|
TSIYON NEWS |
||
|
Tsiyon Messianic Radio Newsletter - Vol 21.40 - 07/22/6026 TAM - 10/04/2026 AD |
||
 |
||
|
From Eliyahu |
||
|
A Deeper Look at What We Saw in The King and His Star On the first day of Sukkot we followed the story of The King and His Star. Now that we have seen the journey, we can return to something I deliberately did not develop fully beforehand. Why did YHWH use men from the East - men emerging from a world associated with astrology - to become witnesses to the birth of Messiah? The first answer was sovereignty. YHWH can use unbelievers without endorsing their unbelief. But there is more to see. Long before the Magi ever looked into the heavens, Scripture had already connected the coming King with a star - and that prophecy came through one of the most unlikely men imaginable. Balaam. Balaam was not an Israelite prophet faithfully seeking YHWH. He came from outside Israel and operated within the world of pagan divination. Balak king of Moab hired him for one purpose: to curse Israel. But Balaam discovered something. He could not control YHWH. He could not manipulate the spiritual realm into producing the answer Balak wanted. When YHWH determined to bless Israel, Balaam could not turn that blessing into a curse. Even Balaams donkey became part of the lesson. YHWH demonstrated that He was perfectly capable of putting a message wherever He chose. Then, through Balaam himself, came this remarkable prophecy:
Think about that. A man emerging from a pagan divinatory world was compelled by YHWH to announce a Star and a Scepter arising from Israel. The message did not validate Balaams religion. It demonstrated YHWHs mastery over Balaam. YHWH took control of the mouth of the diviner and made him testify the coming King of Israel. Centuries later, men from the East looked into the heavens and began a journey in search of that King. The parallel is difficult to miss. A pagan seer was compelled to prophesy the Star. Later, men from the pagan world were summoned by the Star to seek the King. There is another part of the story. Daniel. Daniel did not voluntarily choose Babylon as the place where he wanted to serve YHWH. He was taken there as an exile. He found himself living at the center of an empire filled with idolatry, divination, astrologers, magicians, and wise men serving the king. Yet Daniel did not become one of them in the religious sense. He remained faithful to YHWH. And when Babylons experts could not reveal Nebuchadnezzars dream and its meaning, Daniel did not turn to astrology. He turned to YHWH. The answer came by revelation. Then Daniel stood before the most powerful ruler in the world and made the distinction unmistakable: The mystery had not been revealed because Daniel possessed greater occult ability. There was a God in heaven who reveals secrets. Daniel 2 therefore presents a remarkable confrontation. On one side stood the accumulated wisdom of Babylon. On the other stood revelation from YHWH. Babylon failed. YHWH revealed. Yet after the mystery was made known, Daniel was elevated to great authority, including authority over Babylons wise men. That fact does not prove that a continuous school preserving the prophecies of Daniel survived unchanged until the days of the Magi. We should not claim more than the evidence permits. But the biblical picture itself is striking. Daniel - the Hebrew prophet whose visions pointed repeatedly toward Messiah and His Kingdom - had lived and exercised enormous influence in the very eastern world from which the Magi later came. Then men from the East arrived in Judea asking about the birth of the King. At the very least, the historical setting should make us think. But there is an even larger point. Babylon never possessed the heavens. Its astrologers could observe them. They could corrupt their meaning. They could weave false religion around them. But they could not own them. The stars never belonged to Babylon. They belong to YHWH. |
||
 |
||
|
This distinction will help us understand what we see in The King and His Star. Suppose YHWH chooses to use something an unbeliever knows in order to lead that person toward something he does not yet know. Would that place a limitation on YHWH? Of course not. He is sovereign over both the man and the knowledge. We find this principle again and again in Scripture, and we see it lived out as He graciously draws sinners to His Son everyday. Now look again at the journey we saw in The King and His Star. The Magi begin with what they can recognize. Something in the heavens gets their attention. But the heavens do not complete the journey. When they arrive in Jerusalem, Scripture enters the story. Herod asks where Messiah is to be born. The answer comes not from astrology but from the prophet Micah: Bethlehem. That