Clockwork Stars
Thursday, February 06, 2014 Posted by Debbie Legg
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The Star of Bethlehem by Rick Larson has been a life-changer for me. It is not only the catapult and scientific
basis for my current writing project Wise Men, but it has been instrumental in bringing
a new level of Peace That Passes Understanding.
This
Peace began as Rick Larson showed what the Star of Bethlehem actually was, and
continued with revealing the day and time Jesus died on the
cross. The beginning and the end of Messiah’s life, poetically cataloged in the cosmos.
The
revelation that brought me peace, though, was when he said this: For if the Star wasn’t
magic or a special miracle from outside of the natural order, then it was
something even more startling. It was a Clockwork
Star. And that is overwhelming. The movement of the heavenly bodies is
regular, like a great clock.
The Clockwork Star finally means that
from the very instant at which God flung the universe into existence, he also
knew the moment he would enter human history in the person of Jesus of
Nazareth. He marked it in the stars. And from before the beginning of time as
we experience it, God knew the very moment when Messiah would breath his last
on the cross”
Those
conclusions completely reordered my relationship with time, and with waiting.
If
the God of the Universe can so precisely, so intricately, set all things in
motion from the very moment of creation, He can certainly handle me running 5
minutes late.
If
He can handle me running 5 minutes late, He can handle the million other
time-related circumstances of my life, including when His promises are
fulfilled.
Waiting
takes on a whole new level of certainty. His plans, His purposes, His promises,
will arrive, like clockwork, in His perfect timing.
Isn’t
it amazing what we can learn from a Star?
