August 12, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, August 12.
This week, in East Texas, the temperatures are supposed to rise into the mid-90’s. Some of our faithful readers live outside the great state of Texas, but I’m guessing that wherever you live - it’s hot! Well, I’ve got a cool solution. Today’s devotion brings you “Christmas in August”.
On August 12, in the year 3BC, a rare phenomenon occurred in the evening sky. It’s called a triple conjunction. That’s where three heavenly bodies get so close in the heavens that they appear to be one. That night the planets Venus and Jupiter aligned with a star called Regulus. And since Jupiter is the largest planet - a dozen times the size of earth - and Regulus is one of the brightest stars, well, that was one bright light! Some historians believe that this astronomical event . . . was the Star of Bethlehem.
The Christmas Star has many possible sources. Some think it was a supernova, an exploding star. One of those was recorded in China in 4BC. Others think it could have been a comet, like the one discovered by Edmond Halley. Who can know for sure? It’s one of those questions that will only be answered in heaven. But from the account in Matthew’s gospel, we can know that the Magi, who were astronomers/astrologers, saw something in earth’s night sky that alerted them to a world changing event - the coming of the Christ child.
By the way, that word Regulus . . . is Latin for “Little King”.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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