2009-10-02T09:48:20-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/star/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2024:17&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:48:20-05:00 In this verse in Numbers it is said that a scepter will rise out of Israel and that a star will rise out of Jacob. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202:1-2&version=NIV 2009-08-24T17:52:10-05:00 Christ's birth was announced by an unusual natural phenomenon: the appearance of a bright star that drew wise men out of the east to seek the king whose birth it signified. http://answersingenesis.org/get-answers/features/christmas-star 2007-12-12T09:38:45-05:00 Is there a scientific explanation for the Christmas star that led the wise men to Jesus on the first Christmas?