Lights in Heaven
I have pondered for decades about the prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite in Helaman 14:3 . And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was day. I wondered where those lights might have come from, what sort of astronomical event could have triggered them and had them appear exactly when Christ was born. I also wondered about the prophecy in Matthew about the star which heralded Christ's birth. In Matthew 2:2 , it states: Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. And then in verse 9 : When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. How was it that a star traveled around? And I also had heard argum...