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Another important consideration, Ruru, is (4) don’t lose the gospel in all the fascinating detail.
All these signs, if valid, are ABOUT something. They will in fact be pointing to the Creator and Savior. We could prove some esoteric astronomical truth and forget it’s about the One whose gospel saves the world (or the part of the world that’s willing to be saved).
I’d also expect astronomical (or rather, astrological) signs to be targeted to an audience that cares about such things already. The Babylonians did, as did the generation of magis from whom the mission to the baby Jesus came, but they are also long dead. They played out their part.
The target could be the “Age of Aquarius” people, to name the first thing that pops to my mind. “Age of Aquarius” really strikes me — a person who used to really love digging into astrology — as a phony parallel to the benefits of Christ. Often it gets panned under the generic rubric “new age.” But God really does bring a New Age when He acts to bless willing people.
The age of Trump-i-us? The Trump of God? (To make a light hearted joke.)