"I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star."

Last week in the early evening I noticed the Evening Star. This same object is seen at times in the wee hours of the morning as the bright and morning star. It stands out because it appears most prominently after all other stars have faded away and it remains alone. The stars which are innumerable, more numerous than any man can number, have faded away and only the bright and morning star is visible in the sky.

Our lives are often cluttered with the thoughts and cares of this old world. What a blessing it is when they all fade away and we see only Jesus and can focus upon His bright glory, our bright and morning star. Today we know that the evening and the morning star are actually the same object, Venus. There are some interesting facts about Venus.

Venus is the third brightest object in the sky trailing only the sun and the moon. The moon only appears brighter because it is closer. Actually, the moon reflects 7% of sunlight. Meanwhile, Venus reflects 60% of sunlight. Jesus is both God and man having an earthly mother but a heavenly father. But it is the divine about Jesus that burns brighter than the fact that He was made a little lower than the angels and took upon himself a body of flesh like unto his brethren.

Venus is completely and perpetually shrouded in a layer of clouds. The human eye has never seen through
the clouds to behold the true beauty of Venus, not even with the aid of telescopes. Likewise, the natural eye has never viewed the glory of Jesus neither has the carnal mind understood it. Glimpses are only afforded God's People who are blessed to view just glimpses with a spiritual eye

In the solar system only Venus rotates from east to west, all other planets including this old world rotate from west to east making the sun seem to rise in the east and set in the west. Likewise, Jesus does not move according to nature or according to this old world. Jesus moves according to the will of God in a way that is contrary to human nature. Truly to the child of God Jesus is the bright and morning star. Blaine Owens