I know some have seen the post about The Christmas Star appearing this year on December 21st. I couldn't help but really take a deeper look at how amazing that this occurrence would be happening in the year 2020. In the year when Jesus was born, there was violence, chaos, political and social unrest. It was dark. The Magi found him by way of the star, which was the "meeting" of 3 stars: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. They followed the star until it rested on where he was and they began to worship him. In a time where is was dark, Light was brought in to our world. Jesus stepped in to the chaos and brought peace. Fast forward to this year, 2020. It's a time of violence, chaos, political and social unrest. It is dark. Winter Solstice, December 21st, being a time where the day is the shortest and night is the longest...it's literally the "darkest day" and is the beginning of what most would say the cold, dark winter season. But on the darkest day this year, Jupiter and Saturn meet, giving us the Christmas Star! How fitting...that in the moment of time during the Christmas season that we get to see this beautiful reminder...that even in the darkest of times...Light will, and has, stepped in. In our chaos He is there. In our darkest time, He is there. He brings Light, and makes all things new. So as you look out on Dec 21st for the Christmas Star, may we be reminded of His power, and His Light that he brings for all mankind. He is perfect at stepping into chaos and bringing it into peace. Copied from a friend... you may do the same. Thank you Jesus!
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https://bethlehemstar.com/starry-dance/coronation/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGUlWa2r-bk
This video explains how it was discovered, or rediscovered, and goes in detail what the magi would have seen, it is extremely hard to refute.
In essence, to answer your question, planets are never stationary, they actually move sort of back and forth due to our own planets rotation. There is a point where they may appear to move backwards, or stand still. This stellar conjunction did so three times in a row in a position that would have appeared to stop right over Bethlehem for anyone standing in Jerusalem.
Okay...but Bethlehem is still a village with who knows how many buildings and inns. Even if it brings them to the right village, how do they make it to the manger? Seems like a plot hole, is my point.
You should watch the video, it does a much better job of explaining it than I can do to explain what's in the video. It's not like a simple 2+2 = 4 answer, every part of the magi's journey is explained and tied into stellar charts and the biblical references in a way that I could not type out on a message board.
Cool, I'll watch and get back to you
Just thinking about it, what do we think the size of the population of Bethlehem looked like at that moment in time, really? Can't have been too large, it's a village. So they're looking for a baby in a small village. They probably started their trek before he was born.
Counterpoint: Joseph brought his wife to that town for a mandated census, and the inns were all full. So the population would have been greater than normal at that moment than at a different time of the year.
Jesus was a toddler by the time they found him.
This is correct. Two years had passed from the sighting of the star to the Magi actually meeting Jesus. Which is why the manger scene that's so popular always irked me.