progression is telling. The heavens got their attention. Scripture supplied direction. Then they arrived at the Child. And what did they do? They did not teach Miriam and Yosef astrology. They did not establish a Babylonian mystery school. They did not bow before the Star. They fell down before Yeshua. They worshiped Him. That is where the celestial testimony had been pointing. Creation did not become the destination. The Messiah was the destination. And after they found Him, another remarkable change takes place. The Magi had arrived by following something they recognized in the heavens. But they left Judea in obedience to a direct warning from YHWH in a dream. Herod wanted them to return to Jerusalem. They did not. They went home another way. Look at the progression: They begin as eastern observers of the heavens. They encounter Hebrew Scripture. They found Messiah. They worshipped Him. Then they receive instruction from YHWH and obeyed. That is not a story about YHWH endorsing astrology. It is a story about YHWH overcoming it. The Star did not lead Israel into Babylonian religion. It brought men from the nations to the Messiah of Israel. That is why this statement captures the story so well: The Star did not validate Babylon. It brought Babylon to bow before Messiah. Now we are ready to ask what all of this teaches us. The Star story was not merely an interesting reconstruction of ancient astronomical events. It revealed something about the way YHWH works. He rules the heavens. He rules history. He rules nations. He reveals His purposes through His prophets. And when the appointed moment arrives, history moves into place. That lesson becomes very important when we return to Daniel. The prophecies of Daniel concern kingdoms, rulers, chronology, Messiah, and ultimately the Kingdom of YHWH. If YHWH truly governs history, then fulfillment matters. What He actually did in history becomes evidence for how His prophetic word should be understood. That is why the Star story eventually brings us back to Daniel 9. We have been examining proposed starting points. We have been examining chronology. We have been examining historical events. But now we have something else before us. A sign. Since YHWH marked the coming of Messiah in the heavens, then that event becomes part of the historical evidence against which our chronological interpretations must be tested. We do not move the sign in order to preserve an interpretation. We allow what YHWH actually did to correct our interpretation. That requires humility. And it requires wisdom. This is why our next presentation on the last day of Sukkot is called: Lessons Learned From the King and His Star We will not simply retell the story. We will ask what the story has taught us about YHWH, about prophecy, about chronology, and about how fulfillment helps us understand what was written beforehand. Balaam could not make YHWH say what Balaam wanted. The wise men of Babylon could not discover what YHWH had hidden. Daniel could only reveal what YHWH showed him. The Magi could not create the sign they followed. And we cannot make Daniel 9 mean whatever our preferred interpretation requires. The proper question remains the same: What has YHWH actually revealed and done? That is where understanding begins. The heavens belong to Him. History belongs to Him. Prophecy belongs to Him. And the King belongs to Him. Our task is to follow the evidence wherever He has placed it. |
||
 |
||
|
In our special Sukkot Remnant RoundUp presentation, you saw the amazing announcement of the Son from Heaven born into this world. Now, on this Last Great Day of Sukkot, tonight, October 4, we bring Lessons Learned From The King and His Star. This will help us greatly in our understanding of Daniel 9. Do you have friends who haven't seen The King and His Star as yet? We have posted the video and it will be available for about another week. Please tell your friends and please post and share the link below, to help us bless as many people as possible with the wonder of how our Father announced the coming of His beloved Son into the world. Thank you for helping us bring The King and His Star to as many folks as possible. In His Name, Eliyahu Contact: https://tsiyon.org - https://eliyahubendavid.substack.com/ |
||
|
Please copy, paste and post - See The King and His Star - Video |
||
 |
||
|
Become a Tsiyon Partner. Tap or click below. |
||
|
|
||
|
Audio: |
||
|
||
|
"The nations shall know that I am YHWH, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes." Eze 36:23
Thanks to our Tsiyon Ministry Partners for your support of this ministry!
|
||
|
Copyright 2026 Tsiyon |
||
|
||
|
||
|
Tsiyon 9901 Brodie Lane Suite 160, Unit 1421 Austin, TX, USA, 78748
|
||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
