special blessing every twenty-eight years on a Wednesday to honor Creation and thank the Lord for the Sun. Some modern rabbis believe that the recurrence of this rare alignment signifies an opportune time for the arrival of the Messiah.

Similarly, in Luke 21:25-28, Jesus instructed His followers to watch for signs in the Sun, Moon, and stars preceding His Second Advent. The next verse, Luke 21:29-31, indicates that these signs will begin in spring. This could also be applied to the First Advent and should be taken into consideration.

Around the Nativity on March 22, 5 BCE, a celestial alignment occurred at the March equinox involving the Sun, Moon, and stars, echoing the verse in Berakhot 59b. Evidence from NASA, NOAA, and the modern software Fourmilab, used by the Harvard Math Department, supports a heavenly recurrence akin to the Talmud’s Creation Alignment.

This event happened one Passover before Herod died in 4 BCE, a timeframe that most conservative theologians agree on. These celestial signs in the Sun and Moon (a total lunar eclipse and possible Blood Moon) match the only primary source for the Star of Bethlehem:

The Chinese observation of a comet (the signs in the stars). Note: the word 'alignment' in the thesis title refers to a chronological order (i.e., Fourth day of Creation in the book of Genesis), not a celestial one (i.e., Planetary Alignments found in Babylonian astrology).

I was very interested in this and went to the link to read it. Thank you so much for that article.
Shalom