Every year during the holiday season, we used to visit my grandma's home in Chihuahua, Mexico. Under the Christmas tree, she would create the most amazing nativity scene. It was her specialty—4 feet wide and 3 feet tall, crafted with real moss, miniature fake trees, sheep, rugged mountainous terrain, ponds, and snow that surrounded a little manger with baby Jesus. And, of course, atop it all, the Star of Bethlehem.
It was a sight to behold; everyone loved it. It was beautiful and very elaborate.
As the portion of the verse in the Bible, Matthew 2:9 says:
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“And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.”
What? A star moving and then resting on a specific place?
