Considering the speed of light (299792.458 km/s) and that it takes approximately 50 bajillion years for light traveling at said speed to go the distance from the nearest star to Earth, can you imagine the planning it took to insure that the Star of Bethlehem’s** appearance coincided with a single baby’s birth? 

Sort of puts a whole new spin on Jeremiah 29:11.

“For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”

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