The Star of Bethlehem

Excellent Documentary! This really is a must see documentary, but is only a piece of a much bigger puzzle. This is not a movie in the sense of a story about people's interactions with each other and life events. It is an astrological revelation of the stars and planets at the time of Jesus birth and death. Frederick "Rick" Larson tells about his obsession with trying to discover what the original Star of Bethlehem was. He doesn't go into hardly any detail as to who helped him move along in getting the information he presents, and some people claim he got some from predecessors. But the documentary is really only an opportunity to expose what he found while using a modern astronomy computer program, and an explanation of it. It is his conjecture that this is what the Magi saw, which convinced them, and his presentation convinces me, yet the astronomy itself is so compelling as to be mind-blowing on the omnipotent power and knowledge of God. Larson goes into some conjectures as to what the star and Planet alignments mean and it is not always simple for the casual observer to discern clearly some of the minutiae of his points. Moreover, he is not an expert in other areas of which he conjectures, but the big points, namely the astronomical observations, are overwhelmingly powerful. This one-hour documentary could have been contained in a much shorter documentary of 15 to 30 minutes, but it doesn't feel overly cocooned. Moreover, my own research on the seven acts of the Messiah and the end times is highly excited by the prospect that God also foretold all these events in the stars.

A profound useful documentary, offering the scientific proves, in precise- seductive manner, about birth of Christ, His crucifixion and the significance, for both events, of astronomic facts.

In a library, a lawyer, starting from a fact near Christmas celebration, demonstrates, in fair terms, a fascinating theory.

In essence, it is a film about faith , from its presumed consolidation grace to astronomy and Bible lines touch to the inspiration to believe.

A documentyry who you feel because not the informations proposed by Mr. Larson are the axis but his honest expressions of faith and questions, doubts, illuminations and emotions behind it.

In short, I believe, a profound useful film for a very large audience.

I am a person who believes in that Jesus was the son of God but we are all sons and daughters of God. So the story of the birth of Jesus is "A Story" based on a real incident. What is known about the star is really not fully explained here. The mans visual props are seldom seen on screen.

I am not recommending this because it is a bore to watch! If you were there when they were filming this then it might of been more interesting. They its presented here it comes across like your listening to the radio.

Don't bother to watch!

Don't listen to the negative reviews. If you are interested in star of Bethlehem and what the Magi really saw during the time around the birth of Jesus and how they were able to come to the conclusion from looking at the sky that the Messiah was going to be born this is the movie to watch. There is no other movie like this. I highly recommend!

It has been said that for those who do not believe no evidence is sufficient, but for those who do believe no evidence is needed. Anyone who understands the scriptures will have no difficulty in following Mr. Larson's references. He is accurate in his research and I find it difficult to see how others claim that he somehow glorified himself by exclaming that he is utterly humbled that God would allow someone as small as him to see these things. That is humility-not self glorification. Excellent documentary that old recommend to everyone of all ages.