Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: trhan@cac.washington.edu (Teri Rhan) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Starry starry night . . . Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 20:15:51 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 36 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Another response to Kilroy's question about why people aren't bothered by the Wise Men's astrology. --clh] About 20 years ago I heard a story that makes for interesting reading but I have no references to back me up. Zoroaster was a Prophet of God that lived about 3000 years ago. He brought teachings to bring people back to God and after a time had many followers. It was said that one of the followers asked when would He return (after his death) and He told his followers to look for a new star in the east and if they followed that star, they would find him as a newborn baby. So as a result, the Zoroastrians became foremost in astrology looking for the sign of the return of Zoroaster. When the Zoroastrian priests, or Magi, came to worship the Lord Jesus, they knew exactly who to look for and where. They were actually worshiping the return of Zoroaster as foretold. The ending to the story was the prophesy had been fulfilled so accurately that this was why there are relatively few Zoroastrians, they became followers of Christ as a fulfillment of Zoroaster's revelation. BTW, Zoroaster also prophesied that in about 3000 years from His time, God would manifest again in a Messiah who would arise to unite all peoples and "usher in an era of blessedness and peace". He referred to this savior as the Shah Bahram, the Promised Lord, the Savior of the world, the Great Peacmaker. -Teri -- _______________ /_____________/ _ ______ ___ ___ / / / /_____/ / / \ / / / / / /___ / / \ \ / / [Has anybody seen this posting before? My log shows it went out, but I don't find it. It seems to have arrived complete with a comment from me already present. Wierd. --clh]