I read this in another forum but I felt like poking the hornets nest and sharing it here:
A new map of the Milky Way has revealed a surprising fact about the stars living in our galaxy — nearly a third have moved far from their stellar birthplace.
This discovery was made by astronomers using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III (SDSS), which spectroscopically linked chemical elements in stars with the locations within our galaxy known to be abundant in those specific elements. And it turns out that 30 percent of the stars surveyed have migrated far from home.
source:
http://news.discovery.com/space/ast...eveals-milky-ways-stellar-migrants-150803.htm
For those unaware with prophecy this is what revelations states:
"The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night."
Could this be the beginning?
No, anything in scripture involving the sun darkening, stars falling from the sky, etc. was never meant to be taken literally. It is symbolic language describing God's judgment upon a city or nation.
There are many examples in the Old Testament.
Egypt: When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their
stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring
darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD (Ezekiel 32:7-8).
Edom: All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up
like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like
shriveled figs from the fig tree. My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed
(Isaiah 34:4-5).
Babylon: The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their
light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light
(Isaiah 13:10).
No Bible commentator ever described anything literal happening to the sun, moon or stars during these judgments.
Many people look to Matthew 24:29 and assume the stars will literally fall from the sky. Jesus was speaking to Jews, who understood the symbolic nature of the Old Testament verses that used the same type of language when describing God's judgment. Jesus' language is no different. If you take this literally and think the stars are gonna fall from the sky, then if even one star collides with our planet then it would instantly vaporize.
We need to learn to understand who the verses in scripture are speaking to and what THEY would have thought and how THEY would have interpreted it. They lived in a different culture and understand apocalyptic language much better than we do. If we simply rely on the English translations and read these verses with a 21st century American cultural mindset, and ignore how the original audience would have understood it, then we will miss the meaning of it entirely.
