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Even as there were signs in the heavens announcing the birth of the King of the Jews, there will be
heavenly signs announcing the time of His return. The sun and moon and stars serve as Yahweh’s
appointed messengers. The wise men from the East understood this and accurately read the divine
message while King Herod and the Jewish religious leaders were ignorant of the fact that the birth
of their long awaited Messiah, the most anticipate event in all of Jewish history, was occurring in their
day.

It should not seem strange that Yahweh would use the stars to speak to mankind. There is a profound
correlation made between stars and messengers in the Bible. We begin to see this as we observe that
the angels of God are often associated with the stars of the heaven.

Job 38:6-7
“On what were [the earth’s] bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

“The sons of God” (bene ha elohim) is a reference to the angelic hosts. They were present at the
creation of the earth. These sons of God are also called “morning stars.” In this passage from the book
of Job we read of the stars “singing” and “shouting for joy.” Both “singing” and “shouting for joy”
are forms of communication, something most people do not associate with stars.

In the New Testament, the Greek word used to describe these heavenly messengers is “angelos.” This
Greek word that is rendered into English as “angel,” literally means “a messenger.” We see this
meaning affirmed in the word “evangelist” which is defined as “a messenger of good news.” In the
New Testament angelos is oftentimes translated as “messenger,” whether heavenly or terrestrial.

Matthew 11:9-10
“But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. For this is
he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger (angelos) before Your face, who will prepare
Your way before You.’”

In these words, Yahshua describes John the Baptist as an “angelos,” a messenger. The correlation
between an “angelos” and a star is further revealed in the book of Revelation as the Son of God is
figured as holding seven stars in His right hand.

Revelation 1:20
“As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden
lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the
seven churches.”