H At the very outset, it must be said that the biblical exegesis used to justify the gospel in the stars (GIS) theory is esoteric and complex.
It merely purports to have uncovered the gospel meaning of the stars and constellations, which ancient cultures distorted through astrology. It must be stressed that this is not an attempt to legitimize or Christianize astrology or to practice divination. H The gospel in the stars theory attempts to disconnect, or redeem, the constellations and the stars from their pagan associations to reveal their original gospel meaning. The gospel story in the stars has been overlooked, proponents of the theory say, because astrological and other pagan myths have dominated star and constellation meanings for millennia. Allegedly, this meaning was conveyed in the story of Israel’s Messiah-Redeemer, which today Christians know as the gospel of Jesus Christ. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journalgo to: Since the 1980s, an increasing number of Christian ministers, authors, and apologists have been teaching that the signs of the zodiac and the names of certain stars once carried a nonoccult meaning to the Hebrew patriarchs and ancient Israel. This article first appeared in the Volume 22 / Number 4 issue of the Christian Research Journal.
