Matthew 2:9 says, "After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was."

The star in the sky moved according to the speed of the magi, and when they reached the destination, it stopped.

Now let's look into how the star could guide the magi.


What If a Star in the Universe We Live in Moved?

If a star that we can see moved, it would break the order of the universe and cause a great problem. So, the big star that guided the magi to Jesus still remains mysterious though science has developed so much. Now let's delve into the movement of the three magi's star.

All the stars we can see have their own paths that were already set according to the natural laws of terrestrial gravitation. Thus, it is inexplicable that a new star suddenly appears, moves, and stops and stays in one spot. They can be neither planets like Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn nor supernovas or comets.

Planets are not new, and supernovas have newly appeared but they do not move enough for the movement to be noticed. Comets do move but do not stop. And other stars that we can see with the naked eye are too far away from the earth except for the sun.

Notable stars of the constellation Centaurus include Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to our solar system. Alpha Centauri is roughly 4.35 light years away from us. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. Light travels 300,000km/s at which it would circumnavigate the earth about 7.5 times in one second. If one traveled at this speed, he could arrive at the star in a little less than 4.5 years. Thus, if we see these stars starting to move from the earth, they must have started to move over four years ago.


When God the Creator Moves Stars in the Spiritual Space and Opens the Doors to the Spiritual Spaces for Us, We Can Observe Moving Stars!

There are verses in the Bible that imply that there is not one heaven but many heavens (1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6, 6:18; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 68:33; Isaiah 34:4; Jeremiah 4:23, 10:12, 51:15). There are heavens belonging to the spiritual realm that we can't see with our eyes and a heaven belonging to the fleshly world that we live in.

The world where you and I live now, the universe that we see with our own eyes is the first heaven. The second heaven consists of the domain of light, Eden and a space for the spirits of darkness. The third heaven was separated to build Heaven where the good grains of wheat gained through the human cultivation will enter (2 Corinthians 12:2-4). The fourth heaven is the place where God the Origin was before He divided the Original Universe into the four heavens, and this fourth heaven shares the same dimension as the Original Universe.

The dimensions of the heavens are strictly separated, but at the same time the space of each is closely linked together. In the space of the 1st heaven in which we are living, sometimes the gate of the space of the 2nd heaven opens. Sometimes, the space of the 3rd heaven or the 4th heaven can open, too.

The stars in the 1st heaven have their own paths that are already set. Thus, we can see that the star that guided the magi is not a star of the 1st heaven. God moved a star in the 2nd heaven so that it had no influence at all on the 1st heaven. Then, God opened the space of the 2nd heaven where the star was moving, so that the magi could see it.


Biblical Incidents the Doors of Heavens Opened

At the judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, 'fire and brimstone came down from heaven like rain' (Genesis 19:24). It's as when Elijah confronted 850 prophets of gentile gods and brought down fire from heaven (1 Kings 18:37-38). God brought down the fire from the 2nd heaven. The fire of the 2nd heaven can burn the things in the 1st heaven.

Deacon Stephen said in Acts 7:56, "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." Apostle John also said in Revelation 4:1, "After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me…" Psalm 78:23-24 also states, "Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven; He rained down manna upon them to eat and gave them food from heaven."

Jesus said in Mark 13:26, "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory." In the Old Testament time, the LORD came down in the cloud (Exodus 19:9). When the Lord ascended into heaven after the resurrection, He was "…lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9). He was lifted up into the clouds, and passing through the spiritual realm He went straight to the 4th heaven where the throne of God is.