The planet Venus which is commonly known as either the "Evening Star" when it is in the evening or the "Morning Star" when it is in the morning sky. The planet Venus usually alternates about 9 months each section of its cycle as morning star and evening star with about 18 months for a full cycle. However part of the beginning and ending time of each of its periods as morning and evening star it is too close to the Sun to be easily visible. Although I can't say for sure that this will be the case, it would certainly fit the Biblical symbol of the morning star if the rapture of the church in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to the air for his church before his much more glorious coming in glory to the earth about seven years later at the end of the tribulation just as Venus as the morning star appears in the sky before the rising sun. However I can't say for sure if this will be the case but the astronomical phenomena of Venus as the morning star occurs just less than 50% of the time.
The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with His Church from Heaven at the end of the Great Tribulation in power and great glory is referred to as the rising sun in some scriptures in contrast to His coming for the Church at the rapture before the Tribulation starts when He will come more subltly and less visibly to people on Earth only to the air or near outer space.
The reference to the Lord Jesus Christ coming as the bright and morning star is in Revelation 22 as follows: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride(the true Church) say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life (the Holy Spirit) freely. Revelation 22:16-17
The Lord Jesus Christ as the day star which means morning star from the original Greek will also come to indwell in all true believers or in this age Christians' hearts at the time and from the time of His coming as the morning star on forever. This is because we will then be changed into new spiritual bodies and have our old sinful natures cast off with just our new godly hearts we received left for the Lord Jesus Christ to full indwell (arise in our hearts). Of course we receive godly new hearts when we are born again or born of the Holy Spirit the moment we trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour that He died for our sins and rose from the dead to give us new life. A reference to this is in 2 Peter 1 as follows:
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye(you) do well to take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place(this world), until the day dawn, and the day star(morning star) arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19
Finally because we will once Jesus comes for His Church to transform us in casting off our old hearts and giving us new heavenly or spiritual bodies we will be able to fully receive Him and a relationship with Him in a way not fully possible under current circumstances on Earth, even for the most committed or faithful Christians. This is what I think is meant in Revelation 2 about giving believers the morning star as follows:
And he that overcometh ... And I will give him the morning star. Revelation 2:26, 28.
Finally the Lord Jesus Christ's coming for the Church to the air, or near outer space, at the rapture to take us and I hope also you who are reading this article to Heaven will be a bitter blow to Satan the devil on at least two counts. This will of course happen before the Great Tribulation breaks upon the Earth and its remaining inhabitants. One count by which Satan will likely resent the Lord Jesus Christ coming as the morning star for the Church at the Rapture is that the air or atmosphere of Earth or near outer space is one region the devil is said to have control of in Ephesians 2 in the New Testament and Satan will likely intensely resent it when he is given a major defeat by the Lord Jesus Christ in Satan's home turf there. Since believers in Jesus then won't have anything in our hearts or bodies that would be susceptible to Satan's attacks or temptations he will also be frustrated and angry that he won't be able to cause us to fall into sin anymore starting at that time. Another reason Satan will resent the Lord Jesus Christ coming as the morning star for the Church is that one of the names of Satan in the Old Testament it seems from before he rebelled against God and fell is Lucifer which means morning star in Latin in Isaiah 14:12. Perhaps this is something else that is meant by the Lord Jesus Christ coming as a thief in the night by his stealing, sanctifying or taking to himself in a godly meaning the title "Morning Star". The word in the New Testament of "Morning Star" is the Greek word phosphorus.
Two things should also be kept in mind finally that believers in the Old Testament and I think Christians at this time are not to be dismayed at the signs in the heavens like the heathen in Jeremiah 10:2 meaning astrology. However on the other hand God Himself says in connections with the creation of the stars which would include planets that they are also for signs in Genesis 1:14.
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